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towards its top : rhachis armed with distant, long priclcles, 'keeXai above; axteriov spathe ' 

 unarmed, one-tourthas long as the 8»<mor, the latter (I^'/ok^), pHclcly above, with distant, 

 slender, spreading ^ncAfa,. tapering downwards from the middle, unarmed and appressed- 

 tomentose below it, equalling the spadixj spadix long-peduncled : peduncle unarmed, pubes- 

 cent, about as long as the erect branches ; exterior '^perigone nearly as long as the interior ; 

 " drupe globose (1.5"'-1S"' diam., &.)."— Prickles on the leaf-rhachis 1", on the segments 

 1"', on the spathe 8"'-6"' long, the latter or the fascicles of them 4'" -6'" distant from each 

 other; leaf segments IJ'-l' long, ]a"'-14"' broad, each side of its triangular rhachis 2'" 

 broad below, upper part of the opened inner spathe 1", inferior 5'" diam. , exterior $ peri- 

 gone campanulate, truncate, 2"' long, interior minutely 3-dentate, devoid of sterile S parts. 

 — Has. Trinidad !, Cr., uncommon, at Caroni. 



14. ASTROCAKYUM, Mey. 



Perigone of Baetris : $ flowers distant from the amentaceous ^ ones. Stamens 6 (" or 

 more"). Ovary o( Baetris : stigma 3-lobed. Drupe of Baetris : albumen hollow in the 

 centre. — Trunk annulate, prickly, rarely none ; leaves rosular at its 4op ; spadix simply 

 branched : 3 flowers in the contiguous alveoles of the ament, $ either distant below them, 

 or inserted into the rhachis : spathe prietely, 



26. A. aureum, Gr. and Wendl. (n. sp.). "Trunk and petioles armed with 6"-12" 

 long prickles " (O.) ; /ea/'-jif^meB<jlanceolate-linear, long-acuminate, shining above, aureate- 

 olivaceous beneath by .appressed, deciduous down between the green nerves, with short 

 jprickles along the summit ; opadix (3' long) ; branches nodding: $ aments slender, half to 

 one-third as long as their peduncle : alveoles puberulous : '^flowers distant along the pe- 

 duncle of the ament; $ exterior perigone minute, 3-partite; '^exterior perigone obliquely 

 ovate, conical, 3-dentate, pubescent, half as long again as the interior, the latter puberulous, 

 ciliate, 3-dentate. — Nearly allied to A. Tucuma, Mart. (t. 65), but distinguished by the 

 peculiar down of the leaves, the long-peduncled aments, and a few minute characters in the 

 flower. Leaf-segments rigid, reduplicate, 4' long, 2" broad : prickles black, those of the 

 rhachis 4'", of the leaves l"'-2"' long ; <? aments 6"-4" long, 3'" thick, ? flowers 6'" 

 long, about 1" distant from each other, sunk into a cupular bract ; g perigone with the ex- 

 terior segments deltoid, subentire, the interior leaflets spathulate-oblong, exceeded by the 

 stamens ; $ perigone hard, whitish. — Hab. Trinidad !, Uye, Or., at Irais. 



' 15. ACROCOMIA, Mart. 



Perigone exterior and interior 3-phyllous : ? flowers distant below the amentaceous 3 ones. 

 Stamens 6. Ovary of Baetris, but surrounded by a 6-dentate cupule : stigmas 3. Drupe 

 l-seeded : putamen 3-porous about the middle. — Trunk arboreous, densely pripkly ; leaves 

 rosulate at its summit : petiole and rhachis prickly ; spadix simply branched : $ flowers 

 in the contiguous alveoles of the ament, ^ distant, sessile along its peduncle. 



27. A. sclerocarpa. Mart. " Trunk thickened at the base ;" leaf-segments narrowly 

 linear, acuminate, reduplicate-convolute, puberulous-glaucescent beneath ; spathe (3'-li! 

 long) densely covered with black prickles, glabrescent ; drupe globose (l-J" diam.). — Mart. 

 Palm. t. 56.— Trunk 15' {SI.) -30' {Mart}) high ; leaf-segments 2i'long, 4'" broad : prickles 

 of their rhachis li"-2", of the spathe 6"'-8"' long; spadix-branches 1', S part 10"-8" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.; Grenada {Kew Mus.) ; Trinidad!, Or.; [Guiana!, Brazil]; 



28. A. lasiospatha, Mart. " Trunk tapering from the ventricose middle part to the 

 base ; leaf-segments linear, villous beneath ;" spathe (4'-2' long), densely rasty-villoils, de- 

 void of (" or sparingly armed with ") prickles ; peduncle of the spadix armed with long, 

 black prickles ; " drupe depressed-globose" {SI., Mart) ^Cocos aculeata, Sw. {non Jacq.). 

 C. fusiformis, Sw. — " Trunk 30'-10' high : prickles in rings, approximate, 1" loug ;" drupe 

 "shape of a wild apple " (S^.). — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., in savannahs; Barbadoes; [Haiti 

 to Guiana]. 



To Aiphanes, W. {Martinezia. Mart.), a genus distinguished from Acrocomia by sessile, 

 not amentaceous S flowers, belongs the Grigri Palm of Martinique, under which name fibres 

 were sent from Grenada. This is A. eorallina, Wendl. ms. {Martineda, Mart.), a prickly 

 ,palm n-ith the trunk 20' high, and " red, globose drupes of 6."'-:8"' diam.". (/ac?. Amer. 



