623 VAJMM. 



fief. t. 263. /. 89). — Acrocomia gloiosa, Lodd. (introduced from S. Vincent) is according 

 to Wendland also an Avphtmes, compared on account of its " linear, truncate leaf-segments," 

 though doubtfully, by v. Martius with Acroc. fudformis, Mayc, ]?1. Barbad. 



16*. EL.a!IS, Jaeq. 



Flowers monoecious, S and $ in distinct spadices, sunk into alveoles. Perigone exterior 

 and interior of distinct leaflets. Stamens 6, mouadelpbous. Ovary 3-celled : stigmas 3. 

 Drwpe 1 (-3)-seeded : putaraen 3-porous near the summit. Albumen hollow in the centre. 

 — Arboreous palms ; trunk unarmed, but covered with, spiny, persistent petioles ; spadix 

 simply branched; branches conglobate, amentaceous. 



39*. E. guineensis, £. Leaf-segments linear-lanceolate ; branches of the spadix pro- 

 duced beyond the flowers into subulate spines : spines long in the ? aments, shorter in $ , 

 laments cylindrical; bracts of the superior ^ flowers exceeding them, spinescent. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 257. MaH. Palm. t. 54.— Trunk " 20'-30' high ;" leaf-segments 3'-li' 

 long ; spadix ovoid, about 1' long : terminal spines in $ 8'", in $ 2"-l" ; drupe ovoid, 1"— 

 2" long. — Uab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica !, Kew Mus., Antigua !, Wullschi., 

 Trinidad!, Cr.; [Guiana! and Brazil, introduced from trop. Africa]. 



17*. COCOS, L. 



Perigone exterior and interior 3-leaved. Stamens 6, included. Ovary 3(-l)-celled: 

 stigmas 3. Fruit woody, 1-seeded : putamen 3-porous at the base, 3-cristate at the summit. 

 Albumen hoflow.^ — High unarmed palms ; spadix simply branched. 



30*. C. nucifera, X. " Ti'unk (60'-B0' high) flexuose, unequally annuLate, thickened 

 at the base ; leaves spreading : segments narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate ;" ? flowers 

 subglobose ; nuts large, subtrigonal-ovate. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 253. Tass. PI. 4. t. 34. 

 Desc. Fl. 1. t. 21, 32. — Hab. Cultivated and naturalized in Jamaica (SI.), Antigua!, 

 Wullschi., and other islands, along the seashore, [and in most tropical countries : origin, 

 western coast of Panama]. 



18. ATTALEA, Kth. 



Character of Oooos, but nut 3 (2-5) -celled, 3(-5)-porous at the base : putamen rugose. 



31. A, Cohuue, Mart. Nut ovoid, shortly beaked at the top : putamen " S-celled." 

 ■ — Mart. Palm. t. 167. IV. ; the fruit, the only as yet known organ. — Nut brown, roughish, 

 2i" long, li" broad : beak compressed-conical, 4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Kew Museum ; 

 [Honduras] . 



19. SYAGKUS, Mart. 



Character of Cocas, but inner side of the putamen rugose, except in three smooth bands. 

 -^" Pericarp son. 



32. S. amara, Mart. " Trunk (50'-beyond 100' high) annulate ; leaf-segments linear, 

 acuminate; interior leaflets of (J perigone linear-oblong; $ flowers ovate-globose ; /rati ovoid- 

 oblong, blunt at both ends (3" long). — Mart. Palm. t. 166. II. — Cocos, Jacq. — " Habit of 

 Cocos nueifera" {Jacq.) — Hab. Jamaica I, Kew Mus. . the spadix and a drawing of the 

 fruit ; Caribbean islands (Jacq.), in mountain-woods. 



20. MAXIMILIANA, Mart. 



Character of Cocos, but fruit drupaceous, with a smooth, pointed putamen. — Mowers ap- 

 prosdmate, S amentaceous, ^/ew, below the former, 



33. M. caribsea, Gr. and Wendl. (n. sp.). Leaf-segments broadly linear, eroded- 

 bluntish, unequidistant, 4-5 in each special series ; superior spadix-branches 3 , inferior an- 

 drogynous; ^flowers ovate-oblong, about 6 below theijament, unilateral ; stamens much 

 longer than the perigone ; anthers wholly exserted, long linear, carved ; $ perigone half as 



