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ANINGA. 



[append. 



coco-groves yield, which extend along the coast from 

 the river St. Francisco to the bar of Mamanguape, a 

 distance of 94 leagues all cultivated with coco-trees ? * 



Aninga, Arum liniferum : — Arrad. Cent. Plant. 

 Pern. 



Class, Monoecia. Order, Polyandria. f 



Gen. Char. Spathe monophyllous, cucullate, large. 

 Spadix shorter than the spathe, simple, clubbed at the 

 naked end; at the base are the female flowers, and in 

 the middle the male. 



Spec. Char. Stem arboraceous, leaves sagittate, about 

 one foot long, petioles of two feet. 



Nat. Char. Stem from 6 to 8 feet long, two to three 

 inches in diameter, straight, cylindrical, of an ashy-green 

 colour, marked with scars of the fallen leaves ; the sub- 

 stance spongy, juicy, soft; and in this substance are 

 numerous longitudinal fibres, of the thickness of the 

 hairs of horses' tails, long. 



Branches are uncommon. 



Leaves are rather more than one foot long and of the 

 same breadth at the base, sagittate, simple, coriaceous. 

 Petioles, amplexicaul, two feet long, channelled from 

 the base to the middle, where the channel ends in an 

 appendix of 23 inches, the remainder is cylindrical. 



Flowers, axillary, solitary. Calyx a spathe longer 

 than the spadix. The spadix is almost one foot long. 

 Stamina numerous. Pericarp, many berries at the 

 base of the spadix. 



The plant is to be found in Pernambuco, and it 



* There are some breaks, but they are not extensive, as far as I 

 am acquainted with the country. — Transl. 

 •J- In Wildonow this plant is so arrange^, — T. 



