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G. W. Mey. Prim. Flor. Esseq. p. 26 3; Mart. Hitt. Nal. Palm. II. pag. 

 69, lab. 32, 5<S', jp, 63, III pag. 2S7, 32 3 ; Palm. Orbign. pag. 84, 

 tab. 4, fig. 1 , 2, 13. f. 3, 2<) C, 30 A; Kunth Enum. Plant. III pag. 

 271 ; Endlich. 2V.° 1769; Karst. in Linnaea XXVIII, pag. 243 ; Flor. 

 Colomb. II, pag. 16 7, tab. 83; Spruce in Journ. Linn. Soc. XI pag. 137; 

 Wallace, Palm. Ama~ x . pag. ioo-lll, lab. II, fig. 3, XXXVIII-XLIII ; 

 Barb. Rod. Enum. Palm. nov. pag. 20 et Protest, append. pag. 27; in 

 Vellosia, Palm. Ama^. nov. pag. 1 01-1 07; Palm. Mattogros. nov. pag. 5/ 

 61 tab. XVII, XVIII, XIX; Trail in Trim. journ. of bot. pag. 77; 

 Drude in Mart, Flor. Bras. III, pag. 364, tab. 81-83 ; in Pflan^enjam. 

 pag. 8 3, fig. 6, A, i<), 3y, E, G. 60.; Teil III-IV pag. 37, Griseb. 

 Flor. Br. IV. Ind. pag. 321. Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. III. pag. 

 942; Index Kuv. I,pag. 240; Bâillon Hist . des Plant. III, pag. 402. 



Monoeca in eodem spadice. Spadix interfoliaceus simpliciter ramosus. 

 Flores masc. ad apicem ramorum numerosi, minimi in spicam cylindraceam 

 dispositi, ebracteati, in alveolis solitariis emergenti, fem. pauci, magni ad 

 basin ramorum 2-6 inserti. Flor. masc. : Sepala parva, connata, triangula- 

 ria, acuta, valvata. Petala ovata v. obovata v. lanceolata, basi laeviter con- 

 nata, acuta v. obtusa, valvata, saepius ad anthesin revoluta. Stamina 6, 

 inclusa, filamentis linearibus, erectis, antherae lineares, basi bifidae, medio 

 fixae, versatiles. Germinodium minimum, tripartitum. Flor. fem. : Calyx cu- 

 pularis v. urceolatis, truncatus v. tridentatus, laevis v. setulosis. Corolla 

 calycem majora, ùrceolaris, ore contracto, tridentato, laevis v. setulosa. 

 Androeceum abortivum annularis, membranaceum, corolla tubo adnatus, trun- 

 cato v. tridenticulato. Ovarium ovoideum v. subglobosum, laevis v. setulo- 

 sum, triloculare, loculis duabus effoetis; stylus coniclis, stigmatibus profunde 

 tripartitis, flocosis, glutinosis, erectis v. recurvis, perianthio multo exsertis. 



Drupa monosperma, ovoidea v. subglobosa v. oblonga v. turbinata, 

 plus minusve rostrata, laevis v. setulosa v. aculeata, stylo terminali Epi- 

 carpio fibroso v. submembranaceo, saepe irregulariter debiscente, laevi, ni- 

 tido v. tomentoso-setuloso v. aculeato, me~ocarpio fibroso v. pulposo amyla- 

 cée v. pulposo-mucilaginoso, endocarpio osseo, oblongo v. obovoideo turbi- 



