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'aima;, lîmbi'iato emargiiiato-bilobo ; caljcibus mascuHs corollis subdimidio brevioribus ciliatis; 

 baccis in ihachi tandem coccinea ovatis. 



Geonoina macrostachya , Mail., Palin. Bras., p. 19, t. XX; liunth , Eniiin., III, 

 p. 232, n.° 17. 



Palmier a feuilles bifurquées, d'Oib., n." 38, cuin icône. 



Hanc speciem ad pUn^a, quœ nunc coram babemus, specimina denuo describere juvat. 



Caudex iu aliis vix conspicuus, in aliis uonnullos poUices allus, lenuis, arundinaceus, 

 annulaUis, radicibus partim extraterraneis fullus. Frondes numeio 8 — 10, tripedales et 

 q Lî ad li pédales, ereclse aut patentes, piimum inlegrse obovato-cuneatœ, apice in lacinias 

 2 sublriangulares 4—8 pollices longas seetae, deorsum longe cunealte et attenuatse in 

 petioluni vix spilhamœum; adultiores irregulaiiter lissae et quasi pinnatse. Pinnse utrin- 

 que 7—8, ali« opposilœ aliee alternse, magnitudine et forma variée, lanceolatœ, oblongo- 

 lanceolatce et oblongœ, falcatse, extimse omnium iatissimœ subquadiatse , 1 — 5 pollices 

 latœ, spitbamam ad pedem longœ, saturate virides, subtus sœpe e viridi rufescenles, 

 Peliolus spitbamam et pedem vel quod excedit longus et rliacbis inferne convexi 

 superne sulcati. Tomentum fuscum in inferiore frondis parte delergibile, prceseitim 

 in rbacbi et in nervis priniariis obvium, pr«terea in facie inferiore observantur paleolse 

 minimse fuscce nervis inspersee et puncla glandulosa albida creberrima in parencbymate 

 frondis. Nervi primarii distantia 4 — G linearum decurrentes, supra subtilius prominuli, 

 quam infra, ubi pari ter ac secundarii albescunt; tertiarii crebri. Spadices simplices, 

 ex alis frondium, secundum iconem Orbignianam in eadem stirpe utriusque sexus. 

 Spathœ compresso-cylindricœ apice oblique aperlse; exlerior 5 — 6 pollices longa, margi- 

 nato-anceps, crasso-membranacea, extus loraento griseo-fusco; interior pedalis, lenuior, 

 quoque griseo-tomentosa; utraque tandem in fibras solvenda longitudinales. Pedun- 

 culus spadicis compresso-leres, vix pennam anserinam crassitie 3equans, sesquipedalis 

 et longior, versus rbachin nonniliil incrassatus ibique adspersus bracleolis 3, 4, 5 

 ovatis, erecto-patidis, vix lineam longis. Rhacbis florigera recta, cylindrica, 4 — 5 lineas 

 crassa, lerminala mucrone recto conico, qui in spadicibus masculis 5 — 10 lineas longi- 

 tudine sequat, in fœmineis 3 aut 4. Flores utriusque sexus densît série polystichi, 

 divergentia nunc f nunc ~, masculi in quavis fovea gemini, fœminei solitarii. Fovese 

 iabium inferius oblique adscendil transverse semicirculare , emarginato-bilobum , mar- 

 gine llmbriatum, paleis griseis tandem deciduis. Pili pauci rbacbi adspersi, tenues, 

 sub fructescentia non obvii. Rbacbis mascula 5 — 8 pollices longa. Flores gemini a basi 

 suisum émergentes. Calyjc fere lineam longus, siccus, pergamenus, foliolis lalo-lanceo- 

 lalis obtusis, leviler carinato-concavis, slramineis, versus apicem medio spbacelato- 

 spadiceo-fuscis, margine subtiliter ciliolatis. Corolla duplo calyce major. Petala cras- 

 siuscula pallide viridia, longitudinaliter striata, marginata, oblongo-lanceolata. Urceolus 

 stainineas albus, profunde sexpartilus. Rbacbis fœminea quam mascula pauUo bievior 

 et brevius mucronala, mucrone 3 — 4 lineas longo. Flores sesquilineam longi. Calyx linea 

 pauDo allior, straœineus, siccus, foliolis oblongis acutiusculis, carina tenui fusca. 



