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F^MiLiA V. COCOINjE, Marf. 



Mart. , in Endl, Gen.^ p. 234; Cocoiîiœ^ Kuntli, in Humh. Bonpl. Kunlh Noi'. Gen. et Sjjec. ^ 



I, p. 3oi , ex parte. 



Pislillum e carpidiis tribus, rarius duobus, quaternis vel senis, p/V/mte* coalitis coii- 

 flatum. Ovula in quovis loculo solitaria, erecla vel resupinata. Fructus drupaceus, mo- 

 nopyrenus, Irilocularis aut ssepissime unilocularis, loculis abortivis in fertilis puta- 

 mine seu endocarpio osseo vel lapideo inclusis, plerumque obliteralis. Nueleus teste 

 vasis reliculalis cutn endocarpio plus minus cobterens. Albumen œquabile, cartilagi- 

 neum vel amygdalinum, oleosum (!). Stamina hypogyna, filamentis basi confluentibus. 



Flores diclines , plerumque in eodem spadice, fœinineis tune inferiora loea occupanti- 

 bus , intra spathain plerumque duplicein aut plures , quaruin intima compléta, primum 

 reclusi, bracteati, sessiles aut bracteis in opus foveolatum connatis hujus alveolis immersi, 

 oc/iroleuci , pergameni , glabri, Mesocarpium Jibris verticalibns Jirmis contextum. Endocar- 

 pium crassum. Nueleus colore spadiceo aut fusco. Caudices cocoidei vel cylindrici {Mo\\\ 

 in Mart. Palm., Inlroduct. , p. II) aut arundinacei, solitarii aut cœspitosi, inermes aut 

 aculeati. Frondes pinnatœ , pinnis reduplicatis , inermes aut aculeatœ et aculeolatœ . 



GENERA OBSERVATA. 



I. Aculeata : 



Desjioncus , Mart Sp 



Bactris, Jaeq 



GuiLiELMA , Mart 



Martinezia, Ruiz et Pav 



AcRocoMiA, Mart 



AsTROCARYUM , G. W, G. Meyer. . . 



II. Inermia : \ Numerus specierum 26. 



Elaeis, Jaeq 



Cocos , Linn 



DlPLOTHEMUÎM , Mal t 



JuB^A,Humb., Bonpl,, Kunlh. 



Maximiliana, Mart 



Attalea, Humb., Bonpl., Kunth, 

 Orbiginia, Mart 



I. DESMONCUS, Mart. 



Mart, Palm., p. 85, t. 68, 69; Endl., Gen., n.° 1764; Kunth, Enum., III, p, 268; 



Atitara, Marcgr., p. 64. 



Flores monoeci in eodem spadice, sessiles. Spatha duplex, exterior brevis membra- 

 nacea vel pergamena, apice aperta; interior clavata aut fusiformis, sublignea, ventie 

 demum fissa. Masc, membranaceus, triangularis vel obiter trifidus, laciniis acutis 



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