( 125 ) . 



i'almse. 



ATTALE/V MICROCARPA, Mail. 



A. cautlice — , fiondibus — ; floribus fœmiiieis in rhaclii simplici solilariis breviter 

 peclunculalis; drupa i'ere ad y{ induviata obovata vertice acuto (magnitudine ovi coluni- 

 bini) fusco-tomentosula, sarcocaipio tenui tolo fd^roso, pulamiiie 2 — 3-lociiIari solido, 

 ut raque extreniilale area circulari efligurata impiesso, inter poros 3 liu. a basi distantes 

 carinato. 



Species quoad drupse formam hinc Attaleœ hiimili inde J. spectabili afFinis , ab ulra- 

 ({ue volumine ejus minore dislincta. Spadix fructiCer longiliidinc 2 spilbamarum. 

 Pedunculus digiti indicis crassitie. Rhacbis simplex , teres, ex ala hmcteœ coriaces trian- 

 gularis emittit pedunculos brèves (3 lin. longes), tereles, phyllotaxin /(j per paria 

 exhibentes, in summa extremilate instiuclos hracteoUs 4 — 5 semiamplexicavdibus , 

 quarum idtimse duœ in cupulam diaiiietro fere 5 lin. œquanlcm conspirant. Ramuli 

 flores Hiasculos ferentis basis in cujusvis pedunculi facie antica persistit. Perigoniuni 

 constat foliolis coriaceis, longitudinaliter striatis lato-ovatis oblusiusculis, ejusque pe- 

 tala feie usque ad diniidiani drups altitudinem perlingunl. Andrœcei abortivi cupula 

 3 — 4 lin. alta, tandem irregulariter denlata. Drupa 18 lin. alta et 12 lata figura est obo- 

 vata cum acumiue conico , styli brevis rudimento, coronata , epidermide tomento casta- 

 neo fibrilloso-squamuloso tenvii obducta, carne lineam crassa , fibris longitudinalibus 

 numerosissimis , in peripheria crassioi ibus percursa. Putainen sesquipollicem altum , 

 ovato-oblongum , utraque extremilale breviler contractum et obtusum, impressvun 

 areola in margine irregulariter dentala et denticulata. In parte basilari paries inter poros 

 tumet carinse specie, in areola verticali carinœ très exsurgunt, loculorum septis l espon- 

 dentes. Color putarainis cinnamomeo-helvolus, compages solida, fibrarum fasciculis in 

 peripheria parietum sparsis dilutioribus quideni , attamen duris lapideis; crassities pa- 

 l ietum i — 2 lin. Nuclei oh\o\\^\ aut , dum duo solumniodo adsint, obovati et bine plani 

 inde convexi , testa cinei eo-caslanea , \enis compkn ibus reticulatis picta, rhapbe umbi- 

 licali obscure lusca, sursum venis subquaternis parallelis insculpta. Embrjo in papil- 

 lam basilari-peripbericam prominens. 



Crescit hœc species in Brasilia provincia Paraensi , unde spadicem l'ructiferum tub. 



XIII. ORBIGNIA, Mart. 



Mart., in Endl. ge/i.^ n." 1777; Kuiitli , Eiium,^ III, p. 293. 



PoLYGAïuo-MONŒCA , spadicibus mascvdis et androgynis in eodem caudice. Spatha vero- 

 simililer duplex, interior compléta. Flores sessiles, bracteati , in spadicibus androgynis 

 plures fœminei, masculi pauci ad ramorum exliemitates. Masc. Calyx tripliyllus. CoroUa 

 tripetala aut dipetala (raro 4 — 5-petala), petalis nunc discretis nunc basi coalilis, 

 antice deutatis, sestivatione valvata. Stcunina 12 aut 24 e fundo floris aut ex imis petalis 

 enata. Filamenta subulafa. Antherfe bipartike, loculis spiraliter contortis. Foem. Calyx 



