236 TlMEHRl. 
branches few, spathes three, each one twice as long as the next outer 
one, the inner shorter than the spadix ; fruit a berry about as big as a 
nutmeg, albumen ruminate, leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets sub- 
trapeziform the outer " edge truncate and jagged, trunk tall, unarmed.] 
5\ exorhiza, Wend I. 
( = friar tea exorhiza, Mart'.) 
Local Names. 
Creole? ... ... ... Booba. 
True Carib ... ... ... Passayu. 
Arawak ... ... ... Koofa. 
Warrau ... ... ... Mooanari. 
Stem straight, cylindrical (but occasionally somewhat 
swollen at irregular intervals). Fruit yellowish, bitter in 
taste. 
Measurements. — Heights of aerial roots = 5 ft. ; of trunk above aerial 
roots = 28 ft. ; of sheathing part of leaf stalks = 2 ft. 8 in. Length of 
leaf from top of sheath = 8 ft. Girth of trunk just above aerial roots 
= 1 ft. 3 inch; at middle = 1 ft. 3 in. ; just below sheath 9 inch. 
This palm grows singly, scattered through swamps in 
the forests and on the banks of most of the rivers. Ac- 
cording to SCHOMBURGK it is distributed throughout the 
interior. 
Our specimens from the Corentyn, Professor Trail 
regards as not exactly the true /. exorhiza, Mart : 
but as " approaching the variety Orbigniana.' 1 
The stem is split into laths on which the leaves of the 
dahlibanna palm {Geonoma baculifera) are strung ; 
and the whole is used as an exceedingly effective 
and portable thatch. The wood is said to be unusually 
durable. The seeds, being bitter, are not eaten. 
Subtribe III.— CHAM^DORE/£. 
[" Spadix flowering amongst or below the leaves ; spathes numerous. 
Flowers usually dioecious ; male, calyx minute ; female, petals valvate 
or imbricate. Ovary 3-celled, 1-3-ovuled. Fruit small with basal stig- 
