244 TlMEHRI. 
[L. gracile, Mart : 
According to SCHOMBURGK this occurs in ' moist 
forests, throughout the forest region' and in moist cop- 
pices in the savannah region, flowering in December 
and January.] 
\L. tenne, Mart : 
Occurs, according to SCHOMBURGK, ' throughout the 
forest region', flowering in February.] 
Genus XII.— MAURITIA. 
[" Flowers dioecious. Perigone, male, exterior short, 3-dentate or 
truncate, interior 3-partite, 6-androus, with erect anthers ; female ' ex- 
terior 3-dentate or 3-fid, interior 3-fid. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded 
by sterile stamens ; stigma 3-lobed, sessile. Berry large, 1 -seeded. 
Albumen entire ; embryo near its base, or lateral.' — Arboreous 
palms ; leaves deeply palmatifid ; spadices simple, amentaceous, sessile, 
exerted from their spathe, distichous along the branches of the long, 
pendulous rachis, the internodes of which are covered with the sheathing 
tubular, subtruncate spathes ; flowers sessile, bracteate ; berry cone- 
like from its loricate covering." Griesbach.] 
\M. aculeata, H b & Kunth, 
Occurs, according to SCHOMBURGK, in valleys in the 
Tooarootoo mountains and at the edge of coppices on 
the savannah, flowering in April. 
Possibly a palm, apparently belonging to this genus, 
but of which I was never able to obtain either flower 
or fruit, which I have seen, more than once, on the 
Potaro River belongs to this species.] 
[M. armata, Mart : 
Occurs, according to SCHOMBURGK, on the upper 
Essequibo, up to 2,000 ft. above sea-level, flowering in 
February and in August.] 
