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upright ; and two or three sometimes grow close, to- 
gether, so that they form almost one clump. 
The ripe fruit is eaten and much relished by Indians. 
[A. Jauari, Mart : 
According to SCHOMBURGK, this occurs in the 
Canakoo mountains, throughout the sandstone region, 
and, in the savannah region, on the Pirara, Ireng (Mahoo) 
and Takootoo rivers, flowering from October to Decem- 
ber.] 
A. Murumuru, Mart : 
[This occurs, according to SCHOMBURGK, throughout 
the forest and sandstone regions, flowering in November 
and December.] 
A. plicatum, Drude. 
Local Name. 
Arawak Kareea. 
Measurements. — Height of stem =25 ft. 6 inch : of aerial roots = 1 ft. 
6 in. : of bare part of stem above aerial roots = 9 ft. 5 inch. Girth of 
aerial roots at ground = 3 ft. 8 inch : of trunk above aerial roots = 1 ft. 
7 inch: of trunk at ten feet above the ground = 1 ft. 10 in. Length of 
leaf = 18 ft. 7 in., Breadth of leaf = 5 ft. 5 in. 
A very striking species of Astrocaryum, with a very 
black and grisly appearance, due to the dark colour of 
the whole plant and to the length and abundance of the 
spines. 
Unlike any other Astrocaryum of Guiana, the sheath- 
ing portions of the leaf-stalks are very persistent after the 
leaves themselves are dead and gone ; indeed in 
many of the lower, but mature plants, these trash-like, 
dead leaf-stalks entirely clothe the whole stem, which 
