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LES PALMIERS 
Caudices 5-6 conteraporaneis, 2 ra -2 m ,50X0 m ,03-4, 
remote-annulatus, flavidus, Folia 14-15 contempo- 
ranea, arcuato-patentia, tomento bruneo adsperssa, 
1,70 long., petioli 0,89 lg. vagina 0,26; lamina in 
foliola utrinque 15-18 inaequilata laaceolato-falcata 
secta, foliolis 2-12 nervibus, 0 m ,30-0 m ,45 long. 
Spathis lineari-lanceolatis, 0"',35X0.035, pedunculo 
majore, interiora minora. Spadices 1-2 contempo- 
raneis, 0 m ,80 long., pedunculo 0,27 long., rachis 
0,13, ramis 9-12 conteraporaneis, secundis 0,40 long., 
alveolis in spirâ 5 stickis 0 m ,005-0 ra ,006 inter se dis¬ 
tantes. Flores 6 0 m ,005 long., sepalis lanceolatis; 
carinatis, sub-acutis, marginibus erosis ; petalis omnia 
connatis usque medium, calyce minoribus ; urceolo 
staminali calyce majore ; flores Ç calyce corollae 
majore, sepalis oblongis, acutis, carinatis, marginibus 
denticulatis v. erosis ; petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acutis; urceolo corollae majore, oblongo, sexdentato; 
stylo basilari. Baccae ? 
O. tomentosa Barb. Rod. 1. ci't. 
Caudex annulatus; caespitosus; foliis inaequaliter 
pinnatisectis ; foliolis ligulato-falcatis, acuminatis, 
multinervatis, rarius uninervis mixtis, apicalibus 
latioribus ot minoribus, mediis majoribus, inferio- 
ribus 2-3 nervatis, nervuris anticé salientibus. Spadix 
amplo, 5-ramoso, granuloso-tomentoso, tomento 
forrugineo denso, pedunculo sub-compresso, ramis 
minore, rachis minimo, ramis toretibus, brevi-pedi- 
collatis, alveolis triangularibus prominentibus, labio 
aouto-omarginato, in spirà densà 2-stichis. 
IIar. croissant dans les ravins humides des 
monlar/nes des environs du Rodeio, à Rio de Ja- 
