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patentibus erectis lineari-oblique acuminatis secus margines 
setiperis et supra nervo medio aculeis longis armatis. 
Spadix erectus longi pedunculatus pedunculo inermis, albo- 
pulverulento quam rachis aculeatis minora spatha fusiforme 
acuta laevi albo-pulverulenta, rarissime ad basin pauci 
aculeata ad apicem dorsaliter bicarinata, ramis plurimis 
erectis albo-pulverulentis laevis in porte inferiore pedicelli- 
formi recta vel parum flexuosa, flores fem., 2-3 inter se 
distanti. Drupa ex induviis brevis oblonga in vertice 
rostellata, endocarpio utrinque acuto. 
II PUPA 
Caudex 2—4"x0o",8o—0",9o lg., ad apicem internodiis aculeis 
nigris o",1 —o",12 lg., horridus. 75/4 $—7 contemporanea, 
2"—2".50 lg., cinereo-ferrugineo pulverulenta, aculeis nigris 
compressis divaricatis o^,050—0",15 lg., horrida, pedunculo 
sub-cylindraceo  aculeatissimo ;  /o//o£s gregis irregulariter 
aproximatis, supra nervo medio aculeis nigris o",02 —0",06 
lg; &vWene(ue, utero O^] 5€0*5»9 lg pe 
o^,ro—o",15»x(0O",oro lg., aculeis marginibus fere o",or lg. 
Spatha exteriora  lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 0",50»(0",04 lg., 
utrinque setis nigro-ferrugineis minibus densissime vestita, 
Uuteriora 1",10 —1",30X(0",13 —o",15 lg., erecta, albo pulve- 
rulenta, inermi vel aculeis minimis ad basin armata ; 
spadix 1",30—1",40 lg., pedunculo 0",40—0",50 lg., inermi 
rachi ad basin sparsi aculeata, ramis 0o",20—0",30 le. 
sursum decrescentibus. /7ores masc. non vidi; /emz. calyce 
corolla triplo minora, edentato, corolla tridentata, androcei 
annuliformi vix ad demidio corolla adnato ; ovario obovoideo. 
Drupa o",04—0",025 lg., lutea. 
Has. zz  Cachoeirinha, a4 7752s Rio Cuyabá, et Zu svzs hunzdis 
7ipas Rio Sumidouro, Rio Cabral, zz Bocaina, Serra da 
Chapada. TucuM aqu zz vernacule audzt et zncolzs utilissima 
ut propter fila ex folus adolescentibus breparanda in usum 
fumum, etc. Fruct. funz-u. Herb. m. 206. 
