T a b Ö - k .
A S T K O V A X T C ^ l campeare . C O VOS ílexuo.sa.
oLovata, verlico acula,
ct rirauloso-scabriuscula.
S l i g m a rude, compressum, late conicum. Drupti globosa vel sufaglobosoj)
olUcis quartas partos inetiens; cpii3ermide /lavesccnti-virUli, saepe fuscidula
l l a m e n pnllidum (in iiondum matutis), vortice stellalo-triporum.
Cresci' in arcnosis prope Barra do Rio Negro, alibi in Provincia ajlumine ?tigro dieta et in i/tsuUs
Jluminis Amazonum. Floie/is ct fvueliferwn vidimus mense OcLobri.
g. ASTROCylRYVM CAMPESTRE. Tab. C5. Fig. 4. ci Tab. G4,
A. acaule; piniiis linear ihiis suhfalcutis, suhlus alhis; Jlorurn ma sculo rum brade is ciliatis, calycihus
irregidariler fimbriato - ciliatis; foeinineorum calycibus coroUist/ue subaeciualibus
glabris, driipis obovatis roslralis inermibiis.
DESCRIPTIO. l'alma acaulis.
FnoTiDKS ileccm, quindccim vel intcrdum plures, quatnor ad qviìnquc pedes longao, patcnlcs, exLeriores
interdum Iiumil'usae. l'ctioli basi opere fibroso obvolutj, aculeis rari.s siibulplìs coraprcssis patcntibus
nigri$ iiiLus in basi callosa albidis, pollicaribus vel brevioribus armali, Ilachis ut! pcliolorura basis
aculcata, dorso convcxa superne bifacialis, tomento erassiusculo alfaido demam fiiscidulo obducca. Pinnae
liiicarcs, acuminalae, subfalcaiae, complicalae, pedalcs voi praescrlim versus apieem frondis longiores, qualuor
voi (juinque lineas Ialae> crassiusculae, in margine incrassalo inermes vel sctulis minimis instructae, obscurc et
subglaueesccnli-virides, snbuis fomento /loceoso tectae, nervo medio superne prominente pnllidiore, iateraiil>
us parum conspicuis approximalis.
SPADICES inter frondes versus centrum stirpis orumpentes, circiter spilhnmam longi. Pediinculns
crassitio digiti minoris, compresso-teres, pulvero albo et insupcr alio purpurascenie lomentosus, aculeis nonimllis
siibuiatis nigi'is basi luscidtilis ibiqne intiis albo-callosis armaLus. Rami florigcri (¡ualuor ad quinquc
poliices longi, crccti, s (rie li use ni i ct sub fas ti gi ali, singuli basi SUITLIIIÌ braclea linoari-lanceolata acuta
siibcarinato-concava longiuidinaliler striala, pallida ct versus apiccm piirpurascente, circiter pollicem longa.
Pars rnmoruiii inferior ad lertiam foro lolius longiuidinis partem fiexuosa, in singula (lexura florem foemineura
gerons, subti'iqnoLi'a, angniis a mutua pressione acutis, longitudinaliter nervosa atque fulvo-tomentosa.
Pars superior pro (loribus mascnlis alvcolata, cjuovis alveolo in dorso meiiibiana tenui triangular! ciliis longis
barbata instructo. SPMTUA spillinmaca pcdalis, exuis pallide virens, lomento castaneo passim ad.spersa,
sulcis pallide fuscis, qui bus aculei an tea ineubiieranl exsculpta, aculeis pollicaribus nigris in baso OS la le re
supcriore albo-callosis armala, inlus pallido i'usca.
FLO!\ES MASCUI.I densissime imbricati. CALYX minimus, e membrana Lenulssima factiis, pellucidoalbus;
laciniac triangulares, longc acuminatac, praescrlim juxta basin ciliis lincaribus acutis, simplicibus vel
passim bifidis, margine subrepandis albis vcl fi ave se enti bus, non nisi sub microscopio composilo ril:e conspiciendis,
obscssae. COROLLA calyccm quintuplo vel sexluplo longiuidine cxccilcns, ad imam basin usque divisa.
L a c i n i a c voi, si mavis, petal« obovata, acuta, sub lente composila longiludinaliler nervosa, ncrvjs dislontibus,
tenuia, ocbrolcuco-pallida, versus apieem puqnirascenti-rosea. SrAMiyA vj-c exserta. Filamcnla
subulaia, alba. Anllicrac filamentis nonniliil brcviores, primum oehroleucae, duin eiToctac obscunores,
iiimum, ovario gracili obovalo, stigmatibus iribus subulalis, in centro iloris.
eri ore e ramo ipso assurgente, cannala, acuminata,
FLORES F0E:\I]!<E] a venire laleribusque bra
duabus inlerioribus triangularibus porgainenis arete adpressis Tulli. CAL^X urceo-
.S tres pyramidales sectus, vjridis, glabcr, si excipias toinenlnm albidum lepidotum
fusccscenle avida, atq
latus, apice in lacii