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verse oWongis medio acutis instriictus. SHATHA e x t e r i o r polliccm voi ultra longa, linearis, acula, membranacea,
dorso concava, ventre convexa, margine utrincjue producto subanecps, incrmis, l.umenlo l'crrugìnco
dctcrgibili obscssa; interior tripollicaris, basi linearis, compresso-anccps, antice fusiforrnis, post ileliiscenliam
lanceolata, coriacea, tandem longitudinali ter fibrosa, cxtus fusca, ir
FLUHES MASCULJ non observati. FLOHES FOEMJNEL lincarn longi, ubique fero in ramis spadicis
sessilcs. CALVX parvus, membranaccus, albus, glaber, triangularis, angulis acuLis, integerrimiis. COIWLL,I
campanulato-u reco la ta, ore subLruncato, subpergamena, extus sctulis creetis castanois nitidis armata, l'is
t i l l u m juvenile subeylindricum, ovario quam s tylus satis longus paulo crassiorc, stigmatibus parum
distinctis, pilis minutissimis erectis nonnullis adspersura, ORVVA obovata, magnitudine P/s/. Kiiidcrmis
nigro-olivacoa, praesertim juxta vertleem sctulis nigris deeiduis adspersa. Caro parca, Putamen tenue,
submerabranaceum, extus brunneum, intus testaeeum, in vertice porls tribus sat magnis, duobus coecis,
tertio pervio, omnibus extus fibris stellato-connivcntibus replctis, instructum. Nucleus obovatus, vertice
trifoveatus, colore rufo-fuscescente. Albumen corneum, solidum, lácteo - a lbum, oleosum. Embryo conicus,
substantiae teneriorls, püllidus.
Cì-Mcii in sylvls Japurc/isiius et propter fliwUan SoUnioirs. Leda memibus Jamiario, h-chruario
• h» in prlm«v.. mss^liuainc vi
1 cum potij, C|U0) libiac stiTMcarfii ¡01
l ó . B A C T R I S B IFIDA. Tab. 73. C. 3.
B. caudice sitbmediocri, pelioUs basi longe subampìexiccadi aculeatissimis antice inc¡uii radíeos
busi parce acideatis, frondibus ciliatis indivisis sublanceolatis longe cunealis profunde bijìdis,
laciiiiis lalo-eiisifonniòus; spadice simplici, driipis ovatis.
DESCRIPTIO. CAVDKX submediocri statura, sex, octo ad summum decern pedes altiis, digiti pollicis
crassitie, fuseescens, ercctus.
Fnoyr'ES versus caudicis siimmitatem sparsae, vel terminales, patentes, sex ad octo spithamas longac,
indivisao. Petioli basi circiter bipedali subamplexicaulcs, ibique in dorso aculcis crcberrimis subulatis
tenuibus atris e basi callosa alba oriundis unguícula ri bus et pollicaribus patcntibus horridi, in ventre tandem
disrumpcndi atquo fibrosi minusquc aculeati; antico versus laminara decrescendo inermes vd in aliis
armati aculéis multo paucioribus iisyue longioribus, ibidem in dorso convexi in facie medio carinati, tomento
castaneo inslruetì. Lamina angusto-lanceolata, deersum longe cuncala, apice profunde billda in taci ma s
spilliamaens vel pedales tres polliccs latas, ncrvis pluribus dislancia duarum voi trìum linearum decurreiitihus
munita iiiterquc cos, praesertim versus basin, subplicata, in ncrvis tomento ferrugineo - griseo e floccis et
vosieulis minimis constante vestita, margine ciliis minulis nigris caducis armata, coloro obscure viridi alquc
siccala iiilerdum varias Iridis colores r espíen de ns.
FLORES et sr.iTJi.i non obscr\'ati. SVADIX simplex, fere spithamaeus. DRVÌA in CALYCE eupulari, vario
modo fìsso, versus basin aiinulo nigro picto inquc COV-OLLA ilio duplo mnjore et pari modo pietà ovata,
magnitudine fere ovi columbini, vertice acuta. Epidermis fusco-violacco-virens, pube tenui fusoidula erecta
adspersa. Caro Jloccosa, acidula, alba. Put ame n crassum, utrinque aculum, oliva e co-nigrum, supra medium
pons instruclum sat conspicuis, quos fibrae sarcoearpii implent tenues rigidulae, intus pallide
" u c l o u s ovatus, tosta pallide fusca, pallidius venosa, albumine lácteo, embryo
Crcscil in sylvis inter Coari ci E^a^ i>illas in Provincia do Rio negro dieta. Leda v <> Marlin.