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3. COCOS OLERACEA. Tab. 82.
C. caudica procerrimo subregulariier levilcrque annvlalo; frondibus crccto• patentibus, pinnis
linearibus subcrispis; ßoribus Jocmineis conicis; drupis ovalis.
Pahna Iralba, Piso Bras, edit 1658. p- 129- Rai. Hisl. II. p. 1361.
DESCniPTlO. CAVDSX rectus mit nonnihil ilcxuosus, scxaginta ad octoginta pedes alms, in ima basi
crassior, diametro fere pedali, apice sub coma quatuor ad sex polliccs crassus, in inieriorc parte annulli fere
obliteratis noUitus atquo Iiinc indo frondium basitus brevibus persistcntibus ijuasi nodosus, in superiore evidentius
annulatus, annulis pollicem unum vel diraidium inter se dislantibus, epidermide cinerea longitudinaliler
rimosa, in annulis a fasciculis vasorum frondium e" '
Fäondes dcnsae, sex ad octo pedes longac, arcuato-dcflcxac. Peti oli ima basi in dorso pollicem et
quod excedit Iati, cxEus convexi, intus Icviter concavi, in ventre fibris tenacibus transversis alianim fiondmm
bases obvolventes, antico ad pinnas usque tetragoni, snbtus nimirum convexi, in lateribus angustionbns
plani et supra Icvitcr convexi, in rachi , convexitatc bao in facies duas sub ángulo acuto convenientes elevata,
trigoni; juniores rore glauco detcrgibili adspersi et, pracsertim versus summitatcm in infcnore facie, tomento
brerissimo cinerascenti-fusco iobscssi. Pinnac lineares, sublaleatac, acntae, pedales et longiores, tres vi
ut plurimum quatuor, rarius quinqué aut sex approximatac, racbeos lateribus oblique adnatao indecjue rediiplicatac
is ilcxuosi
ìin cares,
bipcdnlìs,
longitudiocliroleuca
ci
et valde complicalac, supra obscure virides, subtus glaucae, nervo medio su]
et latcral ibus subsenis approximatis pcreursac et vcnis transversis subroLiculatìs, pr;
prominent ¡bus conspicuae.
SFADIX inter interiores frondes proveniens, primum erectus, dein patens vol nutans, sesqui- vcl bipedalis.
Pedunculus teres vcl compress i use ul us, circiter spitliamam longus, glabcr, dilute albo-virens. RacliiS
tercti-angulata, in ramos sünplices divisa. Rami basi comprcsso-subancipitcs, in dorso c
postice inter singulos llores focmineos arcuato-Zle^uosi, antice, ubi iloribus masculis es
et strictiusculi, uti pedunculus glabri et pallido virosceiucs. Bractcac membran,
infra singulos ramos et aliae nonnullac majores triangulares in pedunculo. SI'ATIU sesquipedalis au
subclavata, aperta lineari-lanceolata, basi, ubi pedunculum spadìcis amplectitur, quasi cylindric.i,
naliter sulcata, junior extus tomento griseo-fusco ndsptrsa, caeterum viridi-fuscescens, intus oc]
tandem castaneo-fusca.
FLORES in racemos sat densos congesti. MASCUU semper per paria subalterna dispositi in ángulo prominente
racbeos, bracteolis parvls membranaceis suffulti. CALYX vix llncam altus, triangularis,^
lopbyllum exbibcnlibus, palli-
f o l i o l i s tribus acuto-pyramidalis, pracScrtim inlns connatis atque calyccm i
dis, in margine touuiore membranaceo albis. COROI.L,
• ad quiiique lineas longa, colore sulfureo,
P é t a l a erecta, lineari-Ian eoo la ta, acula, acumino brevi,
s plerumque medio in dorso stria elevata notata,
intus sulcis nonnuUis a pressione staminum inscuipta. & !<A inclusa, rilamenta -
subulata, alba, brevia.
quarlam antherarum Cìrcìler partem melientia, in fundo /loris connata. Antbcrae lineares, obtusae, basi
emarsinalac. PISTIL,.1 RVDIM.'^TU^, minimum, sublrigonum, apice s t igmalum dopauperatorum tres ángulos
monslrans FLOBCS FOEMISKI conici, crassitic atque colore plus minus virescente a mascnlis djstincti
iisciuo pauciores, inler duos masculos vcl absque eis in flcxurae ramorum angulis scssiles in radíeos prominentUs,
quas braeleae Ires membrauaceae, tenerae, una nimirum media lalior atque duae laterales angustiores,
muniunt, CAI.YC¡S fol íol a ex ovalo pyramidato-acuminala, valde involuta, extus in cristas rectas
vcl oblique docucrcntes elevata, glabro. Pelala a foliolis calycinis omnii.o involala alquc similia, ast minora
nee ita nervoso-carinata. Ovarium ovatiim, glabrum, sursum attenuatum alque stigmntibus tribus coronatum
primum pyramidato-connivcntibus, dein patenlibus. DRVHA fere sc squ i pollicem longa, ovata, cortice
fibroso. Nucleus amygdaliuus, dulcís, edulis.
Cresca in sylvis mediterranei^ Promicine m^iiu Gera/'s diclac, h-c/a et dcscrlpla propc Contenditi,
in deserto versusßiu-iiim S. Fi-ancisci. mense ^ugiislo. </no ijaidem tempora flores habcbal.
incoine lume Patmam ibidem Quariroba ie« Coqueiro-amargozo dieunt. Gemmae novellac
( P a l m i t o ) frondes interiores aqua, fervida infundunt alque. exlractis partibus rcsinosis amarts, oteo
acetoque coiidilas in delieiis habent. Drupac nuclei a passeribus et simiis avide eomedmUur.
Cülüi. 3. Col,i. 3