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CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS.
M O N O I C A in. codera spaclice. Spatlia simplex. Flores scssiles,
bractcolali. MASC. Calyx tripavlitus aiit Lripliyllus, ioliolis coalitis. Cor
o l l a Iripclnla. Stamina numerosa, dccem ad viginliquatuor. Rudimciit
u m pistilli. FOEM. Calyx Iriphyllus. Corolla tripetala. Cupula
amuilaris, ovarium ambicns. Ovarium triloculare, (rarius quadri-vet quiuqueloculare).
Stigmata tria, (rarias quatuoi- vcl quinqué) sessilia. Drupa
trilocularis, (rarius quadri- vcl quinquclocularis), loculis mouoapermis. I'ut
a m e u basi triporum, (rarius quadri- vel quinqueporum). Albumen
acquabilc. Em b r y o basilaris.
CHARACTER NATURALIS.
IMONOICA in eodcm spadice, floribus sessllllras, supcriovLluis raasculis, focmineis
ravioribus passim versus hasiii ramorwm; (An fovle <juo(]uc dioica aut polygaina?) Bractcolac
parvae, iloriimbasinfulcientes. IMiSC. Calyx tnparliUis, auL, siinayis, Lripliyllus, foliolis
ima basi coalilis. Corolla membranacea vel carnoso-membranacea, tripétala, petal i s obl
o n g o - I a n ce ol al is erectis. Stamina e fundo ñovis carnosiusculo, deecm, octodecim, viginliduo
et viginticjuatuor, conferta, longitudine subiiiaequalia. Fi 1 a m c n La siibulata. Anllicrae
sublinearcs, eveclac. Pollen eilipticmn, cicaLrisatmn. l''0E3I. Calyx Lripbylhis, Toholis
ovaLis, imbricaLo-convoluLis. Corolla iripclaln. Pc.Lala calycinis foliolis similia, inclusa.
O v a r i u m ovalum, triloculare, raro quadri- auL quinquelocvilarc, raiñssime biloculare. SLigmaLa
toL quoc loculamenla, siibulaLa, connivcnLia. Drupa ovaLa vcl elliptica, subrostraLa,
c o r L i c e fibroso-ligaoso, puLamine lapideo crasso triloculari, rarius quadri- vel quiiiqaclocxilari,
rarissime biloculari, basi í 'oraminibus orbiciilaribus LoL, quoL embryones existunt,
perluso. Nuclei oblongi, LesLa reticulalo-venosa, hinc r a p h e iimbilicali laLiuscula notala.
A l b u m e n amygdalinum, oleosum, subsolidum. Embryo iii fossa propria basilari, cylnidricus
aut cUn'atiis.
H A B I T U S . Palmac procerae auL mediocrcs, rarius acaiiles, caudice crassiuseulo c
U g n o rubcllo-fusco molli conslaiitc, irregulariLcr cicalrisato, f rondibus terminalibus pinnalis
amplis, petiolis laLiusculis, pinnis subconcinnis crassiusculo.mcmbranaccis subglabris
rcdaplicaLis. Spadices inter bases frondium emergenLes, patentes, fructiferi saepc vasli ct
nutantes, simplicitcr ramosi. I'iores ocbroleuci. Fructiis fusci, scmiiiibus edulibus.
S T A T I C ET IIABITATIO. Genus, uli videtm-, pluribus spcciebus superbiens, ast
n o n d um rite obscrvaLum, in uLroque Americes liemispbaerio proveniens, versus Anstrum ad
Tropicum Capricorni usque cxtciisum, solum pingue et calidas sylvas pracdiligens, rarnis in
alios montes adscciidens.
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