G E Í » ' 0 M A Si>lxiai»a
et loiicriora, planiuscula, in medio pcrcursa nervo versus basi» subfiiscidulo, secundum margincm tc
integorrimum fuscciceiuia, cclcmm pallida, rnro basi monibrana lenui inlcr se coiinoxa. .SÍVIMCTÜM (Umncnta
alba, basi connata in urceoliim in cruribus antUedfcrum, juniorem cyaüúformem longitudinocjuc coroUam
aequantem, postea sub antliesi c basi ovata cyliiidricum et crura linearía acuta c corolla rndialim e:<pauaE,a..n..
A i i t h e r a c in síngalo eruro binae, eoque nonniliil breviores, lineari-clavatao, pollino farctac albo su
boso. RuDniE:^r>jyi nsTiLLi minutissimum in basi urccoll. ovario subgloboso vol turbinato, stylo vix V,.M„
s t i g m a t i b u s tribus orectis subulatis. FOEMINEIS Í:M.YX quam corolla nonniiiil brovior. Folíola lanceolata,
acuminata, duo evidcntlus carinato-concava, in norvo dorsali fuscesccntia, ccterum palliila, in margine
tonuiore subtilitor denticulata. COHOLLA subcylindrica, triPida vol tandem <
lanceolata, acuta, planiuscula, tonuia, pallida, margine integerrima. C>lindrus membranaceus albus, s.ib-
, quam corolla sub anlhcsi nonniliil longior, ore tenuiter sexdcntato, involvens ovarium globo-
•.ns et s tylum cylindricnm albidum, exsupcralus stigmatibus Lribus subulatis revolutis albis.
e corollaque pers¡stantibus sulfulta, sessilis in ramis spadicis tunc purpurasccntibus el saepe inLumiputaminis
cerasi, globoso-ovata, vertice acuLiusoula, atro-violacea
lageniforn
continens i i u c l e u m eonformom, laevigatuni, cujus a l b u m e n lactcinn, , solidnm, e m b r y o basi-
Inris et paulo in latere locaLuä, cylindrieus, pallidus, substantiae tcnuioris.
y-ARiAT haec species tam frondium fissura. quam spadicibus modo depauperatispauciilorisbrcvibus, modo
pinguibus multilloris.
Cresca ad Caracas: Bredemcier, apiid \Vilid. 1. c.; erjaidcm pltirihiLS locin in DrasiUa prarsertim.in
sylvis marUimis Provincirtrum sepfenlrionaliam irweni. Jncolae cfroxdibics. r/uas uU aliaruM (¡twine patmanimfromhs
Pat Uba appellant, corbes pro conservanda farina aliiique rebus domesticis fabricaul. Floret
Jauitario — Martlo; fractiflcal Odobri — Decemiri.
1 0 . G E O N O M A S P I X I A N A . Takis. iC.
G.frondibus terininalibus indivisis limccoiatis basi cuncatis apice bifurcis, spadicibus panicuialts
pttbescenlibus, Jloribus sc.x- ad octojariam itnbricaLis, caiycihus mascidis corollas subacjuanliOus,
cylindri foeminel dentibus stellato - emersis, baccis oixito-globosis.
DESCNIPTJO C iVDEX HADiasvs subsimplieibus iirmatus ,in altitudinem sex ad octo pedum evectus, rectus
velparum (lexuosus, crassitie pollicari, subcylindricus, annulis sat amplis nolatus, aliis adelapsu frondinm ortis
per pollieis dislantias dispositis, aliis majoribus. qui spadicum vestigia, plcruin.juc inter tres qualuor;c
illorum inseulptis, cetcrum laovigatus, colore badio vcl stramineo-fuscesccnte.
ispirantes, quadripcdales vel raro majores, omnes
itice nd terliam l'ere partem usque bifidae, cruribus
hitiiudino vix spithamaeae, raro vetusLate transversa liter in
distanlia trium i'crmc linearum nervis in superiore facie acute
Iternantibus obtusioribus atque lomento gríseo-fusco obsessis subtiis promiipitliamaei,
raro longiores, basi eylin-
FRO:ii>r.s crecl.o-paten tes
terminales, simplices. firmulac, lanccolalae, basi
lanceolatis acuminatis, sinu angusto ac
p i n n a s nonnullas suboppositas lissac
proniinentibus aliisque c..
ncnJbus, cetcrum glabrae, laevigatae, obscure virides. Petiol- - , , "i -, A- I-,
drica interiores peüolos amplectentes, ibiquo dorso cannat i , lateríbns striali atque tandem longaudinahtc.
fibras seccdcntes, lomeuLo gríseo-ferrugineo vestiti,
e lineares, in dorso lopidoto
ra argini bus acutìs.
naer persistentes frondes crumpentos, plcrmnque solilarli, erccti, pedales vel sesquipedales et
plcrique robustiorc. Peduiiculus fere spitbamaeus, basi Uua semilunari caudicem amplectens,
• inius planus, parum llexuosus atque ad flexurae ángulos squarais membranaceis
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