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ocio piíduni lorgitiiiUnc racliin rcmoliusciilc et subaequaliter occupaiites, inferiores subaltornac, snpcrioi'cf
opposiLac lioi-izonulitcr palentcs, conciiinac cum mucrone acutissimo pcilalcs et sesquipedales, miiltincrviplicalac,
nervo medio aculo superne, luteralibus allernatira superne subtusquc promincntibus, in pagina superiora
obscure viridcs, in interiore pallide glauccscontcs, iutcgerrimae, afiixae in Interibus racheos planis, junioribus
tomeulo lusco landem delergibili obsessis.
Si'^iDix pedalis et scsquipedalis, lotus fuseus, granuloso-pulverulentus, tandem laevigatns, infra frondes
jessilis, basi scmilunari, m a n u b r i o brevi, vix ultra polliccin lougo, iiUcr círculos ab ulrinsque spalliac insetlìonc
insculptos tcreli, aiitioe compresso-le re ti obiter transverse sulcato ramosque inde omnes quasi ex apice
exserenlc. Rami spithamaci, pedales vel paulo loiigiores, recti, scopano-fasciculati, ima basi angulali faciebus planis
sibique arete imbricati absque lloribus; anliee valdo flexuosi atque pro floribus serobiculali, versus apiccin brevi
mucrone terminatum vix attenuali. SPATUA iilraquc obscnre fusca, lignosa; e x l n r i o r spithamnen, angusLolaneeolata,
ancCps, dorso convexa, intus concava, marginibus aeutis submeiubranaceis, longitudinali ter striata,
apice bifida, laeiniis lanceolatis, laudcm la Le re i m e rio re secundum longitudinem fissa; interior podalis et ultra,
priraum cylinilrica, mucrone scsquipellicari vel bipollicarì terminala, crassior quam exterior, obscure fuscotomentosa,
inlus primum testacea deiu castanca.
FLORES, quam in praeeedento specie ilcnsius dispositi et minores, infimis solummodo foemincis, mediis
foemiueis inter duos masculos, ultimis masculis. M.'ISCULIS: CALYX iiiinutus, quam pétala quadruplo et
quintuplo brcvior, triparliuis in lacinias laticeolatas aculas, compage membranacea versus marginem icneriorc.
COROLLA pallide lcsiaeeo-oclirolcuca, coriacea. Pétala oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, anticesaepe obliqua, planiuseul
a, i n lus lo n g i t u d i II al i le r n c rv osa. SFAMI^J et !• /s r/W t n un M J E.vr rai u li i n re 1 i q u is spe ci eb US. FOIÙMI^EIS'.
CALYX oonslans Toliolis orbieularibus, quorum exlimum majos et cuculialo-concavnm interiora maxima parte
icgit. COROLLA tripetala, forma oranino calyeis coque inclusa, paulo minor et icnuior, Ovarium subglobosum,
pnbciixns, ulcinqne acutum, vertice stigmalibus tribus pyramidatis connivenlibvis inslriietuin. BACCA magnitudine
nucis avcllanac, ovata, acnta, purpurco-nigrieans, glabra, coiitinons intra carucr n gruniosam nuoli'um
ovalum, utrinque oblusiim, fibris rigidis compressis longiludinalibus obduetnm, unoque latere suleo umbilical!
insculptum- Albumen solidum, album, transverse radiatum et subspIenilcnS, siccum. Embryo clavatus, obiusus,
per tres quartas partos longitudinis nuclei creelus, substantia molliore, quam albumen.
Cresci/ plerumque dispersus, rarius soeiaUi, in ¡nlcrioribits sylcis Provinciarnin Paracusis ctjlaminis
nigri. ubi Bacaba-i i. e. Bacaba parva ab i/icoUs vocalur. L'siis est itti praeccdeìiUtim specicriim. Fiorai
fere loto auno; eíjaidem Jloiigerum et/rucliferum legi inasibus Octobri — Dcccmbri.
OENOCARPVS CIRC UM TE X T US. Tab. 26. Fig. 3. 4.
O. cauri ice opere fibroso stiperlc.xlo, pinnis oblongo-lanccolaiis abrupte longe acumlnatis, calycum
mascìdorum </uain potala ovato.oblonga obtusiuscula (¡uadniplo breviorum laciniis latotriangiilaribiiS
aciitis, biicds cyliixlricis.
DESCRIPTIO. CAUDEX cireiter viginti pedes altus, quatuor ad quinqué polliee.s crassus, rectus, ubique
toetus residuis pctiolorum in opus fibtesum rcticulatum dissolnlis.
FBOTIDES octo ad deccm pedes longae. P i n n a e distantes, o va to-oblo n gao vel oblongo-lanceo la ta e, pedem et
quod exeedit longae, quatuor vel quinqué poUiceS latae atque in acumen quadri — quinquep olii care tenue
abrupte attenuatae, nervis pluribus percursae, quorum médius superne satis prominet, obscure virides, extimae
decrescendo minores, quatuor ad sex pollices longae.
SCADIX cireiter bipcdalis, purpureo-fuscus, pulvere l.enuissimo granuloso adspersus. l'cduneulus fere
pedalis, basi semibuari in caudice sessilis, compressus, rectus, quasi reeto-paLcns, antiee attenuaLus, Jlexuosus, e,
Jlexuris ramos emillens. Ha m i ultra viginti, pedales et paulo longiorcs, recti, slricli. frucUferj riutanles vd penduli,
basi cireiter trium pollicum longitudine nudi, compresso-angulati, quam antice tenuiores utque m smus majores
llcxi, antico ubique usque ad npicem obtusum flot-um foveis approximatis insculpti.
ivisi MASCCU. magniludine fiorcs Oe. m i n o r i s aeqviantes. CALYX corolla
o-fuscus, margine albidus, laciniis orbiculari-subov.ilis acntiusculis dorso
FLORES solummodo pauei n
quadruplo brcvior, pallide lesti
catinaio-gibbis. ConoLL.t •i puiimu.pallida.
Pel a l a ovato-oliIonga, obtusiuscula, inlos longitudinaliler sulcata.- FLOIÌIÌS
BACCA M F O E m N E Ì mihi i - calyee -
corollaque persisrentibus, quam spccierum pracccdenlium minoribus,
sessilis, unguem longa vel parumlongior , cylindrica, vertice ruaimemis si.gum.u.a
purpureo-coeruleseenti-grisea. Caro tenuis. Nucleus oblongo-eybndneus, acutiuseu^, longiludmabl r flbms
circumvolutus, quarum e:.teriorcs albae, interiores lusco - nigrieantcs. Albumen album, radiato- ibrosum,
soHdum. Embryo clavatus, obtusus, albuminls foveac centrali per tres semm.s quartas partes msculptae iramersus,
' • cylindrica, vertice rudiineiilis sligmaluni nonniUil exceiilricis umbonata,
substantia molliuscula, albus.
Cresci!, in ndsccnui monlis Capati adßuvii Japurá calaraclas orientales, tods sylca primaeva densissima
aeterno rore húmenle consUis.
n.iieulus, 2. C»lfl. 5. Ti.«Iura 1