1. ELAEIS MELANOCOCCJ. Tab. 35. 55.^
-E. caini ice adscc.ndentc, pelioUs spinoso-serratis, pinnis lincaribus aciiminatis subtus concoìoribus,
(inlìicris ovalis, drupis ovatis aculis.
Aiw indica velia larvarti ostendens, J. Bauh. Hist. I. p. 387. T i. a. (putamcn.)
Nux indica larvata prior, Jons t. Dcnclr. ed. 1768. p. i5o. t. 48. f. 2. (puiamen.)
ALFOS'SJA OLEIFERA Huinb. Nov. Gen. ct Sp. I. p. 246, Syn. I. p. 308. (secundum
specimen in lierbario Wilkleno^v^iano).
ELAEIS MELANOCOCCA Giirtn. de iVucl. et Sem. I. p. 18. tab. G, f. 2.
lìESCmPTIO. ZÎ/D/CBS plurimac, in discum trium quatuorve pedum diametro congcstae, spithamacae,
cylitidricae, crassilie pennae cygneac vcl digiti minimi, epidermide cinereo - testa
Ian J em li g 11 esc en Les.
CYJUDEX ocio ad (Uiodecim podes longu
fcviore radículas vel ex omiii siiperncie ve!
.adscendens, cyliiidriciis ve! sursum
vestigüs eliipticis tres ad quatuor poli
pctiolorum pcrsistentibus
longior, plcrumque ¡n tcrram dccumbons itiquo facic infrondium
dclapsarum protriidons, superiore parte
, pedis I
. , — duorumve diametro, l'rondiuin, quae disccsserant,
altis pedemquc lati s notatus, obscure fuscus, superno plcrumque bas ib us
•patentibus iii Irimn ad sex pedum crassitiem auctus.
Fno!<DES quindecim ad vigint!, spoctabiles, pcriphcrice patentes, in comam densam confertae, spiraliter
disposiLac, decern ad daodccim pedes longac. Pi^tioli crassi, in basi intus plani vcl parum convcxi,
tcstaceo-fusci, extus convexo-bifacialos, margine muniti spinis sduncis apicc in fibras longas tcrminalis,
vjndes rei fusoo-virides. Racliis primum tomento sordide albo dctcrgibili tccta, tandem nuda, postico fere
teres cum facic supcriore ct. laLcralibus pinnigcrìs planis, aiilice superne acute bifacialis, subtus se
l ' n i n a c duos ad Ires podes longac, sursum longitudine decresccntcs, duos pollices latac, subopposit;
cinno-pectinalac, paUntes, septuaginta, octoginta, immo contum in quovls latere, lineares, longo .
iulcgcrrimac, nervo medio crasso superne prominulo, secundariis in quovis latere subscnis, lacte viridcs,
juniores m margine ct in nervo medio tomento dctergibili adspersae.
Si-.-iD/crs in ter frondium pctiolos pcrsis Lentes proven i cn Los. Spalli a 0 spadiccm primum omnino obvolrcnles,
exterior anceps, inLerior fusiformis ve! clavata; utraquo fusca, tandem in fibras longitndinalcs
secedens alqttc, maLurcsccnte spadicc, circa liunc sub forma caKplrae dilaccratac persistcns.
STADTX ÌLL.'JSCULUS erectus, scsquipedalis. Tedunculus sexpollicaris, compresso - teres, tomento
griseo-fusco obsitus, superne bracteis coriaccis subLriangularibus acutis longiLudinalitcr striaLis nolatus.
Uami plurimi, ultra septuaginta vel octogiiila, quatuor ad sex pollices lengi, subfastigialo-eompactì, Letra —
licxagoni, obtusiusculi, Lomento tenuissimo castanco-ferrugineo adspcrsi, angulati atque bracLea una altcrave
parva muniti, in ima basi compressi, apice mucrone brevi pjramidato l
FLonss in quovis
latere tres, quatuor vel quinqué, oblique SeriaLim imbrieatì. Cjl.rx e membrana
lanceolato-linearia, crccLa, concaviuscula, corollae arde adplicita, sub lente
margi Lcnuiter serrulata, inlcrdum
longic
alba.
pctalis laxc cohaerentia. COROI.LJI: p e l a l a quam calyx parum
1, crocia , siaminibus adprcssa, oblongo-obovala, aculiuscula, e membrana Icnui con/lata,
f ì l a m e n t a connata in urceolum carnosum oliváceo - viri dem dolioliformom,
ore m dcntcs sex aeulos disscctum. Antherac sub anlliesi radialo-expansao, palulae,
suboWongae, pallidac, polline globoso albo turgidae. JIVDIME.'ÌTIJH risriLn in urccolo
um ovalum, uli illc oliváceo-viride. Stylus distinctus nullus; stigmata obsoleta, acuta,
ipsa medio t
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