ICON. BXPL. Tab. 124. Fig. I. sistit Phooniois pusillao spadicem masculum floronloin, cum spatha sua completa. 1. Rami florigcri pars, dccerptis floribus,
ut bractcao conspicl possint. 2. Flos inaportus. 8. Calyx. 4. Flos sub anlhosi. 5. Idem, verticalitor disscctus, stammum complexum intra pcialum cxliibcns. 6. Stamen
ab utroque latere. 7. Antherao sectlo horizontal!». S. Pollen aquae immcrsum. 9. Alabastro duo horizontaliter pcrsecta. 10. Corolla aperta, derasa carne In fundo, ut
mscrtioncs staminum appareant. Omnia varia magnitudine aucta. — 11. Bacca in perigonio. 12. Nucleus, a facie sulcata inspcctus. 13. Nucleus verticalitor fissus. 14. Alius
horizontaliter perscctus. Omnia magnitudine naturali. — 15. Embryo bis audus.
7Yti.136. Ieon inferior sistit Phoenicis pusillao plantas integras ad spedmina culto in horto R. Monacensi. Eadcm icon et Phooniccm s jlv estroni cxhibct
in regione Dccaniao depictam.
Tab. morpholog. IV. Fig. X . Apex frondis junioris, pinnis summis jam rectángulo patcntibus, inferioribus sub ángulo acuto excuntibus. In margine pinnarum
fissimi exarcscit et decidi!. — Fig..XI. Partem frondis nondum explicitao, e centro stirpis, cxhibct, pinnis adhucdum membranae illius ramcntaccae ope connexis.
6. P H O E N IX F A R IN IF E R A : su b a ca u lis ; fr o n d ib u s in c om p tis , p in n is ir r e g u la r ite r a g g r e g a tis d ir e e / io ne subte-
tr a s t ic h a , l i n e a r i b u s a c u m i n a t i s s i m i s , s a t u r a t e v i r i d i b u s , la x is ; p e ta lis m a scu lis a n g u s lo -o b lo n g is a c u tiu s c u lis ;
p e d ú n c u l o f r u c t í f e r o f r o n d e s s u b a e q u a n t e ; baccis eïïiplicis u ltr a semipollicaribus n i g r i s , emb ryo n e p a n ilo in fr a
med ium d o rsa li.
PH OEN IX F A R IN IF E R A , Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 73. Corom. I. p. 55. t 74. Fior. Ind. IH. p. 758. Willd. Sp. Pl. IV. p. "73i:
(exclusa Plioenice pusilla Gaertn. e t reliqna synonymia). Kuntli. Emuli. III. p. 257.
PHOEN IX PU S IL L A , Lour. Flor. Cochinch, e d it orig. p. 614, quae PH. ? L O U R E IR I Kunth. Enum. III. p. 257. pro synonymo
adduci tu r, quum in auctoris dcscriptionc nil invenerim, quod a Ph. fa rm ife ra abhorrcrct, e t Finlaysonius, qtti veram fa r i-
niferam in Bengala vi d it, non dubitasset quin earn, quant in Siamae oris observavit, pro identica dcçlararet
CiVUDEX 1 — 2 -p ed a lis, totus frondium vaginis involutus. F rondes fere Ph. dactyliferae frondes magnitudine acquant, instructac
pinnis longioribus, angustioribus magis acuminatis, saturatius viridibus (in speciminibns hortensibus, quae v id i, non exacte bifariis ncque
acquidistantibus, n ti in Ph. pusilla, sed subincompte t ctrastichis e t in greges snboppositos approxiinatis. (ROXB.) Spadix a cl. ROXBURGHIO
8 — 12-pollicaris d icitur, sed auctore HAMILTONIO foentincus pedimculo instruitur 'fere frondes longitudine-aequante, qualein' ego quidem
quoque v id i in speciminc a cl. ROB. WIGHT nomine Ph. spadiceae communicato. P e d u n c u lu s ille valdc compressus, laevigatns, striatus, 6 lilt,
latns, in te r ramos fructíferos in Thacltin semipedalem gracilescit Rami inferiores subsemiverticillatim exseruntur 5—6 poll, longi, superiores
pauciores antem sparsi brcviores, sub grossificatíone ángulo fere recto patent^ postice compresso-teretiusculi rec ti, antico angolati e t flexuosi.
F lores MASC. Calyx brevis cyatliiformis, leviter tridentati». Pétala a n g usto-oblonga, acuta vel acutí u sad a, 2 y2 lin. longa. Stamina
s e x , inclusa, filamentis subulatís c fundo corollae carnoso, antheris erectis lineari-lanceolati^, (extrorsis?). F lores FOEM. Calyx itti
in mare. Corolla e petalis tribus orbicularibns rigidulis sibi circumvolutis. P istill i tr ia , ovata, stylus brevibus stiomatibus acutis,
rccurvis. Bacca 6 — 7 lin. a lta , oblongo-cylindrica, vertice brevi acuto, epidermide, dum matura, nitide nig ra, carne parce farinosa dulci.
(ROXB.) Nucleus u ti in Ph. pusilla (1).
C r e s c it p e r v a s tam p la g a m In d in e o rien t a lls , saepe p rom iscu e cum Fhoenice s y lv e s tr i. S ic c a a r e n o sa e t la pidosa
p la n ilie rum p r a e d ilig i t, n u n c in d e p re ssis reg io n ib us n u n c in eleva tio rib u s so c ia l im p ro v en ie n s. I n p en in su la In d ia e occid
e n ta li p e r re g n um M y s o r es e t p r o v in c ia s C ir c a r s ca ld e fr e q u e n s ; ib id em re g io n e s m a r i v ic in a s p r a e a liis in co ler e s c r i-
b u n t cl. R o x b u r g h i u s e t F o r b e s R o y l e , q u i earn p r o p e C o r in g a , in d is tr ic tw R a jam u n d r y (Taf. b o r . 1 6 ° 4 9 ', lo n g ,
o r . a P a r is . 8 0 ° ) n o ta v i/. ( I l lu s tr â t, o f th e H im a la y a M o u n ta in s , p . 39 7 — 3 9 9 .) P ro v e n it quoque in co dibus B en g a lia e a
G a n g e J lu v io v e r su s a u s i r um s itis ( H a m i l t o n , T r a n sa c t. L in . S o c . X V . p . 8 1 ) ; ne e n o n in p ro v in c ia S ch a h a b a d , u b i P a -
l a w a t d ic itu r . ( Id em a u c to r in M a r tin E a s t. I n d ia I . p . 5 0 9 .) I n o r is S iam e n sib u s e t in in su lis S a y e r earn in v en it F i n l a y -
s o n (M is s io n to S iam a n d H u e , p . 8 ) . E a d em quoque in Cochinchinae p e tro s is p r o p e r i t o s , e. g . in m o n tib u s Co nm il, 6
leucis a m e tro p o li im p e r ii H uoe â d is ta n tib u s , p r o v e n it, te s te L o u r e i r o . P a r v u s h u ju s sp e cie i tr u n c u s , d e c e rp tis fr o n d iu m
basib us con um s is t it 15 — 18 p o ïï. ton g urn e t in p a r te c ra s s is s im a 6 p o llicum d iam e tro , c u ju s lig n um molle a lb id um a t que
J ib r o s um in ced u lis c o n tin e t m a te r iem amylaceam ta n ta q u a n tita te , u t in c o in e , c ib i p e n u r ia c o a c ti, eum p e r lon g itu d in em
J is s um e t s ic ca tum in m o r to r io lig n eo co n tu n d ere so lea n t. M a te r ie c r ib ro su b a c ta tu n c e lic itu r fa r i n a i d i , q uae S a g o
d ic itu r s im ilis , a ttam e n am a r ic a n s e t m in o r is p r e tii. Q u a c o c la p u ltem p r a e p a ra n t C o n j e e d ic tum . E p in n is s to r e a e , e
p e tio lis f i s s i s co rb es n e c lu n tu r . Te d in g a e h a n c speciem C h i t t y - c i t a a p p e lla n t. J a n u a r io e t F eb r u a r io flo r e t , M a jo f r u c t u s
m a tu ra i. H a e c R o x b u r g h i u s l ra d id ii Corom. I. c . E f r o n d i b u s , q u a s J la c c id io r e s e sse q u am in re liq u ie speciebus
p e rh ib e t, m a c è ra tis e t c o n to r tis f u n e s p r a e p a r a r i, a u c to r e s t H a m i l t o n i u s .
1 . P H O E N IX A C A U L I S : a ca u lis, s o b o life ra ; fr o n d ib u s in c om p tis , p in n is v a r i a d i r e c t i o n e s q u a r r o s is , in g r e g
e s r em o tiu s cu lo s a g g r e g a tis , lin e a r i- a c um in a tis , s u b g la u c e s c e n ti- v ir id ib u s , r ig id is p u n g e n tib u s , sum m is b r e vio r ib u s sub-
in te g e r r i mis ; p e ta lis m a scu lis lin ea ri-o b lo n g is a c u tis ; ba c cis é d ip tic is n ig r is s em ip o d ica r ib u s , albumine n o n rum in a to , emb
ry o n e d o rsa li.
Phoenix acaulis, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 73. Fior. Ind. IH. p. 784. No. 1. Corom. ILL p. 70. t. 273. Hamilton (Buchanan) in Transact.
Lin. Soc. XV. p. 87. Spreng. S y s t Veg. H. p. 138. Kunth. Enum. IH. p. 257. No. 9.
Radix fibrosa, crassa. Caudex nulli». -Frondes in pianta sylvestri raro u ltra cubitum longae; basi vaginante membranacea intus
ncrvoso-rcticulata arete imbricatae in bidbum vix extra terram emergentem, p e t i o l o trigono subtus convexo perbrevi, in r h a c h i n trigonam
excurrentc. P i n n a e bine inde 3 — 5 approximatae, squarrosae, ima basi complicata in rliachi insertar, lineares, circiter spitbamam longae,
% poli, latae, nudae, nervis longitndinalibus paralleli» striatae, rigidae, apice spinesccntes, inferioribus brevissimis, summis sensim sen-
simque brevioribus. Spatha axillaris, solitaria, membranacea, marcescens, indeterminato delùseci». Spadix MASC. spitbamam vel pedem
longus. P e d u n c u l u s 4 — 5 poli, longus, compressus, longitudinaliter striatus, glaber, laevigatus, antico ramos plurimos fascicolalo» emit-
tens. Rami bine ex omni superficie spadicis, inde praesertim e margine emissi, inferiores 2 — 3 poll, longi, stimmi pollicem aut unguom.
Omnes glabri, angulati, flexuosi, in flexuris fioriferi. Bractea parva, ovato-triangularis, infra flexurae simun membranacea, bracteOlam
duplo minorem nunc in sinistro nunc in dextro latere fovens. Flos tres lin. altus. Calyx vix lin. altus, albus, incmbranaceus, cupularis, sub-
trigonus, leviter tridentati», dentibus acutis, dorso carinatis. Petala duriuscula, lutea, linearia, subinaequilatcra, extremitate nunc recta nunc
obliqua acutata, longitudinaliter multinervia, margine extenuato. Stamina plernmque sex inclusa, filamentis snbulatis ercctis, tribus ¡mac
petalorum basi enatis, tribus e fundo floris carnosiusculo ; antheris linearibus obtusis, extrorsis. HAMILTONIUS nunc 3 nunc B adesse dicit.
In unico flore triandro, quem vidi, stamina petalis opponebantur. Spadix FOEM.' quam masculns brevior idcoquc vix e terra emersi». Rami
breviores (3 -polì.) fastigiati; ima parte subtriangnlati strictiiiscnli e t non florigcri, ad angulos tomentosuli; in superiore parto nonnihil
flexuosi pro floribus contiguis. B r a c t e a ad cnjusvis floris basin membranacea e triangolari basi subulata; imae 2—3 lini longae, superiores
breviores. > F lores vindes vix 2 lin. a lti, ovato-globosi. Calyx sesquilincam a ltus, triq u e tro -cyatliiformis, brevi ter e t lato tridentati»,
P etala lato orbiculari-ovata, basi crassa, antice extenuata, sibi arcte convoluta. P istilla ovaio-trigona arcte appressa. Stylus vix ullus
stigmata acuta. Cupida minima sexdentata aut squamidae sex discretae ovariis circumposita. Bacca oblonga, acu ta , primum purpurea,
dein nigra (ru b ra: ROXB.; nigra: HAMILT.), carnosa, mollis, didcis, pollicem transversum vix longa, calyco midto major. Semen oblongum,
obtusmn, basi emarginatimi, hinc sulco profuudo, inde papillula pallida notatimi. Integumentum membranaceiun. Albumen cartilagincum,
non ruminatum. E mbryo dorsalis, ovati», albus. (Descriptio e verbis Roxburghii e t Hamiltonii concinnata, florum secundum spccimina
Hamiltoniana.)
C re sc it in p la n itieb u s eleva tio rib u s a G a n g e flu v io v e r su s S e p ten tr io n e tn , solo s ic co a rg illo so , e. g . in p ro v in c iis
B e h a r e t R o liilcu n d , u n d e tu li t H a m i l t o n ; e t s i fo r s a n p ro b e tu r , speciem a cl. R o y l e in fa u c ib u s K h e re e in v en ta v i e t
n omin e P h oenicis h um ilis n o ta tam (B o ta n y o f th e H im a la y a n M o u n ta in s , p . Z9 1 .) a n o s tr a sp e cifice n o n d iffe r r e , a d la titu -
d in em b o r . 3 0 . g ra d u um u sque e x te n d itu r . L in g u a ben g a lica v u lg a r i J a n g g a l i K h a j u r a u d it. I n h o r tum Calculiensem
id a ta ib id em f lo r e t men sib u s f r i g id io r ib u s , f r u c t u s m a tu r a i A p r ili e t M a jo . — F o r san, h a e c species quoque p e r tnontosos
tr a c t us pen in su la e o c c id e n ta lis , n omin a l im N e d ig e r r y , e x te n d itu r , c e r te v id im u s nu c leo s e t f o r e s ibidem a cl. L e s c ile n
a u l t codec108, qu o s n u d i tn a g is , quota h u ic , p e r t ine re e x is t ima cer/mus.
8 . P H O E N IX S P IN O S A : ca udtce 6 — 1 0 - p e d a li, so b o life ro ; fr o n d ib u s sub co n cin n is, p in n is lin e a r i- la n c e o la tis
a c umin a tis p u n g e n tib u s , in a e q u id is ta n tib u s , a g g r e g a tis a u t s p a r s is , laete v ir id ib u s , a d u ltis incompte p e n d u lis ; baccis ob-
o ra to - c y lin d r ic is u ltra sem ip o llica r ib u s , fu s c is .
Palma vinifera, Tbevet Singularités de la France antarctiqiie (1558) p . 20. b. Dalechamp (1,586). H. p. 18.34.
Palma vinifera Thevetii, S. Bauli. Hist. I. cap. 160. p. 369.
PH OEN IX SPINOSA, Thonning in Videnskabcrnes Selskabs Afhandl. IV. (1829) p. 211. Homemann de indole plant. Guinecnsium
p. 11. Kunth. Enum. HI. p. 257. Cfr. Martins in Gel. Anzeigen der bayr. Akad. d. Wiss. 1839. VHL p. 892. IX. p. 988.
PH OEN IX LEONENSIS, Loddiges in Catalogo horti.
FULCHIRON1A SENEGALENSIS, Desfont. Catal. Hort. Paris, e d it HI. p. 29.
Caudex in 15 ad 20, rarius 30 pedum altitudinem, plernmque cvehitur, erectus, cylindricus, diametro sex pollicum, castaneo-fuscus
e t dcatricibus frondium delapsarum inscidptus a u t illarum basibus persistentibus squamati», ex ima basi frequentes soboles procreans,
quam ob causam plures palmae saepe cemuntur quasi caepitosim acervatae c t densam sylvulain constituentes. F rondes ima basi in fibril-
1 ilium reticolatimi fascimi extensac, p e t io lo brevi in dorso convexo in ventre planiuscido cum carina intermedia, mox in r b a c h in 5— 6-
pedalem postice subquadrangidam antice compressam e t trifacialem gracilescente. P i n n a e infimae, pariter ac in reliquis speciebus solcmne
e st, in spinas triquetras mutatac; quae insequuntur foliaccae pedales e t bispithamaeae, lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, in parte latissima
iO — lin. latae, jam nonnullae in greges approximatae, jam sparsae, subconcinnae e t quasi bifariam patentes, conduplicatae, in stirpe
hortensi magis explicatae, rigidulae, acuminc pungentes, summae dccrescentes e t strictius surrectae (spithamaeae e t breviores) in apice
saepe.bifidae, colore dilute e t flavescenti-v irid i, finnatac n e rv o m e d io inferne paullo prominente atqne n c r v i s s e c u n d a r i i s te r t i a -
r i i s q u e 12— 20 valde approximatis. Tomentum ramcntaccum paleaceum e t flbrillosum albo-cincrasccns u ti in congeneribus, mox decitici».
Spadices ex alis frondium ernmpentes, utriusque scxus sesquipedales vel paullo breviores, priimun inclusi spatoa completa lineari, hinc
convexa inde planiuscula aut leviter turgida, ancipite, margine alato-prominente, in rostrum sesquipollicare obtusnm contracta, coriacea,
longitudinaliter stria ta, laevigata, luscidula e t extus rore glauco detergibili adspersa, tandem per longitudinem irregulariter aperta. Spadix
MASC. P e d u n c u lu s 4 — 8 poli, longus-, linearis, hinc p la n i» , inde convexus, in rhachin sensim sensimque gracilescens, glaber, laevigatus.
Rami florigeri in facie rhachcos convexa per series transversales obliquas aggregati, e t alii breviores in antica rhacheos p arte circum-
circa citali, angulati c t flexuosi, floribus ubique dense onusti. Bractea membranacea, triangularis, acuta, minuta, specie denticuli e pe-
dnnculo infra florem si ugni uni proni issa. F los 2 — 2 ¡4 lin. altus. Calyx minimus, cupulam brevem subtrigonam referens, dentibus
tribus subtilibus subaristatam. Corolla calyce quadruplo altior. Petala ovata aut ovato-oblonga, breviter cuspidata, plana aut concava
e t dorso gibbosa vel carinata, aestivationc vai vaia, tandem erecto-patula, pergamena, alba. Stamina sex e thoro convexo carnoso fundum
corollae rcplente, inclusa, conforta. F ilamenta vix ulla. Antherae lineares, loculis cylindricis utraque extremitate obtusis c t saepe in-
aeqnalibus, extrorsae, medio longitudinaliter biantcs ochrolcucac; cornicelivo introrsum conspicuo, plano. Pollen album. Spadix FOEM.
cjusdcm structurae ac masculus. Rami tarnen sunt longiores ad spithamam usque e t paidlo robustiorcs e t minus flexuosi. F lores in flexurae
sinubus solitarii aut bini sibi approximati; 1 lin. a lti, subglobosi, albido-virentcs. B r a c t e a parva, triangulari-subnlata. Calyx quam in
flore masculo major, ceteruin p a riter cupularis e t tridentati». P etala suborbicularia, antice in medio, plerumque inter brevem sinuosita-
tem , acutata, crassiuscula, convoluta. Staminum rudimenta sex brevissima, denticuliformia, in basi petalorum baerent. P istilla tria,
conniventia, singula oblonga, extus convexa, intus plano-bifacialia, Ovulum cylindricum crcctum in loculi basi foventia. Stylus brevis-
simus, in stigma gracilescens aduncnm attenuatimi, tenuiter papillosum, medio supra sulcatum. Bacca magnitudine Comi masculae fructus
(5 — 6 lin. longa) induviis nonnihil grandefactis, 2 lin. altis, insidens, obovato-cylindrica, vèrtice rudimento styli brevissime mucronata,
epidermide laevigata fusca, carne tenui dulci, endocarpio tenui membranaceo. Semen ovato-cylindricum, hinc sulco longitudinali profunde
cxaratum, testa cinerea, albumine cartilagineo. E mbryo dorsalis (?). (Descriptio secundum Tlionningii verba e t specimen frondis spa-
dicum et fructus immaturos a b. Brunner benevole communicata.)
A p p a re t h aecce p a lm a in r e g n i flo r a lis , q u o d d i x i imp e rium F lo ra e A fr ic a n a e d e s e r t um, p a r te m a x im e a d A fr ic um
s p e d a n te a tq u e in G u in ea , q ua a ffin is e s t merid iem v e r su s . G a u d e t solo humid o p in g u iq u e in lo c is ca lid is a c depressis,
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