3. DESMONCUS HORRIDUS: v a g in a , sp a th a in t e r io r e p e d u n c u lo q u e dense a c u le A tis , a cu le is e
b a s i in c r a s s a ta alba r e c ti s spadiceo-nigris su but at is ma jo rib its minoribusque, rhacM pinnarumque costa parce aculeis
subulatis rectis magnis ; pinnis 1 0 — 12-jugis lanceolatis acutis basi acuminatis, cirrhi inermis uncis -1 — b-jttgis subulalis ;
(drupa subglobosaì)
DESMONCUS H O RR ID U S , Splitgerbcr in littoria, Mart. Palmct. Orbigli, p. 51. cum descriptione.
Crescit in Surinami sylvis: S p litg e r b e r .
ICON EXPL. Tab• 165* Fig. A. IH. 1. Flos focmincus, mago, sot* 2. Idem auctus. 8. Corolla aperta, a facie Intcriore» cum stamfnibus abortivis.
4. DESMONCUS LONGIFOLIUS: vaginae aculeis (I — A-linearibus) curvis paucioribusque rectis, rhaclieos
cirrhique adunet's; pinnis 7 — 8-jugis subpedalibus lanceolatis utrinque longe acuminatis, cirrhi uncis 2 — 3-jugis subulatis;
spatha — , pedunculo — ?, drupa (verosimiliter elliptica ultrasemipollicari).
DESMONCUS LONGIFOLIUS, M a rt Palmet. Orbign. p. 52.
Crescit in Peruvia ad Pozuzo, a Fa vo n io lectus. Drupa elliptica, 9—10 Un. alta, medio 6—7 lin. lata, palmae
scandentis ibidem C a h a rp u rin dictae, quam cl. P a v o n iu s mihi dono dedit, verosimiliter ad hone speciem perlinet.
5. DESMONCUS LEPTOSPADIX: vagina membranacea ore ciliata et spathis spadiceque inermibus, petiolo,
rhachi cirrhoque parce aculeis aduncis minusculis; p in n is i - j u g i s o b lo n g is out oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis,
cirrhi gracilis uncis 4-jugis tenuibus subulatis; spathis membranaceis, sp a d ic is r h a c h i f i l i f o r m i latra in d iv
isa , r am is p a r c i s a lte r n is s im p lic ib u s ; drupa oblongo.
DESMONCUS LEPTOSPADIX, M a rt Pa lm e t Orbign. p. 52.
Crescit in spin's primaevis ad Yurimaguas in prov. Maynas Peruviae, ubi Aprili 1830 cum drupis nondum ina tur is
legit cl. Pop p ig .
Reliquarum specierum in hoc opere descriptarum diagnoses emendatas babes in Palmeto Orbigniano p. 49 — 53. Addimus solum-
modo figli ras, quarum indicatio scquitur.
ICON. EXPL. Tab. 165. Fig. A. I. Dcsmoncus polyacanthos, et Fig. A. H. Dcsmoncus orthacanthos. Do utroguo slstitur figura 1. Flos focmiueus,
magli, nat. 2. Idem. 8. Calyx apertus. 4. Corolla aperta a facie interiore, cum slaminibus abortivis. 5. Pistillum. Fig. 2—5 aucfa.
II. B A C T R I S.
JACQ. Amer. p. 27». 1 171. f. 1. GAERTN. F r a c t Sem. L p. 22. t 9. f. 1. Neck. Elem. m . p. 302. No. 1699. LINN. Gen. e d it SCHREB.
II. p. 775. No. 1693. ; e d it SPRENG. p. 683. No. 3443. MART. Palm. Bras. p. 92. t 70—74. Pa lm c t Orbign. p. 53. ENDL. Gen. No. 1765.
KUNTH. Enum. III. p. 261.
M ONOECA in e o d em sp ad ice . F l o r e s s e s s ile s , b ra c te a ti. S p a tu a d u p le x : e x te r io r b r e v io r , m em b ran a ce a, ap ice
a p e r ta ; in te r io r c om p le ta , co ria ce a a u t su b lig n o sa. MASC. p e r b in n em sp a d ic em s p a r s i, in te rjc c tis fo em in eis p r a e s e r tim
i n p a rte p o s tic a sp ad icis. C a ly x te n e r , trip a rti tu s a u t tr if id u s , la c in iis c a rin a tis. C o r o l l a tr ip e ta la , p e ta lis calycc c ras-
s io rib u s . S tam in a s e x , n o v em , d u o d e c im , e fo n d o flo ris c a rn o su lo , v e l p e ta lis ad n a ta . F i l am e n t a su b u la ta . A n tjie b a e
lin e a r e s , e re c ta e . FO EM . m a scu lis firm io re s. C a ly x u rc e o la ris a n t a n n u lifo rm is , o re tru n c a to v e l trid e n tic u la io . C o r o l l a
u rc e o la ris a u t c y lin d ric a , o re tru n c a to a u t su b trid e n tic u la to . R u d im e n tum a n d ro e c e i: a n n u llis m em b ran a c e u s . O v a rium
o v a tum a u t p r ism a tic o -trig o n um , lo c u lis d u o b u s a b o rtien tib u s u n ilo c u la re . S t ig m a t a t r i a , s e s s ilia , p y r am id a ta , p r im um
e re c to - c o n n iv e n tia , d e in r e v o lu ta . D ru p a o v a ta a u t g lo b o s a , m o n o sp e rm a , c o rtic e c ra s so c o ria c e o , c arn e p u lp o so -m o lli,
fib ris te n u ib u s p e r te x ta , p u tam in e o s s e o , v e rs u s v e rtic em p o ris tr ib u s in te g e rrim is (n e c s te lla tis ). A lb um e n a equabile,
c o rn e um , p lu s m in u s o leo sum . Emb ry o in tr a u n um p o ro rum s itu s .
C a u v ic e s statura mediocri aut humili, raro elata, plerumqtie ob soboles radicales dense caespitosi, aculeis armali
fuscis, nigris aut expallidis. F r o n d e s per totum caudicem sparsae, sursum frequentiores, pitnfalae, peliolorum basi
longe vaginantés, in vagina et in rhachi saepe aculeatae, in pinnarum margine aculeolatae. Pinnae plerumque lineares,
acuminatae, raro cuneifortnes, extimae nonnunquam connexae. S p a d i c e s ex alis frondi um lateralium et extremarum,
rhachi simplici aut simpliciter ramosa. F l o r e s bractea et bracteolis minutis suffulti, ochroleuci aut foeminei nonnunquam
virides vel rosei. D r v p a e purpureo - vel caervleo-nigricantes, ptilpa gelatinosa subacidula, putamine spadiceo.
Species hujus generis numerosas alio loco (Palmet Orbignian. p. 54 — 74) fùsius tractavimus; quum vero omnes novi orbis sint
incolac et pici-acque cum brasiliensibus affittitale sa t arcta conjunctae, opcris nostri rad o peterc videtur, u t novarum specierum diagnoses
lieic repetamns, additis aliis emendatis e t tmiversali specierum hiicusque descriptarum d av i diagnostica.
l i BACTRIS INFESTA; caespitosa; caudice mediocri, rhachi spathaque*) aculeatis, aculeis caudids majoribus
suhrertìcillatis minoribusque; pinnis a g g r e g a tis linearibus acuminatis s t r i c t i s margine nigro-setulosis; spadice ramoso
tomento castaneo setoloso, calycibus foemineis corollas superantibus; drupa ovata acutiuscula (violacea), putamine oblongo,
utrinque acutato.
*) Da spatha inte riore , quao in diagnosibus habemus, dieta intelligas.
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