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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. A New Guatemalan Spigelia. By Dorothy N. Gibson 1

2. Three New Nicaraguan Epidendrums. By Alfonso H. Heller 7

3. Syagrus oleracea ( Mart. ) Becc. and Closely Related Taxa. By

S. F. Glassman 13

4. Tropical American Plants, X. By Louis O. Williams 35

5. Two New Guatemalan Tournefortias. By Dorothy N. Gibson 65

6. A New Member of Morganella. By Patrick) Ponce de Leon 69

7. A New Odontoglossum from Nicaragua. By Alfonso H. Heller 73

8. Studies in the Palm Genus Syagrus Mart. II. By S. F. Glassman 77

9. Revision of the Genus Vascellum ( Lycoperdaceae ) . By Patricio

Ponce de Leon 109

10. A Conspectus of the Palm Genus Butia Becc. By S. F. Glassman 127

11. Studies in American Plants, II. By Dorothy N. Gibson 173

12. Tropical American Plants, XI. By Louis O. Williams 179

13. The Juglandaceae of Guatemala. By Louis O. Williams and Antonio

Molina R 207

14. An Overlooked Genus of the Scrophulariaceae. By Louis O. Williams 211

15. A Synopsis of the Palm Genus Syagrus Mart. By S. F. Glassman 215

16. A New Hybrid in the Palm Genus Syagrus Mart. By S. F. Glassman 241

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REVISION OF THE GENUS VASCELLUM

(LYCOPERDAGEAE)

PATRICK) PONCE DE LEON

A CONSPECTUS OF THE PALM GENUS

BUTIA BECG.

S. F. GLASSMAN

STUDIES IN AMERICAN PLANTS, II

DOROTHY N. GIBSON

TROPICAL AMERICAN PLANTS, XI

LOUIS 0. WILLIAMS

FIELDIANA: BOTANY

VOLUME 32, NUMBERS 9, 10, 11, 12

Published^by

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Th« Ubwy of the

MAY 1 5 197?

REVISION OF THE GENUS VASCELLUM

(LYCOPERDACEAE)

PATRICK) PONCE DE LEON

Assistant Curator, Cryptogamic Herbarium

Field Museum of Natural History

A CONSPECTUS OF THE PALM GENUS

BUTIA BECC.

S. F. GLASSMAN

Research Associate in Palms, Field Museum of Natural History

Professor of Biological Science, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle

STUDIES IN AMERICAN PLANTS, II

DOROTHY N. GIBSON

Supervisor, Herbaria

Field Museum of Natural History

TROPICAL AMERICAN PLANTS, XI

LOUIS 0. WILLIAMS

Chief Curator, Botany

Field Museum of Natural History

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Revision of the Genus Vascellum (Lycoperdaceae) by Patricio Ponce de Leon . 109

A Conspectus of the Palm Genus Butia Becc. by S. F. Glassman 127

Studies in American Plants, II by Dorothy N. Gibson 173

Tropical American Plants, XI by Louis O. Williams 179

FIELDIANA . BOTANY

Volume 32, No. 10 May 22, 1970

Publication 1093

A Conspectus of the Palm Genus

Butia Becc.*

S. F. CLASSMAN

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN PALMS, FIELD MUSEUM OP NATURAL HISTORY

3FESSOR OF BlOLOdCAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO CIRCLE

The name Butia was first used as a subgenus of Cocos by Beccari

m 1887; and in 1903, Barbosa Rodrigues made a subsection of Butia

under Cocos. In a later paper, Beccari (1916) elevated Butia to

generic status, and at the same time transferred 10 species of Cocos

to the genus Butia, described four new species and varieties listed

three other species of Cocos as possibly belonging to Butia (C. areni-

cola Barb. Rodr., C. amadelpha Barb. Rodr., and C. wildemaniana

Barb. Rodr.), and also included a key to the taxa.

Beccari defined the genus by using the following characters-

trunk covered with petiole bases for a long period of time, these

falling off in older trees and leaving scars on trunk; margins of the

petioles conspicuously armed; pinnae elongated and narrow, gradu-

ally acuminate in subulate, short bifid tip; spathes of two kinds,

a lower, short, narrow one and an upper, larger, wider one, these

being coriaceous and glabrous or tomentose and smooth (not sulcate-

plicate) on the outer surface; spadices simply branched, rachillae

elongated and bearing on the lower part for some distance clusters

of one female flower accompanied by two male flowers, the remaining

part of each rachilla bearing male flowers only, upper male flowers

surrounded by bracteoles; male flowers small, irregularly ovate,

calyx consisting of three small triangular sepals which are more or

less united at base, pedicellate in some species, corolla much longer

than calyx, of three valvate petals, stamens six, with subulate fila-

ments and versatile anthers; female flowers inserted on pulvinuli

surrounded by small bracts, globose-ovate or ovate-conical in shape,

sepals three, broad and imbricate, with acute or slightly cucullate

GB-*6899S W°rk haS been supported by National Science Foundation Grant No.

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tips, corolla somewhat longer, with three very wide petals, involute-

imbricate, with short, triangular tips, ovary ovate, acute, glabrous,

stigmas three, small and thick; fruit globose, ovate or ovate-conical,

terminating in the remains of the small stigmas, exocarp thin, meso-

carp fleshy-fibrous or mucilaginous; endocarp woody-bony, globose,

ovate or elliptical, smooth on the surface, normally consisting of

three locules separated by woody-bony dissepiments, each containing

one seed, the seed of each locule showing a clear band, sometimes the

endocarp is two-loculed or even unilocular, and hence one or two

seeded, in this condition traces of abortive locules may be present;

seeds conforming to shape of endocarp cavities, more or less regular,

endosperm homogeneous, oily, with hardly a sign of a cavity in the

center, embryo more or less lateral.

In his key to the subdivisions of the genus Cocos, Beccari (1916)

separated Butia from the genera Barbosa Becc., Rhyticocos Becc.,

Arikury Barb. Rodr., Arecastrum Becc., and Syagrus Mart, by the

upper spathes being smooth rather than plicate-sulcate on the out-

side. Burret (1953) used essentially the same separation characters

in his key to the genera of Cocoideae.

In his treatment of the genus Butia, Bailey (1936) included a

revised description of the genus, with slight modifications from Bec-

cari's and a key to the cultivated species and varieties. He divided

the genus into the Major Butias, i.e., cultivated species with con-

spicuous trunks, and the Minor Butias, i.e., essentially acaulescent

palms and not known from cultivation in North America. Most of

the discussion pertained to the cultivated species, with very little

new information added to the acaulescent Butias.

Bondar (1964), in his Palmeiras do Brasil, treated Butia, as well

as Syagrus and other related genera, as a group under the genus

Cocos. Under "Grupo" Butia, he included Cocos capitata Mart.,

C. eriospatha Mart., C. leiospatha Mart., C. microspadix Burret, C.

odorata Barb. Rodr., C. pulposa Barb. Rodr., and C. yatay Mart.

There are no keys to these species which are merely listed along

with their distributions, and almost no descriptive information is

given.

I first became interested in Butia while working on a revision of

the genus Syagrus. Several species, B. amadelpha (Barb. Rodr.)

Burret, B. arenicola (Barb. Rodr.) Burret, and B. wildemaniana

(Barb. Rodr.) Burret were transferred by Frambach (in Dahlgren,

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arenicola. Holotype. Hassler 3761 (G).

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FIG. 2. Syagrus arenicola. Part of holotype.

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FIG. 3. Syagrus arenicola. Showing subterranean stem. Balansa £773 (G).

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1936) to Syagrus and one species of Syagrus, S. dyerana (Barb. Rodr.)

Becc., was transferred to Butia by Burret (1937). Beccari (1916),

in his key to the subdivisions of Cocos, separated Butia from Syagrus

mainly by non-pi icate-sulcate spathes, petioles with conspicuous

spines on margins, and three-seeded fruits (1-2 seeded by abortion)

rather than plicate-sulcate spathes, petioles with smooth to fibrous

margins, and one seeded fruits. Although most of the specimens of

Butia examined by me seem to have fairly smooth (non-plicate-

sulcate) spathes, some others I have seen, B. arenicola (Burchell

5799-K), B. capitata (Martins s.n.-M; Herter 346a-F, G, S), and B.

paraguayensis (Hassler 896-G; Fiebrig ^097-K; Pedersen 3030-K),

appear to have definite or even rather deep grooves (plicate-sulcate),

especially older ones in which the waxy coat has fallen off of the

spathes. In at least one species of Syagrus, S. archeri Glassm., most

of the spathes with a waxy coat seem to be fairly smooth, whereas

the older spathes without the waxy coat seem to be definitely grooved.

In a number of cases, I have examined and re-examined the spathes

of several species in both Butia and Syagrus for long periods of time

and still was not quite certain whether they should be considered

plicate-sulcate or smooth. It seems to me that many of these so-

called smooth spathes become gradually plicate-sulcate with aging

and drying. In view of what I have observed, the distinction be-

tween smooth and grooved spathes is not always clear cut, therefore,

use of this characteristic as a basis for separating Butia from Syagrus

becomes increasingly questionable.

In two previous papers (Glassman, 1965, 1968), I mentioned the

presence of spines or flat, spine-like projections on the petioles in

several taxa of the genus Syagrus, S. x camposportoana (Bondar)

Glassm., S. coronata (Mart.) Becc., S. x matafome (Bondar) Glassm.,

S. schizophylla (Mart.) Glassm., S. x tostana (Bondar) Glassm., S.

treubiana (Becc.) Becc., and S. vagans (Bondar) Hawkes. Although

all of the species of Butia have spiny petiole margins, in occasional

specimens of B. arenicola (Barb. Rodr.) Becc. (Balansa 4773-G)

and B. capitata (Mart.) Becc. (Macedo 3321-US) some or all of the

petioles are merely fibrous along the margins.

At one time, I believed that the multiple-chambered fruit of

Butia was a valid characteristic to use for separating this genus

from Syagrus. I have since changed my mind because I recently

discovered (Glassman, 1968) in four different species, Syagrus archeri

Glassm., S. campicola (Barb. Rodr) Becc., S. graminifolia (Drude)

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Becc., and S. leptospatha Burret, the presence of fruits with 1-2

locules (and 1-2 seeds) separated by firm partitions. As previously

stated in the above article, all of these species have plicate-sulcate

spathes and fibrous petiole margins, and therefore do not belong to

Butia.

Other important characteristics of Butia not mentioned or em-

phasized by Beccari are the unclustered pinnae which are usually

with oblique, split tips. About one-third of the species of Syagrus

have unclustered pinnae, and pinnae with oblique tips which are

occasionally split is also a common occurrence in the genus.

Other indications of the close affinity of Butia with Syagrus are

reports in the literature of S. romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassm hy-

bridizing with B. capitata by Barbosa Rodrigues (1903) Beccari

16), and Burret (1940) and with B. eriospatha by Bondar (1964).

In view of the fact that the genus Syagrus seems to have many

diverse elements such as groups with trunks and without trunks

clustered and unclustered pinnae, branched and unbranched spa-

dices, armed and unarmed petioles, two-chambered and one-cham-

bered fruits, seeds with homogeneous and ruminate endosperm and

groups with gibbous-uncinate and regular seeds, there is no sound

basis for maintaining Butia as a genus distinct from Syagrus Per-

haps at this time it would be more appropriate to designate Butia

as a section of Syagrus, but this will be done at a later date when my

revision of the genus is completed. At any rate, in this paper I am

transferring all species of Butia that I believe to be fairly clear-cut

to the genus Syagrus.

Although Beccari (1916) included 14 species and varieties and

three possible species, and Bailey (1936) listed 21 different taxa

under the genus Butia, I am recognizing only five distinct species in

the present paper. Main reasons for such a wholesale reduction of

taxa are lack of or incomplete type specimens, incomplete and im-

mature specimens of other collections, and many varieties based on

altivated plants (especially in B. capitata) which are usually more

variable and often have larger dimensions than plants growing in

their native habitats.

KEY TO SPECIES OF Butia IN THE GENUS Syagrus

1. Female flowers 10-16 mm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, mature fruit 3.0-4 2 cm long

2. Acaulescent or trunk 1-2 m. tall, 10-20 cm. in diameter, middle pinnae

3-13 mm wide, up to 50 cm. long, rachis of leaf up to 76 cm long up to 42

pairs of pinnae, spathe up to 43 cm. long and 5 cm wide . . . S. pa^guayensis

FIG 4. Syagrus capitata. Lectotype. Martins s.n. (M).

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FIG. 5. Syagrus capitata. Martins s.n. (M).

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2. Tree 8-10 m. tall, up to 40 cm. in diameter, middle pinnae 20-24 mm. wide,

up to 81 cm. long, rachis of leaf up to 170 cm. long, up to 72 pairs of pinnae,

spathe up to 125 cm. long and 12 cm. wide S. yatay.

1. Female flowers 3-8 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, mature fruit 1.5-2.6 cm. long.

3. Tree 3-6 m. tall, middle pinnae 18-27 mm. wide, 60-70 cm. long, spathe

up to 135 cm. long, 4-16 cm. wide, spadix with 40-60 branches; petiolar

spines frequently only a few mm. long, but in older specimens up to 11 cm.

long.

4. Spathe up to 16 cm. wide, densely brownish tomentose on outside,

female flowers 3-5(6) mm. long S. eriospatha.

4. Spathe up to 8.5 cm. wide, glaucous on outside, female flowers 4-8 mm.

long S. capitata.

3. Acaulescent or with very short trunk, middle pinnae 7-11 mm. wide, up to

40 cm. long, spathe up to 33 cm. long and 3 cm. wide, spadix with up to

22 branches; petiolar spines short, usually not exceeding 2 mm. in length.

S. arenicola.

Syagrus arenicola (Barb. Rodr.) Frambach ex Dahlgr., Field

Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. 14: 264. 1936. Figures 1-3. Cocos arenicola

Barb. Rodr., Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 100, t. 75B. 1903. Figure 31B.

Butia arenicola (Barb. Rodr.) Burret, Notizbl. 10: 1051. 1930;

Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 46. 1936.

Acaulescent palm or with very short trunk, subterranean woody stem up to

5 cm. long and 8 cm. in diameter (only seen in one specimen). Petiole up to 23 cm.

long and 1 cm. wide, margins mostly with short spines, occasionally only fibrous,

sheathing base up to 17 cm. long with lateral wings 3 cm. wide; rachis of leaf up to

93 cm. long; pinnae up to 37 pairs, mostly unclustered, more or less glaucous on

both surfaces, middle ones up to 40 cm. long, 7-11 mm. wide, mostly with oblique

and occasionally split tips; expanded part of spathe up to 30 cm. long and 2.7 cm.

wide (33 cm. x 3 cm. — fruiting), mostly with shallow grooves, and glaucous or

brownish pubescent on outside, becoming eglaucous or glabrous with age; branched

part of spadix up to 28 cm. long, branches up to 22 in number, each up to 18 cm.

long; lower male flowers 8-10 mm. long and those above 4-7 mm. long; female

flowers 5-8 mm. long and 4-5 mm. wide; fruit (immature) beaked, 2.0-2.3 cm. long

and 1 cm. in diameter, partially covered by persistent perianth scales; seeds not

seen.

Flowering from May to January.

Type: Paraguay, alto planitie arenosa ad Cordillera de Altos,

Jan. 1898-99, Hassler 3761 (G).

Distribution: Paraguay; and Brazil, in the states of Mato Grosso

and Minas Gerais?.

Vernacular name: Coquerinho.

Cited specimens: PARAGUAY: Cordillera de Altos, Jan. 1898

99, Hassler 3761 (G, holotype of Cocos arenicola; NY); Moquinia

Wald, 1914, Chodat 740 (G); Vallee de 1'y-acanguazu, pres de Valen-

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FIG. 6. Syagrus capitata. After Martius (1826, t. 78).

zuela, Nov. 1882, Balansa 4773 (G). BRAZIL: Mato Grosso-Jara-

guaray, Campo Grande, Sept. 1936, Archer & Gehrt 178 (US).

Doubtful specimens: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais-Uberova, July 1855,

Regnett 1288a (S); Ponte Novo, May, 1950, Macedo 2401 (US).

Without locality, Burchell 5350, 5799 (K); Oct. 1826, Riedel 394

(LE).

Syagrus arenicola seems to be a distinct taxon. Some of the

specimens examined are fairly complete, especially Balansa 4773

which is represented by an entire plant with a subterranean stem,

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FIG 7. Syagrus capitata. After Martius (1826 /. 79).

whole leaves, and spathes and spadices with flowers. Apparently,

there are some gaps in distribution, however, between Mato Grosso

and Minas Gerais. This may be due to spotty collecting, or to the

fact that some immature specimens of S. capitata are often indis-

tinguishable from S. arenicola. Some specimens, e.g., Riedel 393

(LE) from Brazil, are not cited here even though the parts repre-

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FIG 8. Syagrus capitata. Stand of trees in Uruguay. After Herter (1930).

sented are within morphological limits of S. arenicola because the

trunk is too tall (4-5 feet in this case). Another specimen which I

have cited here, Macedo 2401 (US), has a stem or trunk 1 m. tall.

The question is where does one draw the line on the height of the

trunk? When fully mature, S. capitata is a tree up to 5 m. tall and

its pinnae, spathes, and spadices have much larger dimensions than

S. arenicola. Several specimens I have examined show pinnae within

the size range of S. arenicola, but spathes and spadices intermediate

between the two species or close to the dimensions of either species.

Information regarding the trunk size is not always supplied with

these collections so that one cannot be sure which species he is

looking at. One cannot always be certain that the leaves, or spathes

or spadices of a given collection are immature ones from a mature

plant (i.e., there is a tendency to collect the smallest leaves or only

parts of leaves on a palm because they fit more easily into a plant

press), or whether the leaves on a plant are smaller in size because

the tree itself is immature. In cases where only portions of the leaf

are collected, it is important to determine which section you are

examining. Pinnae from the middle part are almost always the

widest and often the longest, whereas those from the upper and lower

sections are usually much narrower and shorter. Examination of

FIG. 9. Syagrus capitata. Note part of plicate-sulcate spathe (upper left)

and large petiolar spines (middle left).

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FIG. 10. A. Cocos odorata. Parts of leaf, petiole, spathe, flowers and part of

spadix with fruits. B. Cocos eriospatha. External and sectioned view of fruit.

C. Cocos pulposa. Part of petiole, single pinna, and fruits. After Barbosa Rod-

rigues, (1903) t. 68.

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FIG. 11. Syagrus eriospatha. Lectotype. Showing parts of leaf, spadix, and

tomentose spathe. Glaziou 8059(K).

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large numbers of herbarium specimens and considerable field ex-

perience is necessary before some of these problems can be resolved.

Syagrus capitata (Mart.) Glassman, comb. nov. Figures 4-9.

Cocos capitata Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 114, t. 78-79. 1826.

Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 507, t. 5, figs. 7-8.

1916; Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 26, fig. 9-15. 1936. Fig. 27, 7-8.

C. elegantissima Chabaud, Rev. Hort. 77: 516. 1905. B. capitata

var. elegantissima (Chabaud) Becc., I.e. 10: 517, t. 12. 1916. C.

erythrospatha Chabaud, I.e. 516. B. capitata var. erythrospatha (Cha-

baud) Becc., I.e. 515, t. 7A. C. liliaceifolia Chabaud, I.e. 516. B.

capitata var. liliaceifolia (Chabaud) Becc., I.e. 518. B. nehrlingiana

Bailey, Hortus 105. 1930. B. capitata var. nehrlingiana (Bailey)

Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 33, fig. 17. 1936. C. odorata Barb. Rodr., PL

Nov. Cult. Jard. Bot. Rio 1: 11, t. 4A. 1891; Sert. Palm. Bras. 1:

92, t. 68A. 1903. Fig. 10. B. capitata var. odorata (Barb. Rodr.)

Becc., I.e. 513, t. 5, fig. 11, t. 8-9, 10B. Fig. 27, 11. C. pulposa

Barb. Rodr., PI. Nov. Cult. Jard. Bot. Rio 1: 14, t. 4B. 1891;

Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio 2: 38, t. 3f. B, a-c. 1901; Sert. Palm. Bras.

1: 93, t. 68C. 1903. Fig. 10. B. capitata var. pulposa (Barb.

Rodr.) Becc., I.e. 516, t. 5. fig. 10, t. 11. 1916. Fig. 27, 10. B.

capitata var. strictior Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 32, fig. 18. 1936.

B. capitata var. subglobosa Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 513, t. 10A.

1916. B. capitata var. virescens Becc., I.e. 519.

Palm up to 5 m. tall, 40-50 cm. in diameter (fide Beccari). Petiole up to 70

cm. long and 3 cm. wide, margins mostly armed with short teeth, on upper portion,

coarse spines up to 11 cm. long on lower part, complete sheathing base not seen;

rachis of leaf up to 183 cm. long, pinnae up to 63 pairs, mostly single, but sometimes

in loose clusters of 2-3, more or less glaucous on both surfaces, middle ones GO-

TO (75) cm. long, 1.5-2.0 (2.7) cm. wide, mostly with oblique, split tips; expanded

part of spathe 40-100 cm. long, 4.0-8.5 cm. wide, mostly with shallow grooves,

more or less glaucous outside, becoming eglaucous with age; branched part of

spadix up to 94 cm. long, branches about 40-60 in number, each up to 62 cm.

long; lower male flowers 7-10 mm. long, those above 4-7 mm. long; female flowers

4-8 mm. long and 4-6 mm. wide; fruit ovoid, with short beak, up to 26 mm. long

and 22 mm. in diameter (fide Beccari), locules usually two, sometimes one or three,

seeds 18-24 mm. long, 10-14 mm. in diameter (fide Beccari).

Flowering from May to September.

Type: Brazil, Minas Gerais, campis, Aug., Martins s.n. (M).

Distribution: Endemic to Brazil, in the states of Minas Gerais,

Goias, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul

(where it is common in "campos sablonneux," fide Beccari, 1916);

and from Uruguay, fide Herter, 1930 (see Fig. 8).

FIG. 12. Syagrus eriospatha. Showing part of tomentose spathe. P. J. Green-

way 1039(K).

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Vernacular names: Cabecudo, Guariroba do campo.

Cited specimens: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais — Martins s.n. (M, lecto-

type of Cocos capitata)', Campo Alegre, June 1950, Macedo 2424

(US). Goias — Chapada de N.I. d'Adabia, moist wooded places,

May 1840, Gardner 4388 (K); Balsamo, July 1951, Macedo 3321

(US). Parana — Tamandare", in campo, Sept. 1914, G. Jonsson 985a

(F, G, K, NY, S). Santa Catarina — Sombrio, in campo, Jan. 1949,

P. R. Reitz 2965 (G). Rio Grande do Sul— Glaziou 8047 (C, K).

Cultivated: Argentina, Tucuman, Nov. 1927, Venturi 5594 (US) ;

Uruguay, Montevideo, March 1930, Herter 346a (F, G, GH, LE,

NY, S), Dept. Rocha, Oct. 1930, 346b (F, G, GH); Brazil, Rio de

Janeiro, Glaziou 9334 (C, LE), 16481 (C, K, LE), 20535 (C, K),

Herb. Saldanha 6516 (R), Dahlgren & Millar 611648 (F); Italy, La

Mortola, Ventmiglia, 1895, Hanbury s.n. (K) ; Texas, Houston, May

1960, A. Traverse 1520 (GH).

Varieties of this species described or transferred by Beccari and

Bailey are not recognized here as being distinct because they are

either based on cultivated specimens or merely on illustrations. As

mentioned previously, S. capitata is very variable in different stages

of growth and sometimes it is even difficult to distinguish it from S.

arenicola because of immature or incomplete herbarium specimens.

Syagrus capitata seems to be most closely related to S. eriospatha

from southern Brazil because both are trees about the same size,

have pinnae approximately the same length and width, and have

spadices about the same size. The former species, however, is easily

distinguished from S. eriospatha in the glaucous, rather than brown

tomentose, spathes which are much narrower at maturity, and usual-

ly by the longer ovoid fruits rather than shorter, globose fruits

(up to 26 mm. long and 22 mm. in diameter rather than 18-19 mm.

long and 17-18 mm. in diameter).

Syagrus eriospatha (Mart, ex Drude) Glassman, comb. nov.

Figures 11-12. C. eriospatha Mart, ex Drude, Fl. Bras. 3: 424.

1881; Becc., Malpighia 1: t. 9, figs. 10-12. 1887; Lindman, Bih.

Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 26 III: 23. 1900; Barb. Rodr., Contr. Jard.

Bot. Rio 1: 31, t. 3D. 1901; Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 91, t. 68B. 1903.

Fig. 10 B. eriospatha (Mart, ex Drude) Becc., L' Agric. Colon.

10: 496. 1916; Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 44, figs. 24-27. 1936.

Palm up to 6 m. tall, about 50 cm. in diameter (fide Bailey and Beccari).

Petiole up to 100 cm. long, margins armed with short teeth or spines up to 2 cm.

FIG. 13. Syagrus paraguayensis. Lectotype. Hassler 896(G).

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FIG. 14. Syagrus paraguayensis. Part of lectotype.

147

FIG. 15. Syagrus paraguayensis. After Barbosa Rodrigues (1903,

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or more long, sheathing base partly covered with brownish tomentum; rachis of

leaf up to 2.5 m. long, pinnae 50 or more pairs (fide Beccari and Bailey), unclustered

mostly glabrous above, more or less glaucous below, middle -ones up to 80 cm.

long and 2.3 cm. wide, mostly with oblique, split tips; expanded part of spathe

up to 135 cm. long and 16 cm. wide, covered with a dense brownish tomentum,

becoming glabrous with age; branched part of spadix up to 100 cm. long (fide

Bailey), branches numerous, each up to 40 cm. or more long; lower male flowers

6-8 mm. long, those above 4-5 mm. long; female flowers 3-5 (6) mm. long (7-9

mm. long — fide Bailey) and 3.5-5.0 mm. wide; fruit usually globose, with short

beak, 18-19 mm. long and 17-18 mm. in diameter (up to 20 mm. long and 26 mm.

in diameter — fide Bailey), locules 1-3, seeds globose, 14-16 mm. in diameter, or

oblong, 15 mm. long and 10 mm. in diameter (fide Beccari and Bailey).

Flowering from April to December.

Type: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, 1876, Glaziou 8059 (K).

Distribution: Endemic to Brazil in the states of Rio Grande do

Sul and Sant Catarina.

Vernacular names: Butia, Macuma.

Cited specimens: BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul — 1876, Glaziou

8059 (K, lectotype of Cocos eriospatha; C).

Cultivated: Brazil, Sao Paulo — Ypiranga, Nov. 1907, Luederwaldt

6.191 (SP); Campinas, April 1942, A.S. Lima 6748 (SP); Rio de

Janeiro, Glaziou 8050 (G). Cuba, Soledad, Aug. 1931, Jack 8296

(A, NY). East African Agricultural Research Station, Amani, Dec.

1928, P. J. Greenway 1039 (K).

In his original description, Drude (1881) lists Glaziou 296 and

8059, but I have seen only the latter number. I have designated

Glaziou 8059 from Kew as the lectotype because it represents a

more complete collection than those from Copenhagen, and further-

more the Kew specimen was annotated by Drude. Beccari (1916)

cites Glaziou 8059 (FI) with the following data: "Spontane" dans

les campos de Rio Grande-do-Sul et de Santa Catharina et cultive"

dans les jardins publics de Rio-Janeiro ou il fleurit en Novembre

et De"cembre."

Lindman (1900, fig. 6) illustrates a tree of Cocos eriospatha, but

Beccari (1916) says that this is actually Butia yatay. In t. 1A, the

fruits illustrated by Lindman appear to be a mixture of S. yatay or

S. capitata and S. eriospatha.

Syagrus eriospatha is a distinctive species characterized by brown-

ish tomentose spathes, relatively small female flowers and globose

fruits. As previously stated, it appears to be most closely related to

S. capitata.

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FIG. 16. Syagrns paraguayensis. Showing spathe which is partially plicnte-

sulcate, spadix and spadix branches with flowers. T.M. Pedersen 3030(K).

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CLASSMAN: PALM GENUS BUTIA 151

Syagrus paraguayensis (Barb. Rodr.) Classman, comb. nov.

Figures 13-17. C. paraguayensis Barb. Rodr., Palm. Nov. Parag.

9. t. 2. 1899; Palm. Hassler. Nov. 12. 1900; Sert. Palm. Bras. 1:

110, t. 82. 1903. B. paraguayensis (Barb. Rodr.) Bailey, Gentes

Herb. 4: 47. 1936. B. yatay var. paraguayensis (Barb. Rodr.)

Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 503. 1916. Fig. 27, 3.

Acaulescent or with trunk 1-2 m. tall, 10-20 cm. in diameter. Petiole 45-48

cm. long (fide Barb. Rodr.), margins mostly with short spines, interspersed with

fibers, sheathing base about 20 cm. long; rachis of leaf up to 76 cm. long; pinnae

up to 42 pairs, mostly unclustered, more or less glaucous above, mostly green below,

middle ones up to 50 cm. long, 8-13 mm. wide, mostly with oblique, split tips;

expanded part of spathe up to 43 cm. long and 5 cm. wide, mostly with shallow

grooves and brownish pubescent on outside, becoming glabrous with age; branched

part of spadix up to 38 cm. long, branches up to 43 in number, each up to 23 cm.

long; lower male flowers 8-13 mm. long and those above 4-7 mm. long; mature

female flowers 10-16 mm. long and 6-9 mm. wide; fruit ovoid, 3.0-3.7 cm. long,

2.1-2.3 cm. in diameter (fide Barb. Rodr.); seeds not seen.

Flowering from January to October.

Type: Paraguay, in rupestribus Cordillera de Altos, Aug. 1885-

1895, Hassler 896 (G).

Distribution: Paraguay, and Argentina in the province of Cor-

rientes.

Vernacular name: Yatay guazu.

Cited specimens: PARAGUAY: Cordillera de Altos, Aug. 1885-

95, Hassler 896 (G, lectotype of Cocos paraguayensis; K, NY), Sept.

1902, Fiebrig 62 (G) ; Centurion, between Rios Apa and Aquidaban,

Oct. 18, 1908-09, Fiebrig 4097 (G, GH, K, M). ARGENTINA:

Corrientes-Loma Alta, Dept. Mburucuya, April, 1954, T.M. Peder-

sen 3030 (G, GH, K, NY, S).

Doubtful specimens: Paraguay, Campos, Jan. 1932, Jorgensen &

Hassler 4185 (A, C, F, S).

In his original publication, Barbosa Rodrigues (1899) lists the

type locality as "in Paraguay, ad S. Salvador prope Tagatiya" with-

out mentioning any actual specimens. In a later paper (1903),

however, he listed Hassler 896 under C. paraguayensis. Therefore,

I have designated this specimen from Geneva as the lectotype.

Even though specimens of S. paraguayensis which I have ex-

amined seem to be distinct from S. yatay, it is possible that they

came from immature trees of S. yatay or represent immature parts

from mature trees of S. yatay. All of the characteristics used to

distinguish the two taxa, i.e., size of trunk, size and number of

FIG. 17. Syagrus paraguayensis. Showing whole leaf blade and part of petiole

with spines interspersed with fibers. T.M. Pedersen 8030(NY).

152

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Fie. 18. Syagrus yatay. Type. After Martius (1844, /. 30B).

153

FIG. 19. Syagrus yatay. Stand of trees and individual trees in Argentina.

After Bailey (1936, fig. 21).

154

FIG. 20. Syagrus yatay. Showing part of sheathing base and parts of petiole.

T.M. Pedersen ^56 (NY).

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FIG. 21. Syagrus yatay. Showing part of leaf. Pedersen

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GLASSMAN: PALM GENUS BUTIA 157

pinnae, and size of spathes, could vary with age of the plant or

degree of maturity of the parts involved. Jorgensen & Hassler 4.185

(A, C, F, S) is a case in point. I have included these collections

under Doubtful Specimens because the pinnae are very narrow and

relatively short like S. paraguayensis, but the label says "(trunk)

4-6 m." which is closer to the size of S. yatay. Information on the

label of the lectotype says "trunk 1-2.5 m. tall," that of Fiebrig

4097 says "without stem," whereas the label of Pedersen 3030 gives

no information on the size of the trunk. Until some of the ideas

listed above can be substantiated with field observations and until

more complete information on the geographic distribution of the

two species can be obtained, I am obliged to maintain S. paraguay-

ensis as a distinct taxon.

Syagrus yatay (Mart.) Classman, comb. nov. Figures 18-24.

C. yatay Mart., Palmet. Orbign. 93, t. 1, fig. 1, t. SOB. 1844; Drude,

Mart. Fl. Bras. 3: 421, t. 94-95. 1881. B. yatay (Mart.) Becc.,

L'Agric. Colon. 10: 498, t. 6. 1916; Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 41-44,

figs. 21-23. 1936.

Palm 8-10 m. tall, up to 40 cm. in diameter, old petiole bases persistent on

trunk when young, eventually dehiscing completely. Petiole up to 54 cm. long

(50-70 cm. long — fide Beccari), margins armed with coarse spines up to 3 cm. or

more long on lower part, spines becoming gradually smaller on upper part, shea-

thing base up to 60 cm. long; rachis of leaf up to 170 cm. long (2-3 m. long — fide

Beccari), pinnae up to 72 pairs, mostly single, middle ones up to 81 cm. long and

2.4 cm. wide, mostly with oblique, split tips; expanded part of spathe up to 125

cm. long (fide Bailey) and 12 cm. wide, mostly with shallow grooves, more or less

glaucous outside; branched part of spadix up to 82 cm. or more long, branches up

to 100 or more in number, each up to 32 cm. or more long; lower male flowers

8-11 mm. long, those above 5-8 mm. long; female flowers 10-14 mm. long, 7-10

mm. wide; fruit ovoid or more or less conical, with prominent beak, 30-42 mm.

long, 25-28 mm. in diameter, locules 1-3; seeds 25-30 mm. long, 12-14 mm. in

diameter (fide Beccari).

Flowering from November to February.

Type: t. SOB, Martius (1844).

Distribution: Endemic to Argentina in the provinces of Cor-

rientes and Entre Rios (forming great forests in sandy areas of these

two provinces — Bailey, fig. 21, 1936); and listed from Paraguay, and

Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, by Bondar (1964), and from

Uruguay, in the Department of Rocha where it forms extensive

natural stands, by Beccari (1916).

Vernacular name: Yatay.

FIG. 22. Syagrns yatay. Showing almost complete spathe. T. M. Pedersen

158

FIG. 23. Syagrus yatay. Showing part of spadix with flowers. T. M. Pedersen

159

FIG. 24. Syagrus yaiay. Mature fruits. After Beccari (1916, t. 6).

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Cited specimens: ARGENTINA: Corrientes-Goya, Nov. 1913,

Curran s.n. (US) ; Dept. Mburucyua, Estancia Santa Teresa, sandy

soil, often forming extensive groves, Jan. 1957, T. M. Pedersen 4456

(GH, NY, S). Entre Rios-Concordia, Feb. 1937, Castellanos 31/974

(K).

Cultivated: Uruguay, April 1926 Herter 346 (F, G, NY, S, SP).

As stated previously, it is not certain whether S. paraguayensis

represents immature stages of S. yatay, or whether it is normally a

small plant with smaller dimensions than S. yatay. Syagrus yatay

is very distinct and can be separated easily from mature plants of

S. arenicola, S. capitata, and S. eriospatha by the larger female flowers

and larger fruits.

No type specimens were listed by Martius (1844) for Cocos yatay,

however illustrations of the leaf, flowers, and fruits (t. SOB), although

not exactly diagnostic, can be substituted for a type specimen in

this case (see Fig. 18).

DOUBTFUL OR UNCERTAIN SPECIES

Cocos AMADELPHA Barb. Rodr., Palm. Hassl. Nov. 7. 1900;

Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 98, t. 72. 1903. Figure 25. Butia amadelpha

(Barb. Rodr.) Burret, Notizbl. 10: 1050. 1930. Syagrus amadelpha

(Barb. Rodr.) Frambach ex Dahlgr., Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot.

Ser. 14: 264. 1936.

Cocos amadelpha was based on Hassler 6083 from Capibary in

Paraguay. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any speci-

mens at Geneva where most of Hassler's collections were deposited,

or any other herbaria. According to Barbosa Rodrigues' description,

the plant is acaulescent with arcuate leaves, has narrow pinnae with

oblique, split tips, smooth (non-plicate) spathes, and female flowers

14-15 mm. long. Petioles and fruits are not described, but the de-

scription and illustration (t. 72) of this species seem to fit Butia. It

appears to be most closely related to S. paraguayensis, however,

since the type specimen has not been seen, I can't be certain as to

its correct identity.

Cocos BARBOSII Barb. Rodr., Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 86, t. 67.

1903; Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 611. 1916. Figure 26.

According to Beccari (1916), this species does not seem to be

different from Butia bonneti Becc. In his original article, Barbosa

Rodrigues does not cite any specimens, but lists the type locality

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FIG. 25. Cocos amadelpha. After Barbosa Rodrigues (1903, t. 72).

162

FIG. 26. Cocos barbosii. After Barbosa Rodrigues (1903, t. 67).

163

FIG. 27. Fruits of various taxa of Butia. 1-2. B. yatay. 3. B. ya<az/ var.

paraguayensis. 4-6. B. bonneti. 7-8. B. capitata. 10. B. capitata var. pulposa.

11. B. capitata var. odorata. 12. B. leiospatha. After Beccari, (1916. <. 5).

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CLASSMAN: PALM GENUS BUTIA 165

as Minas Gerais, Alfenas, Cabo Verde. In t. 67, the petiole seems

to be without spines, the fruits are single chambered, and it cannot

be ascertained if the spathe is smooth or grooved because the view

is from the inside. Since no type specimen is available for study,

C. barbosii must be considered a doubtful species.

BUTIA BONNETI Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 504, t. 5, fig. 4-6.

1916; Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 36, fig. 19. 1936. Figure 27, 4-6.

Originally published under Cocos bonneti Linden by Wendland

(1878) as a name only. Beccari (1916) validated the specific epithet

by including a description of it under Butia. This palm was intro-

duced as seeds from Mexico and planted in Hyeres, France by

Linden. Beccari's description is summarized as follows: smaller

than B. capitata, with shorter, arcuate leaves, petiole with more

slender spines, pinnae 30-35 cm. long and 12-15 mm. wide, spathe

narrow fusiform, glaucescent, flowers small, fruit ovate, 2.0 cm. long

and 1.5 cm. in diameter, seeds 14-16 mm. long and 7-9 mm. in diam-

eter. Beccari also includes three illustrations of fruits (Fig. 27, 4-6),

but does not list any type specimens. In addition to this, he equates

Cocos leiospatha var. angustifolia Drude with this Taxon. Bailey

(1936) discusses B. bonneti at length and includes a plate of a tree

purporting to be this species, but he essentially follows Beccari's

conclusions. It is possible that B. bonneti represents an immature

growth stage of S. capitata, but without type specimens it would be

difficult to definitely tell what it may be.

Cocos DYERANA Barb. Rodr., Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2 (3) : 626.

1903;Sert. Palm. Bras. 1:95, L76B. 1903. Figures 28-29. Syagrus

dyerana (Barb. Rodr.) Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 466. 1916. Butial

dyerana (Barb. Rodr.) Burret, Notizbl. 13: 696. 1937.

Specimen examined. PARAGUAY: Concepcion, Aug. 1901-2,

Hassler 7166 (G, holotype of Cocos dyerana).

Unfortunately, the holotype as well as the illustration by Barbosa

Rodrigues (t. 76) lack petioles, spathes, and fruits. The size of the

trunk (2-4 m.) and female flowers (12-14 mm. long) could place it

in S. yatay, but the middle pinnae are up to 63 cm. long and only

1 cm. wide. Since the type specimen and description of this palm

is incomplete, I cannot be certain where it belongs. From the in-

formation I do have, however, C. dyerana seems to be closer to

S. yatay than any other species.

Cocos LEIOSPATHA Barb. Rodr., Rev. Hort. 2: 23, fig. 7. 1877;

Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 81, t. 61 A, 62B. 1903; Drude, Mart. Fl. Bras.

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FIG. 28. Cocos dyerana. Holotype. Hassler 7166(G).

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CLASSMAN: PALM GENUS BUTIA 167

3: 423, t. 96, fig. 1. 1881. Figure 30, I. Butia leiospatha (Barb.

Rodr.) Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 520. 1916. Figure 27, 12. Cocos

capitata var. leiospatha (Barb. Rodr.) Berger, Hort. Mortol. 87. 1912.

In neither of his articles does Barbosa Rodrigues cite any speci-

mens, but does mention one locality, Serra do Aguape", state of Minas

Gerais, Brazil. Orginally, he described the plant as "acaulescent,

rarely with a stem," but illustrated a fairly large tree (his fig. 7).

Beccari (1916) considers this species to be a variety of Butia capitata.

Judging from the descriptions and illustrations I have seen, Cocos

leiospatha seems to be an immature growth stage of Syagrus capitata.

Cocos LEIOSPATHA var. ANGUSTIFOLIA Drude, Mart. Fl. Bras.

3: 423, t. 96, fig. 2. 1881. Figure 30, II.

Specimen examined: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Lagoa Santa, Warm-

ing 1845 (C, lectotype).

In addition to the above specimen, Drude also cites Sello, without

locality, but I have not seen this one. The lectotype consists of

two leaf parts in which the pinnae are only 31 cm. long and 6 mm.

wide. Drude's description is rather brief, but says that the trunk

is 2-3 feet tall. As mentioned before, Beccari (1916) equates this

variety with Butia bonneti. Because of the incomplete description

and poor type specimen it is extremely difficult to put a final deter-

mination on Cocos leiospatha var. angustioflia. If I had to hazard a

guess, I would say that it is either S. arenicola or an immature stage

of S. capitata.

BUTIA MICROSPADIX Burret, Notizbl. 10: 1050. 1930; Bailey,

Gentes Herb. 4: 47. 1936.

This palm has been previously discussed by me in another article

(Glassman, 1968). I have been unable to locate the holotype (Seloiv

s.n.) and the paratype (J. Keller s.n.) of this species, cited by Burret,

because they were probably destroyed in the Berlin-Dahlem her-

barium during World War II. Burret listed another specimen "very

near to this species" which I have seen: BRAZIL. Rio Grande do

Sul, Luederwaldt 12267 (SP). This specimen shows a striking re-

semblance to Syagrus hatschbachii Glassm. from Parana, Brazil, but

it is immature and cannot be determined with certainty. There-

fore, I have designated Butia microspadix as species incerta.

Cocos PONI Hauman, Physis 4: 604, figs. 1-2. 1919. Butia poni

(Hauman) Burret, Notizbl. 10: 1051. 1930; Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4:

48. 1936.

Dr. E. Has;ler. Piinue Paraguarienses. • 1901 2

FIG. 29. Cocos dyerana. Part of holotype. Hassler 7166(G).

168

COCO S I. leiospatha, If.var

FIG. 30. I. Cocos leiospatha. After Drude, (1881, t. 96, fig. 1). II. C leio-

spatha var. angustifolia. After Drude, (1881, t. 96, fig. 2).

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FIG. 31. A. Cocos uildemaniana. After Barbosa Rodrigues, (1903, /. 75A}.

B. Cocos arcnicola. After Barbosa Rodrigues, (1903, /. 75B).

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CLASSMAN: PALM GENUS DUTIA 171

Hauman's description of this plant is inadequate, but his illus-

trations show a very small palm with small leaves, narrow pinnae, a

small spathe and a spadix with about 30 branches, and a cluster of

ovate fruits. He says that the plants grow in savannas in Misiones,

Argentina, however no specimens are cited. From the information

available it is impossible to tell where to place this palm. If the size

of the female flowers were known, I may be able to tenatively iden-

tify it as S. arenicola or S. paraguayensis. It is also possible that

Cocos poni is an immature stage of S. yatay.

BUTIA PUNGENS Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 523. 1916: Bailey,

Gentes Herb. 4:48. 1936.

I have not seen the specimen cited by Beccari: ARGENTINA:

Campina de Americo, Feb. 1907, Spegazzini s.n. Beccari equates

this species with Cocos acaulis ssp. glauca Drude ex Lindman, but

I have shown elsewhere (Glassman, 1968) that this subspecies is

probably the same as Syagrus campylospatha (Barb. Rodr.) Becc.

According to Beccari's description (small palm, rachis of leaf 130

cm. long, pinnae 30-35 cm. long, 10 12 mm. wide, female flowers

13-15 mm. long and 9 mm. in diameter), B. pungens is probably

close to S. paraguayensis or may be an immature growth stage of

S. yatay.

COCOS STOLONIFERA Barb. Rodr., Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio 2: 40,

/. 4, fig. A. 1901; Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 89, t. 62A. 1903. Butia

stolonifera (Barb. Rodr.) Becc., L'Agric. Colon. 10: 492. 1916.

Barbosa Rodrigues described this plant as being acaulescent with

long subterranean stolons and having short spiny petioles, but ap-

parently the spadices, flowers, and fruits were not seen by him. He

lists the following locality: URUGUAY. Pan d' Azucar, pr. Monte-

video (cult. Jard. Bot. Rio no. 2259), but does not cite any definite

specimens. Because of the lack of information, I am designating

this palm as species dubia.

COCOS W1LDEMANIANA Barb. Rodr., Sert. Palm. Bras. 1: 101,

/. 75A. 1903. Figure 31, A. Butia wildemaniana (Barb. Rodr.)

Burret, Notizbl. 10: 1050. 1930. Syagrus wildemaniana (Barb.

Rodr.) Frambach ex Dahlgr., Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. 14: 270.

1936.

Barbosa Rodrogues cited the following: PARAGUAY. Rio Apa,

Hauler 8554. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find this

specimen at the herbarium in Geneva, Switzerland where most of

Hassler's original collections are deposited. Although exact size

172 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 32

of the female flowers and nature of the petiole are not given in the

description, the illustration (/. 75 A), the acaulescent habit and other

characteristics indicate that C. wildemaniana may be closely re-

lated to S. paraguay ensis.

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