Morenia

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 Morenia subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Morenia (G. Moreno, physician and naturalist in Lima). Palmaceae. Closely akin to Chamaedorea, but distinguished by the 3-toothed rather than disk-like or ring-like calyx in the male fl. Species Andine, about a half-dozen, very little known in collections. M. corallina, Karst., has an annular slender erect st. to 20 ft. high: lvs. pinnate, the lanceolate straight Ifts. about 24 pairs: fls. white becoming pale yellow, slightly sunk in the spadix; petals 3 and stamens 6: berry 2/3in. diam., bright pink. Colombia. B.M. 8527. M. fragrans, Ruiz & Pav. About 6 ft., graceful: lvs. ovate, the petiole long-sheathing at base; Ifts. 1 ft. long, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, unarmed: spadix nodding, 1 ft. long, the branches white. Peru. B.M. 5492.


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