Drawing of the palm Mauritia subinermis, by Richard Spruce Pencil drawing of Mauritia subinermis, found in a caatinga between San Carlos and Solano [on the Rio Negro]. Spruce notes that it is 'probably of stunted growth, like all the plants accompanying it, but not a young tree'. Spruce includes the name in Barre. The drawing was published in the Journal of the [Linnean] Society, 1869. 3 November 1853