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menta pcrbrevia, axthkkae petalifl 



pETAtA bxeviora, fimbriate. 



hrcvion-s. Flours I'OKM. disiichi in faciebua plants ramonim. SrpaW ODxdala, 



acuminata. I'etala hrcv.ora, .....onaia. Budin.cn.a staminum nulla. Stylus brevissimus. St.gma niagamn, comaunn. 

 Uaccak in rami, .piihanuu*. sanguineae, del,, oigrn-pnrpnwae, mammUlatac carne extua apongiosa Iota, fibrosa, -'d«car,..o 

 m.stareo. Semen adl.acm.s, testa nititia fnsca, albumine profundc ruminalo. Embryo obhqm- ... baa. s.M.s. (Lx (.nil. 

 et specim. ab ipso et a Walllchio communic) 



In tyhU in^he Pinang, ubi Kurdoo diciiur: Wallich, Cewet, el Malacca?, *bi l»i..ang Bureng: Oriff. 



ICOX EXPh. Tub. 15S. Kig. Ul. Sptcfix, rami* Iribus. llorum locmmeorum scries dflUoto monslnn*. .... a. - I. HojW *P"dicis parlicula. 2 Calyx foenblt*. 

 3. Corolla focminea. -I. Pislillura. 5. Idem veriiculilcr dissoclum. Omnia mngniludinc aucla. 



5. HEAFORTBIA DICKSONJ: (0RTHQ8TICHANTBB) eaudice mediocri; pitutit tineari-lanceolatis pUcatis 

 truncatis praemarsis , summis confluent ibus: spatha I; tpadice rejracto, rami* 1 — 8; florum masculorum sepalis $ubu- 

 tatis qnam petala ora/o- acuminata paullo bretioribus, staminibus triginta; foemineorum distichorum stautinibus ahorhns 

 se.t apice pennicHlalis; baccis oblongo-oratis acntiitscnlis. 



ARECA DICASOM, Roxb. Flora End. 111. p. uio. [conum in Bibliotheca Sue. anglo-ini asserv. lab. 107S. — Grift. I. c, i-- 458. 



Palma 15 -IS pedes alia. Caudex rectus, gracilis, diametro bipolUcari. Fhondes 4 circiter pedes longae. Pinnae In media 

 rhachi bipedalea, sonunaa ct imae pedalee, linear! -lanceolatae aul lincares, nervia primaxiia 5-- 7 percureae, inter nerves plicatae, 

 inlerdnm findendae, tn.ncatae et praemoraae, crania Enter Unoa nervos duabus aul (ribus. Spadix in eaudice infra Drondea has. semilunar. 

 scssilis, maii.il.rio l.revi compresso-icrctiusculo, rhachi ramos 4-S simplices, suhacpiales, subdisiichos, 6-S poli.ccs longus exscrcnte. 

 Sl'ATlll simplex, decidna, la.o-f..sifor.nis. FLORBB densi, nmnerosi, l.al.ilu fere (lorum Badridti macracanthae, pall.de ocl.roleuci, ... ser.es 



duns opposiias dbposili; in Inferiore ramonun pane singuli foeminei com daobna mascnlis adpantibua, versus extre.n.tates onmes maaculi. 

 MASCOU: Calyx foliolis suluilalis, l.asi cohacrcntibus, loiigiiudine (ere acquantib.is petala cnrdato-acum.nata. Hlambsta 20— 30, per- 

 brevia, centro floris plana Enserta, antukkas lineares ob.usas emarginatas ferentia. F0KMINK1: Calvx loliol.s OTato-suborbic.darib.ai. 

 1'btala ciilvei similia paritaiam convulu.a, attamen panUo majora. Runimuwa STAMINUM sea basi En discum bypog>*m.n» conHuenUa, ap.ee 

 ciliata. OVABIUM sabglobosmn. STYLUS bwvis, simplex. St.oma profunda ttllobnni. Bacca fere polliecm longa, ... per.gon.o pers.stente, 

 oblonga, aculiuscula, vix dimidium pollicem lala, luscesccnli-rubens, sicca, fibrosa. NuoUU l.omoideus, testa crassmscula fusca. ALBU- 

 UBH lacleum, fusco-roseo-rumiiialuin. Kmuiivo cylimlricus, 111 basi uoi... il.il oblique positul. 



Crescit insyleisMalabariae: cL Dickson, Roxburgh, It. /right. Augusta .floret et fructus maturat. Fructus, 

 moneule f)icksauio y a pa u pent/ us toco Arecae terae adhihentur. 



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6. SEJFORTHIA DIHTWHA-. (ORTHOSTlCBAHTBE) eaudice hvmili aruudinacetn frandibus simpUctbus ub- 



orattt-cuneatis bifvrefs, laciniis triangular ibus IruncatuUs praemorsis ; spatha I; spadiee xi/nplici ret 2 3-ramoso, hirto 

 rejracto; Jtorum musculorum pet alt's obliqtiit cuspida/is cati/cem multti superantitius, s/aminibus sub-\b ; baccis dist/ehis 

 oralis acu/ninatis. 



ARECA OIST/C1U (prius 1IU.MIUS) Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 620. Iconum plant, indie, citat. tab. 1079. - Gritt I. c. p. 401. 

 PINASGA BIFIDA Blame Rumpbia II. p. 92. t. 113. f. 2. 



Palniula l.abito Tere Qeommoe pyctiostachyae. Caudkx 2—3 pedes alms, crassitie baculi calamei, lacvigatus, annulatus. PftON- 

 DB8 ad snmnnim sesq..i|)ednles, petiolis bipollicarilxis breviter vaginantibiis in suprcma raudicis parte aflixae, simplices, circumscriptione 

 obovata, versus basin cmieatae, prof.uide bifurcae, laciniis stibtriangularibiis, extremitale breviter truncatis, pluritierviae, inter nervos plicatae, 

 nervis in dentes breves angustos cxcurrcntibiis, utrinmie lacvigatae. SPATHA simplex, intus aperiunda, f.isiformis, caduca, involvens 8PAD1- 

 CEM bi — tripollicarem , sub antlieseos tempore retrofrartiim, simpliccm, villis rufo-fiiscis vestitum. FlORBS FOEMIXEI solitarii in ang.do 

 rnachaos prosiliente, per duas series opposltas ordinatJ babent calvckh et corollam subaeq.iales foliolis orato-orbicularibne concavis Embri- 

 catis. STAMINUM Rudimbntum nullum. Ovarum ovale, STTLO brevissi.no, stiomatk amnio glabro glandiiloso. Florks MASCCI.I per paria 

 ad latna foeminel. Calvx foliolis breviboa ovatis basi uniris. Petal* inaequalla, oblique orata, cajyce multo majora. Stamina Rubquin- 

 decim. FlLAMBNTA brevia. ANTHERAB lineares. l'isiilli ri.(limeiit..m milium. Bacca olivaeformis, ovata, acutiuscula, matura colore aurau- 

 liaco, laevigata, carnc parca fibrosa, 10 lincas alta. Semen ovalum, testa fusco-rosea, ALBUMINS corneo parce runiinato. EMBRYO basilaris. 



Crescit in umbrosis si/Iris instdae Piuaiig: Hamburgh; in Malacca: Griffith; in Sumatra: Praetoritts. 



7. 8EAF0RTH1A GRACILIS: (0RTB08TWBANTBB) caespitosa, eaudice arundinaceo (%•) ; frondibus pinna 

 timfissis, pinnis subpedalibus plicatis, inferioribus linearibus huge falcato-acuminatis , terminatibtrs confluent Urns truncatis 

 bretiter fissis , laciniis bidentatis, rhachi nerristjue sub/us minute lepidntis; spatha I; spadiee simplici rel 2 — $-ramoso 

 refracta; floribus tnaseulis pa/t/andris, petalis cordatis acutis calycem multnties superautilms; baccis tri- rarius distichis, 

 angusto-oblongis acutis (8 — 10"' aid's, rubentibus). 



ARECA GRACILIS Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 619. — Fr. Hamilton (Buchanan) Comment. Herb. Amb. in Mem. Wern. Soc V. 1834. 

 p. 310. — Griffith in Calc. Jonni. Nat. Hist. V. p. 459. 



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