Nenga.} CLXII PALMER. (Beccari & Hook. f.) 413 
staminodes 6 minute teeth. Fruit about 1} in. long by à in. diam., ellipsoid ; stigmas 
3, broad, triangular, 
4. LOXOCOCCUS, Z. Wendl. & Drude. 
Stem erect, annulate. Leaves pinnatisect, leaflets obliquely truncate. 
Spadix infrafoliar, branched ; spathes 2; Aowers 3 together (a fem. between 
2 males) clusters spirally arranged. Male fl. Sepals 3, rounded, imbri- 
tate; petals 3, much larger, ovate, valvate; stamens 9-12, filaments very 
short, anthers subversatile. Fem. Jl. smaller, subglobose; sepals rounded, 
broadly imbricate ; petals ovate, base broad imbricate,tips valvate; ovary 
l-celled, stigmas 3, minute; ovule parietal. Fruit subglobose, cuspidately 
ked, stigmas terminal; albumen ruminate ; embryo subbasilar. 
L. rupicola, H. Wendl. & Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 185; Hook. f. 
t. Mag. t. 6358, Ptychosperma rupicola, Thw. Enum. 328. Caryota 
mitis, Willd. ? ; Moon Cat. Ceyl. Pl. 64. 
ÜEYLON ; in forests of the Southern and Central Provinces. . 
Trunk 30—40 ft. by 4-5 in. diam. Leaves 6-8 ft., spreading ; leaflets 12-20 pairs, 
. by 23 in, spreading, linear, subglaucous beneath, and sparsely furfuraceous ; 
petiole 1-2 ft., sheath very short. Spathe 1 ft., pale yellow. Spadix 1 ft., blood- 
» Subdeltoid; peduncle short and branches stout spreading quite glabrous; 
wers in scattered clusters of 3. Male fl. j in. diam.; filaments about equalling 
e anthers; pistillode minute, 3-fld. at the tip. Fruit about 1 in. long, globosely 
ovoid, Seed globose. 
0 
5 PTYCHORAPHIS, Pec. 
Stem slender, annulate. Leaves pinnatisect, leaflets narrow, caudate- 
Laminate, Spathes 2, complete, caducous. Spadix infrafoliar, panicu- 
ately branched ; flowers spirally disposed, male only towards the tips of 
* ranches, a fem. between 2 males towards the base. Male fi. sym- 
metric; sepals suborbicular; petals valvate; stamens 6, anthers versatile; 
Pstillode conical or columnar. Fem. fl. bibracteolate; sepals rounded, 
sl Der petals longer, tips valvate; staminodes 4-6; ovary ovoid, 
nas 3, triangular, acute; ovule parietal. Fruit small, ovoid, stigmas 
Tminal, Seed ovoid, obtuse, deeply grooved along the long linear 
lay, albumen deeply ruminate; emb:yo basilar, oblong.—Species 3, 
an. 
Mal P. singaporensis, Becc. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ii. 90, t. 126; 
ae Hi 109; stem slender, leaflets about 1 ft. long very numerous, 
i Slender 5-7-branched, rachis rusty furfuraceous, fruit ovoid. 
tere singaporensis, Bece. Males. i. 61.  Rhopaloblaste singa- 
Geo? Hook. f. in Gen. Pl. iii. 892. Drymophlous singaporensis, 
AE. in Kew Gard, Rep. (1882) 1884, 55. 
8 . 
(6000) ATORE ; Maingay (Kew dist. 1536). JOHORE; on Gunong Pulai, Hullett 
^ midrib b ; : his very slender, furfuraceous. 
Spadin ID beneath scaly ; petiole 2-23 ft. and rachis very ! ` 
*? about 1 ft., 5-7 -branched from the base ; flowers yellow. Fruit nearly 5 in. 
elliptic. m, diam., ovoid or elliptic-ovoid, tip conical, slightly excentric. Seed free, 
