416 CLXIH. PALMER. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [Zguanura. 
Stem 2-4 ft. by } in., annulate. Leaves 3-34 by l-l} ft., linear-oblong; 
leaflets linear, 1 ft. by 4-2 in., 2- or more-keeled, terminal forked, lobes erose- 
dentate; petiole 1 ft., base scurfily pubescent; sheath a span long. Spathes sub- 
coriaceous, lowest 2-keeled, upper conduplicate and spadix brown-pubescent. 
Spadiz with a long slender erect peduncle, and 2 or more pendulous spongy spikes 
or branches 6-10 in. long, loosely covered with flowers ; fruiting 1-13 tt. nodding ; 
flowers inserted in pits with membranous margins. Male fl. in pairs ; sepals oblong, 
striate; petals ovate-lanceolate; filaments inflexed in bud; pistillode stout, oP 
3-lobed. Fem. fl. towards the base of the spike; sepals of the male; petals broa ; 
ovary gibbous. Fruit over A in. long by à diam., black-purple. Seed erect; 
albumen ruminate. 
2. I. malaccensis, Becc. Males. iii. 102; stem slender, leaves pin- 
nate, leaflets about 5 pairs. lower falcate caudate-acuminate upper broader, 
petiole pubescent, spadix simple filiform, finely tomentose. 
MALAY PENINSULA; Selangore, F. Keheding; Perak, Larut, King’s Collector 
(1869, 2994). . i 
Closely allied to I. geonomeformis, differing in the fewer leaflets and simple no 
furfuraceous but finely tomentose spadix. 
** Spadix interfoliar, long peduncled, with few subterminal short 
simple or forked branches or spikes. 
3. I. Wallichiana, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. iii, 908; leaves simple 
or pinnatisect, fruit globosely obovoid. Areca Wallichiana, Mart. 
Wall. Cat. 8600; Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 178, 312; Bece. Males. iii. 100. 
PENANG, Porter. StiNGAPORE, Lobb. 2: ER 
Stem solitary, 2-12 ft., straight, slender. Leaves very variable in size, 1 et 
2 ft. long, simple and forked or more or less pinnatisect, with long narrow lea d e 
Spathes 2, lower 2} in., hidden in the leaf sheath, strongly compressed, ac ed 
2-keeled, tip 2-toothed; upper shorter, acuminate, rusty-pubescent. Spadiz mm 
peduncled ; peduncle 18-24 in., branches 3-7 variable in length. Fruit ra are 
more than & in. long by 1-5 in. diam., red when ripe.— [he following varieties 
from Perak :— divided 
Var. a major, Bece. ; stem 10-12 ft. by 21-34 in. diam., leaves 2-4 ft. undi 
or pinnatisect, fruit about -$ by ;*.— King's Collector (481, 8227, 3127). tisect 
Var. B minor, Becc. ; stem 18-30 in., leaves about as long simple or pinna» 
fruit rather smaller. — King's Collector (454, 7941, 7996, 7999). 
TE Spadiz interfoliar, very shortly peduncled. 
4. I. brevipes, Hook. f.; leaves pinnate, leaflets distant broad! 
trapezoidly cuneate or subquadrate premorse many-nerved coa Ge 
toothed, spathe long deeply grooved, spadix laxly paniculate, branc 
divaricate lax-fld. 
Perak, Larut, 3-4000 ft., King’s Collector (2029). . 
Stem thicker than a swan’s quill. Leaf 15 S io iets 5 pairs, 5-6 1n. long ^ 
14-3 broad, iuserted by a contracted but very broad base, upper marg!" mune holly 
rachis glabrous; sheath 5 in., many-ribbed, Spadiæ with the peduncle "weg 
included iu the leaf-sheath, quite glabrous; primary branches 3-4, 3-4 m , 
sparingly again divided, rather slender, angled (when dry). Male fi. Dm ; 
about jj in. long; sepals orbicular ; petals broadly oblong, obtuse, very CO itate. 
stamens 6, filaments inflexed, anthers linear-oblong ;_pistillode columnar, cap! ; 
shortly 
"P Spadie infrafoliar, peduncle shorter than the spathe or 
exceeding it. 
TT t 
5. X. diffusa, Becc. MSS. ; leaves large, leatlets numerous equidistan 
