472 CLXII. PALMEH. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [ Demonorops. 
Beccari has indicated the existence of about 7 other new Malayan Peninsula ones, 
but these are in far too imperfect a condition to render it advisable to register here 
the names he has given them. 
25. ZALACOCA, Reinw. 
Stemless, soboliferons, armed palms. Leaves pinnatisect, not flagelli- 
ferous; leaflets narrowly linear-lanceolate. Spadix interfoliar, pendulous, 
flowering branches catkin-like. Spathes persistent; lower sheathing, iiy 
complete ; bracteoles cupular, 2-celled ; flowers coriaceous, densely crow gu 
polygamous. Male fl., calyx tubular, 3-fid.; corolla tubular, segmen 
valvate; stamens 6, anthers short. Fem. fl. larger; perianth accrescent; 
calyx trifid; corolla-lobes lanceolate, valvate ; staminodes 3 or 6; over 
3-celled, stigmas 3, subulate; ovules basilar. Fruit globose or oboveid, 
1-3-seeded, clothed with reversed or spreading scales. Seeds 1-8, D 
top excavated, testa crustaceous, outer coat fleshy; albumen equabe; 
embryo subbasilar.—Species 9 or 10, chiefly Malayan. i 
The species are for the most part imperfectly known. The Malayan Z. eiut 
Reinw., not hitherto found in the Malayan Peninsula, has the leaflets white 
beneath. ` 
1. Z. secunda, Grif. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 12; Palms Brf 
Ind. 14, t. 177; leaflets straight concolorous acutely 3-costate mang 
setulose above the middle, cost spinulose on the under face, male spac’ 
compact, spikes much longer than their spathes peduncled, fem. Si mg 
paniculately branched, spikes tomentose, fruit clothed with $ Palms 
lanceolate scales. Becc. Males. iii. 673. Calamus collinus, Grif. ^^ 
Brit. Ind. t. 186 (leaf only). 
UPPER Assam, Mann; in the Mishmi Mts., Griffith. . the male 
_A very imperfectly known species, of which Griffith describes only the leaf 
spike. Mann's specimen consists of a leaflet, and young fruit ; he describes, three 
as 30 ft. long ; the leaflets as 33 in. long by nearly 3 broad, coriaceous, 1 uite re 
stout cost; acute on both surfaces and spinulose beneath,—Fruits receive deg to 
cently at Kew from Mr. Mann are unfortunately in too broken a con in 
determine their form; they appear to have been ovoid, 2 in. ? long, €n pnr 
stout cone as in Eugeíssonia ; the periearp thin, clothed with spreading and TT. 
ing subulate-lanceolate recurved dark brown scales 1 in. long and under ; 
appearance of a succulent endocarp. Seeds (1-3?) 1-14 in. long, Ver 
shape, from subglobose to hemispheric or trigonous with a convex bac d di 
rounded angles, dark brown, not polished, with a deep small apical hollow vo a 
the canal which extends more than half way into the dense albumen ; embry? ith 
the base dorsal or sublateral, indicated externally by a circular conver 
depressed margins 1 in. diam. or less. 
2. Z. affinis, Griff. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist, v. 9; Palms WE and 
12, t. 176, A, B, C; leaflets concolorous strongly falcate cos 8 
margins not setulose, male spadix elongate, spikes small tomentos? e 
exserted from the sides of their long spathes, fem. spadix compa ovoid 
short interrupted spikes much shorter than their spathes, = 
smooth. Beec. Males. iii. 67, 
. —Dpisrs 
Maracca, Grifith. PERAK, at Larut, King’s Collector (3448). p 
Sumatra. der spine’ 
Leaves 12-13 ft. ; petiole half the length, slender, armed with long slender pout 
al 
leaflets fascicled, 18-20 by 23 in. ; costze slender, acute beneath. Male og E 
là ft.; spathes imbricate lacerate. Spikes 3-4 in.; bracts membrano 
