474 CLXIIL PALMEX, (Beccari & Hook. f.) [Zalacca. 
PENANG, Lewes, Wray (2435). . . 
Leaves 12-15 ft. ; petiole o) der trigonous, apparently armed with ` simple Ps 
of spines on each face ; leaflets equidistant, 20-22 by 25 in., "DCS. se enus by the 
the tips. Spadices much branched, less covered than usual in the SC zeg 
primary spathes; branches entirely covered by loosely sheathing "P ge, 
spikes slender, looking as if annulate by the broad shallow bracts, Bom. d. large, 
nally, Males 3-4 in., slender, bracteoles obsolete or nearly so. ing Wray’ 
oblique. Ovary strigose with erect stout hairs, ovoid. Fruit (accompa y re t 
specimen) globose, 1 in. diam., suddenly contracted into a columnar e al seris, 
clothed (including the beak) with small very dark brown scales in se Reconeouslf 
each with a short recurved setose tip, and an obtuse keel on the back.— 
referred to Z. edulis in Malesia iii, 64.” —O.B. 
6. Z. Beccarii, Hook. f.; leaflets strict concolorous clongate-ensiort 
acuminate, tips shortly filiform, margins spinulosely setose, lack claws, 
few scattered long bristles beneath, rachis with short hooke long, upper 
fem. spadix very long, rachis brown woolly, lower spathes ls ech? 
twice as long as the large stout spikes, fruit-scales recurved Sp! 
Raneoon, McLelland. 2. mare 
Leaflets apparently equidistant, 18-24 by 1} in., shining on both surfa stout, 
gins with strong straight sete almost throughout their length, le beneath with 
lateral slender; bristles 1-3 in. long, black; very young leaflets P ng or mor; 
very long slender pale bristles on the coste. Fem. spadis 3 ft. dim bracts 
lower spathe 1 ft. long; upper 4-6 in. Spikes 2} in. long, $ m. acute. Fruit 
woolly ; flowers } in. long; sepals and petals subequal, broadly Ov ces and paler 
(much broken) apparently small; scales pale chesnut, with broa strict leaflets 
recurved spinous tips.—Very distinct from Z. Wallichiana in the long th 
with long bristles, short tips, and margins armed throughout their length. 
26. KORTHALSIA, Blume. 
less 
Scandent, spinous palms. Leaves pinnatisect; leaflets mor gellife- 
cuneate or trapezoid and erose (except K. erhinometra) ; rachis (ochrea)- 
rous; petiole short, sheath often produced into a large ligu bular per- 
Spadiæ axillary, loosely branched, pendulous, sheathed with tu 
sistent spathes; bracts membranous; bracteoles reduced to hairt -plar or 
bisexual, crowded in cylindric catkin-like spikes; sepals OT lamen 
oblong ; petals ovate or lanceolate, valvate; stamens 6 or more, 3-celled ; 
short, anthers linear; staminodes 6 or more ; ovary imper fect! y tessellate 
ovules basilar. Fruit globose or ovoid, l-seeded ; pericarp thin, lateral; 
with recurved shining scales. Seed erect, top hollowed, chalaza TT pd 
a 
albumen ruminate; embryo ventral.—Species about 20, Indian 
Malayan. 
The swollen ochreæ of the first section form nidi for ants. The species 
imperfectly known. 
* Ochrea inflated. 
are very 
v 
l. X. echinometra, Bece. Males. ii. 66, t. vii; ochros, Wes 
elliptic-lanceolate armed with long flattened black spines, le! more or 
narrowly linear-lanceolate finely acuminate mealy-white beneat 
less toothed towards the tip. 
PERAK, Scortechini (n. 4585). —DrsrRIB. Borneo. 
