478 otemt, PALMER. (Beccari & Hook. f.) ` [Plectocomia, 
; bracteoles 
ikelets short, male many-fld., fem. shorter few-fld.; bracts and 
See Male fl. Calyx cupular, 3-toothed ; petals lanceolate, Wie 
stamens 6-12, filaments cuneate below, anthers linear. Fom, Ü Ovary 
perianth accrescent; corolla 3-fid, lobes valvate; stamino es o Ka 
3-celled; ovules basilar. Fruit globose, 1- rarely 3-seeded, beaked ; p able 
thin, tessellated with reflexed sbining scales. Seed erect; albumen eq 
embryo basilar.—Species 6 or 7, Himalayan and Malayan. 
1. P. khasyana, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 106; Palme Brr 
Ind. 106, t. 218; leaflets strongly 3-costate finely furfuraceous enoa ntos, 
not filiferous, rachis of spadix glabrate, of spikelets WEE 
spathels rusty-puberulous, male petals à in. long elongato- í Mart. 
fruit-scales ciliate and with deciduous recurved fimbriate P 5 Q5 (eel 
Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 199. P. assamica, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 
8yn.). 
t. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &e. ; 
Sten 60-00 ns p^ thick as the Fi Leaves 30 ft. including the feo ort 
leaflets 8-16 by 2-3 in., broadly lanceolate; rachis armed beneath M long by 2 ft 
digitate spines. Male spadix branched from the base ; branches 2 "ener. acute or 
across the spathels, which are 14 in. long, oblong, white with broa m many Ad. 
acuminate tips and a broad brown interposed band. Spikelets l m., 
Stamens 8-12. Fruit 1-11 in. diam., globose, abrubtly beaked. 
. . Palms 
2. P. himalayana, Grif. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 1005 0 s 
Brit. Ind. 108, t. 218; leaflets concolorous tips filiform, iate tips 
spikelets scurfily tomentose, male petals } in, fruit-scales Journ. Lint 
appressed. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 129; T. Anders. in 
oc. xi. 12. P. montana, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. & Thoms. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. -16 b 
Stem 1 in. diam. Leaves 6-8 ft. including the flagellum ; weie, arm d 
1-1} in., with 5 slender costo, margins aculeolate, rachis scurfy and tubular scurly, 
with recurved claws; petiole unarmed or margins spiny ; sheath inches CL? 
spines whorled. Spathes conduplicate, seurfy. Spadices erect; Cal. z (male and 
drooping ; spathels 1-2 in., rhomboid, acute; spikelets 3-7 fd. Aen, depressed 
fem.) cupular, 3-toothed, petals ovate-lanceolate. Fruit $ in. diam. 
globose; scales very small. 
neath, 
3. P. Griffithii, Becc. mss.; very stout, leaflets glancons ned y 
spathels glabrous or scurfy towards the tips, male spikelets ed D elon- 
sessile, fem. fl. pedicelled, scales of fruit fimbriate and toot ` “Ind. 105 
gata, Griff. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 96; Palms Bri. 
t. 217 A, B, C (not of Blume). 
MALACCA, Griffith. e 
A gigantic ee Stem as thick as a man's leg. Leaves with the flagellum 
about 20 ft.; leaflets distant, 2-3 ft. by 2-3 in., decurved ; rachis ^ Sp 
armed as in other species, Spadiw very large, branches many, " ee 
3 in. broad. Fruits 8-5 in each spathel, “size of a carbine bulle "fem. $ 
Allied to P. elongata, diflering in the more numerous flowers of e have see 
and by the much smaller fruit, the scales of which are not- striated.— 
Specimen. J.D.H, oi. pte it 
4. P. macrostachya, Kurz in Journ. Beng. As. Soe. A spadi 
207, t. 16,17; For. Fl. ii. 514; leaflets white beneath, rachis rs 8 ortly 
scurfy, spathels acute glabrous, male spikelets scurfy, flowe 
pedicelled, margins of calyx-teeth densely tomentose. 
TENASSERIM ; on the Bithoko hills, alt. 3000 ft., Kurz, Brandis. 
