Tab. 7917. 

 ARECA? MiOHOLiTZii. 



Native of New Guinea. 



Nat. Ord. Palm^e. — Tribe Akece^. 

 Genus Areca, Linn. ; (Benth. et Eooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 883.) 



A jieca ? Micholitzii ; palma parva, dum jnvenis florens ; stirps hue depicta inter 

 5 et 6 ped. alta (interdum usque ad 9 ped. alta, fide Micholitz), caudice 

 gracili circiter 1^ poll, diametro levi glabro annulato, internodiis 1-2- 

 pollicaribus, basi valde attenuate supra terram omnino radicibus aereia 

 .sustentato, foliis glabris petiolatis pinnatisectis apice furcatis circiter 

 3| ped. longis, segmentis nunc 5 vel 7 duobus superioribus alte con- 

 fluentibus exceptis alternis nunc 6 vel 8 oppositis pauci-vel pluriplicatis 

 costatis que basi latis discretis inferioribus falcato-oblongis acuminatis 

 integris casteris quadrato-oblongis pluri- vel multifidis apicibus sub- 

 acutis, petioli vagina elougata turgida inflorescentiam juvenilem 

 vestiente, petiolo supra vaginam subtrigono, spathis evolutis in 

 axillis foliorum delapsorum solitariis aimplicibus cymbiformibua 8-9 

 poll, longis levibus glabria nitidis flavo-viridibus intua argenteo- 

 nitidis longitudinaliter multistriatis breviter valideque stipitatis apice 

 rotundatis ante dehiscentiam ventre leviter concavia cito deciduis, apathia 

 secundariis ad bracteas parvas vel minimaa reductis, spadice monoico 

 arrecto simpliciter ramoso circiter 1 ped. longo 9 poll, lato pallide viridi 

 undique minute lepidoto ramia saepius circiter 8 distichia divaricatis 

 crassis compressis nexuosis coutinuis suraum gradatim attenuatis (nee 

 eubito fere nliformibua ut in speciebus nonnullis Arecse genuinse), bracteia 

 bracteolisque minutia vel obsoletis, floribus sessilibus subdistichis in 

 ramorum dimidio inferiore ternis quorum 2 exterioribus ^intermedio? 

 in dimidio auperiore geminatis utroque <?, floribus $ glabris eburneis 3-4 

 lin. longia articulatia inferioribus juxta $ positis ante spathaj dehiscentiam 

 expansis cito deciduie, calyce minuto tridentato, petalis 3 valvatis crassis 

 oblongo-ovatis obtusis, staminibus 6 petalia paullo brevioribus, pistillodio 

 obiongo trifurco, floribus ? glabris viridibus, sepalis 3 crassis coriaceis late 

 ovat's obtusis circiter 4 lin. longia arete imbricatis, petalis 3 sepalia 

 eimilibus tenuioribus arete imbricatis, staminodiis 6 minutia e basi lata 

 subito acuminatis, ovario obiongo glabro uniloculari uniovulato, stigmata 

 sessili, ovulo basilari, fructu ignoto. 

 A. Micholitzii, Sander, Gat. PI. 1895, p. 46. Kew Bulletin, Additional 

 Series, vol. iv. (1900), p. 40 (absque descriptione). 



This palm was discovered in New Guinea by Mr. 

 Micholitz, collector for Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, 

 and it was advertised for sale in 1895, when a plant was 

 acquired for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It flowered 

 in March of the present year, but it has produced no fruit. 

 In reply to our inquiries, Messrs. Sander report that they 

 received only a few seeds and the plants are all dispersed, 

 October 1st, 1903. 



