Arece.] CLXXXVII PALMAE. 883 
Pnuorrmocamrus, Blume im Schultes Syst. vii. 1308 (o tribu Coryphearum). — Fruetus globosus 
v. Ovoideus, mueronatus, 3-4-spermus, periearpio tessellato intus fibroso-ligneo. Semen sub- 
globosum, latere endocarpii insertum, hilo ovali, albumine duro ruminato; embryo basilaris. 
Caudex elatus, obseure annulatus. Folia Zorassi, segmentis 4—5-partitis, petiolo aculeato.— 
Species 2, Archipelagi Malayani incole.— Mart. Hist. Nat. Pala. iii. 292, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
jii. 47. Suppl. 591, et in. Palin. Archip. Ind. 10 (ubi fructus 1-spermus dicitur). Beccari, Males. i. 79. 
—Rumnph. Herb. Amboin. i. 56, &. 12. In exemplare a. cl. Beccari misso, nervatio foliorum potius 
Coryphearum, quam Borasscarum. 
Ponormmiwax, H. Wendl. ex Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub, 221 (Thrinaz Pumilio, Lodd.); genus est non 
descriptum, eujus fructus solum in herbariis exstat, albumine centro perforato margine haud 
ruminato, 
RaveNn, Zouché im Monatschr. Verein. Beford. Gartenb. 1878, 197, 323, cum ic. xylog. 324 ; 
Lemaire, Ill. Hortic. xxvii. 164, cum ic, est palma inermis non descripta, statu juvenili tantum. 
nota, montium insule Comoro incola, suadente H. Wendlandio in litt. Hyophorbi proxima. 
Roznp&ur, Engel in. Linnea, xxxiii. 680, £, 3, f. 6, palma Andium Colombise incola, inflorescentia ct 
fructu ignotis, delenda est. 
Tnisvs I. ARECES. 
l. Areca, Linn. Gen. n. 1925.— Flores in eodem spadice infrafoliaceo paniculatim 
v. simpliciter ramoso monoici, obsolete bracteati, d in ramulis numerosi, solitarii v. 2-ni, 
distichi v. secundi, 9 basin versus ramorum solitarii. Fl. 4 minuti, compressi v. 
iriquetro-compressi. Sepala parva, subtriangularia, libera v. connata, haud imbricata. 
Petala sepalis multo majora, oblique 1 lata, acuta v. inata, valvata. Stamina 
3 v. 6, filamentis brevibus v. obsoletis; antherw sagittats, basifixse, erectse. — Ovarii 
rudimenta minuta. Fl. 9 masculis multo majores, perianthio post anthesin aucto. 
Sepala orbieularia, concava, late imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, orbicularia, convo- 
lutivo-imbricata, apicibus acutatis valvatis. Staminodia minuta v. obsoleta. Ovarium 
ovoideum, 1-loculare ; stigmata 3, sessilia, subulata, erecta v. recurva ; ovulum basilare, 
erectum. Fructus ovoideus v. oblongus ; stigmate terminali, pericarpio crasse carnoso et 
fibroso, endocarpio tenui testo adh te. Semen ovoideum v. subhemisph:eri. basi 
iruncatum, erectum, teres, hilo basilari, rapheos ramis ascendentibus a basi ramosis 
reticulatis, albumine ruminato; embryo basilaris.—Palm:e inermes, humiles v. elatze,caudi- 
cibus solitariis v. cespitosi: latis. Folia terminalia, zequaliter pinnatisecta, segmenti, 
lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis marginibus basi recurvis, superioribus confluentibus bifidis 
v. truncatis et multifidis, rhachi trigona dorso convexa facie superne acuta, inferne 
petioloque concavis, vagina elongata. Spadix latus v. contractus, ramis patentibus fruc- 
tiferis pendulis ; spathze 3 v. plures, caducre, inferiore completa, superioribus stepe bractei- 
formibus. Flores sepe albi. Fructus mediocris v. j lus, sangui: v. croceus, 
Species enumeratze ad 24, Asize tropicz, Archipelagi Malayani, Australis tropiece et Novze Guineze 
incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Pali. 169, 311 (excl. 5p.), &. 102, 149. Kunth, Enwm. Pl. iii. 183, 637 
(excl. sp.). Gertn. Fruct. i. t. 7, f. 2. — Blume, Rumph. 3i. 64, 1. 99, 100, Jf. 1, 101, 102 A, B, C, 
108; iii, z. 160, 163 D. Griff. Palm. Brit. Ind. 146, t. 230 (4rece sect. Pinanga). .Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
iii. 8 (Arece sect. 1) ; Palm. Archip. Ind. 22. Scleff. in Natuurk. Tijdschr, Ned. Ind. xxxii. 149 (excl. 
sect, Spiranthe) ; et in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. i. 112, 132, 144, t, 1 ad 8. H. Wendl. et. Drude in 
Linnea, xxxix. 175, t. 1,f. 1. Drude in Bot. Zeit, 1877, t. 6, f. 16. 17. Beccari, Malesia, i. 17 (excel. 
subgen,3), 97. Roxb. Cor. Pl. t. 55. Bot. Mag. t. 6026. — Bentl. et Trim. Med. Plant. 1. 276, 
Genus in sectiones 2 dividitur :— 
^1. Euareca, Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 114. Spadix duplicato-ramosus, axis primarius 
non inerassatus. Stamina 3 v. 6. Fl. 9 distantes in ramorum basi secundi. 4rece sect. ZEotheanthe, 
Scheff. in Natuurk. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 156. 
2. Balanocarpus, H. Wendl. & Drude in Linnza, xxxix. 176 (subgen.). Spadix simpliciter ramosus, 
axis primarius inerassatus. Stamina 6. Fl. 9 in axi ipso approximati. rece sect. Avonianthe, 
Seheff. in Natuurk. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 156. 
2. Mischophloeus, Scheff. in. Ann. Jard. Bot. Builcnz. i. 140, 194, 152, t. 11:12. 
Flores in eodem spadice infrafoliaceo ramosissimo monoici, inferiores in ramis 3-ni inter- 
