884 CLXXXVIL PALME. [4 Tecete, 
medio 9 spiraliter dispositi, superiores 2-ni 4 subdistichi ; bracteze et bracteole obsoletze. 
Fl. d asymmetrici, compressi. Sepala in cupulam subtrigonam 3-dentatam basi 
elongatam connata, haud imbricata. Petala oblique ovato- v. lineari-oblonga,. valvata. 
Stamina 9, filamentis brevibus basi connatis; antherw lineares, basi sagittata affixze, 
érectz. Ovarii rudimentum minütum. Fl. 9 masculis multo minores, ovoidei, peri- 
anthio post anthesin aucto. Sepala orbicularia, late imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, 
orbieularia, convolutivo-imbricata, apicibus acutatis valvatis. Staminodia 9, minuta. 
Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare; stigmata 3, sessilia, brevia, recurva ; ovulum. basilare, 
erectum. Fructus ovoideus, stigmatibus terminalibus, pericarpio carnoso et fibroso, 
endocarpio tenui. Semen glob: ideum, basi t tum, hilo basilari, rapheos 
ramis dorsalib dentibus a basi subsimplicil tieulatis, albumine ruminato ; 
embryo basilaris.—Palma inermis, caudiee elato annulato basi radicibus epigieis suffulto. 
Folia terminalia, inzqualiter | pinnatisect qm tis Il latis duplicato-dentatis 
plurinerviis, 3marginibus basi recurvis, inferioribus 1-nerviis acuminatis. ^ Spadices 
doshost 
i ramis p , ped lo brevi ; spatha 1 completa, decidua. Flores 
p 
parvi. 
Species 1, Ternatensis.  Beccari, Malesia, i. 22 (Areca), 
. 9. Pinanga, Blume, Rwimph. ii. 16, (. 87, 108 A, 109 ad 116, — Flores in eodem Spadice 
infrafoliaceo simplici v. simpliciter ramoso monoici, di-hexastiche dispositi, 3-ni inter- 
medio 9, obsolete braeteati et bracteolati. Fl. 4' asy rici, compressi v. triquetro- 
compressi. Sepala 3, libera v. eonnata, acuta, carinata, haud imbricata.  Petàla 3, 
oblique 1 lata v. ovata, i valvata. Stamina 6-26, filamentis brevibus basi 
connatis; antherwe lineares, basi sagittata affixze, erectso. Ovarii rudimenta 0. Fl. [2 
maseulis minores, late ovoidei v. globosi, perianthio "post anthesin aueto.. Sepala 
orbieularia, late imbricata. Petala orbicularia, lutivo-imbricata, apicibus acutatis 
valvatis. Staminodia 6 v. 0. Ovarium ovoideum v. subturbinatum, 1-loculare ; stigmata 3, 
brevia, crassa, confluentia ; ovulum basilare, erectum. — Fructus ovoideus v. ellipsoideus, 
stigmatibus terminalibus, pericarpio crassiusculo fibroso, endocarpio tenui interdum teste 
adhzrente. Semen ovoideum v. ellipsoideum, erectum, hilo basilari, rapheos ramis 
lentibus a basi subsimplicibus dein t ibus, albumine ruminato ; embryo 
basilaris.—Palm:e inermes, caudicibus solitariis v. fastigiatis v. soboliferis humilibus v. 
dioeril is. Folia t lia, inzequaliter fissa v. p isecta v. simplicia 
apice bifida, segmentis plicatis plurinerviis, inferioribus acuminatis, superioribus con- 
fluentibus, ginibus non i tis basi recurvis, rhachi superne acuta, inferne petio- 
loque antice convexis, vagina elongata. Spadix swpe parvus, interdum simplicissimus,. 
peduneulo brevi, ramis fastigiatis v. flabellatim dispositis ; spathà 1 completa, tumida v. 
complicato-compressa et bialatà ; bractes' foveas 'gi , bracteole i 351 
Flores inter minores. Fructus plerumque eroceus v. sanguineus. 
* 
Species enumeratze ad 25, Indize transgangeticze et. Archipelagi Malayani ineolze, una Deccanensis, 
Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm, ii. 183 (Seaforthie sp. 3 ad. 10) et 313 (Seaforthie sect, Orthostichanthe) 
1.158,/. 2, 3. Kunth, Emum. PL.iü. 640 (exel. sp.. Griffith, Palm. Brit. Ind. 146, t. 230 C, 
231, 232 A, B, C, 235 (Arece sect. Anaclasmus); Notul, iii. 164 5. Io, PL. Asiat. t. 248 (4reca). Mig. 
FL Ind. Bat. ii. 20 (Ptyehosperiatis species 1, 3, 6. ad 20).  Scheff. ix Natuurk. Tijdsch. Ned. 
Ind. xxxii: 171; in Anu. Jard. Bot. Duitenz, i. 115, 133, 148, 7. 13, 14, 15,16, f. 1, 17 ad 21. Kurz, 
For. FI. ii. 538; et in Journ. As. Soc, Beng. xliii. pars 2, 200 (Arece 8p. 0 ad T), 1.12. H. Wendl. 
et Drude in Linnea, xxxix, 176. Drude in. Bot. Zeit. 1877, t. 5, f. 12, 13. 
4. Kentia, Blume, Rumph. ii, 94, t. 100, 160.— Flores in ramulis 4-gonis ejusdem 
spadicis infrafoliacei fastigiatim ramosi monoici, in areolis decussatim. oppositis 3-ni inter- 
medio 9 ; bractez bracteolique obsolete. Fl. 4 asymmetrici, compressi. Sepala parva, 
acuta, haud imbricata, basi connata. Petala multo majora, oblique ovato-oblonga v. 
lanceolata, acuminata, valvata. Stamina 6, fil tis brevibus subulatis basi connatis ; 
