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BECCABI. 



Of this fine and large Area*, I have Men only one entire leaf, and a few 

 fruits; these latter are even larger than those of .1. Catechu: in fad do other 

 species of the genus is known with such large fruits. Otherwise it seems related 

 to l. Whitfordii. 



Areca mammillata var. mindanaoensis Beoc. vai. nor. 



Differs from the typical forms growing in Palawan, especially by its 

 fruits, which are considerably larger It is a plan! about I m high. 

 Leaves in one specimen 1.1 m long in the pinniferous part with a petiolar 

 pari 25 cm in length; the leaf-sheatn is 22 cm long. Stem 3 cm in 

 diameter. Leaflets about 28 on each side, equidistant, 30 to 35 cm apart, 

 L-costate, hut occasionally 2-eostate, nan-owlv I'aKatc. the intermediate 



ones lo to 50 cm long, 18 to 20 nun broad, otherwise as in the type, the 

 two terminal leaflets form a small, forked llahellum. are 1- or 5-COStulate, 

 and terminate with as many pairs of rather obtuse teeth as there are costae, 

 these are, however, more acute than in the type. Fruits larger than in 

 the type, wvy narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, diminishing a good deal toward 

 both ends, about 3 cm long, !> mm in diameter. Seed L3 mm long, 6.5 

 mm broad. Fruiting perianth IV mm high. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Pori Banga, For. liur. Ul',1 Whitford & 

 Hutchinson, in forests at about 20 in above sea level. December, 1007. 



PINANGA HI. 

 Pinanga geonomaeform is Becc. sp. now 



Gracillima, sobolifera, L.5 m aha, cajudice tenuiter arundinaceo. Folia 

 in eircumscriptione oblonga, 25-35 cm longa, 1 L— 12 cm lata, irregulariter 

 et interrupte in segmentos paucos, utrinque L-2, pinnatisecta; segmentis 



lateralibus e basi lata sensim in acumen falcatum attenuatis; inferioribus 

 angustis, 1- \el 2-costulatis, Buperioribus 3— 7-costulatis et 3-u" cm latis, 

 diiobus terminalibus in fiabellum profunde furcatum onitu et in marrine 

 exteriore inciso-dentatis. Spadix gracillimus, indh isus, 10-16 cm longus; 



fructibus concinnis, exacte biseriatis, augustissimis, teretilms. saepe cur- 

 vulis, 13—14 mm longis. :! mm crassis. perianthio depresse cupulari, :> 



mm lato, 1.6 mm alto, truncatoet ad faiicein paullo coarctation sutl'ultis. 

 A very delicate and elegant palm 1 to L.5 m high, growing in small 

 clusters. Sinus \ciy slender, ? to 10 mm in diameter, xcvx distinctly 

 ringed vxevy :'> to ti cm; internodes slightly clavate, dotted with small 

 orbicular tobacco-colored scales. Leaves pinnatisect; the leaf-sheaths 

 finely striate and dotted like the stems and with the remains of a deciduous 

 membranaceous ligule at their mouths; the petiole slender. 6 to 8 Cm 

 long, 2.5 to 3 mm thick, this, and the rachis are also dotted with scales; 

 the blade is oblong, 25 to 35 cm long, 11 to 1? cm broad, thinly papyra- 

 ceous, dull, and about the same color on both surfaces, irregularly and 

 interruptedly divided down to the rachis, into a very few, unequal, alter- 

 nate or decurrent segment.- (2 to I on each side), which gradually 

 narrow from a broad base to a falcate and acuminate point; the lowest 



