LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. Il. Manila, P. I., July 30, 1909. Art. 36. 
NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN PHILIPPINE PALMS 
BY 
O. BECCARI 
(Florence Italy). 
ARECA (subgen. Balanocarpus) Ipot Becc. A. Cathecu 
humilis Blanco, Flora de Filipinas ed. 2. (1845) p. 495. 
Mediocris, ad summun 4 m. alta, caudice 7-12cm. diam. 
Frondium segmenta numerosa, aequidistantia, elongato-lanceo- _ 
nalia latiora ac breviora, spice truncata et duplicato-inciso- 
dentata, Spadicis indivisi pars florigena cylindracea, circite 
. 14 em. longa, 6 cm. spissa, parte pedunculari crassa, 6-10 cm. 
"longa, 2 cm: lata, suffulta; floribus circum axin densissime 
insertis, latissime ovato-conicis. 12-14 mm. ad basin latis, £s 
quisque in ramo valde ati: partem padicellarem brevis- x 
simam simulanti sessilibus, ramis utrinque ramulum gracilem, 
.. 12-13 em. longum, floribus masculis onustum ferentibus, Fructus _ 
circum axin addensati, majuseuli, 5 cm. longi, 3 em. crassi, - 
. ovoidei, basi mutua pressione plus minus angulosi, in vertice 
 rotundati; semime plus minus seye; basi leviter Sonina 
extus arenes (Meer "s demi v ue 
lata, plicato-2-4-costulata, acuminata, leviter falcata; 2 termi- — 
