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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. vnr, Art. 120 



toward the ends, leaflet bearing from near the base; 

 the smooth fusiform sheath portion green and less than 

 a yard in length; inflorescence erect, the size of a lady's 

 hand, light cream color, arising from below the sheath; 

 peduncle recurved; flowers odorless, very easily falling. 

 Luzon: Irosin (Mt. Bulusan), Province of Sorsogon, 

 June 1916, number 16240. Collected in damp woods of 

 steep creek gulches at 500 feet altitude. 



Arcca Ipot Becc. in Leafl. Philip. Bot. n, 639, 1909. 

 Areca Catechu humilis Blco. Fl. Filip. ed. II, 495, 1845. 



Field-note: — Small erect tree; stems 3 to 5 inches 

 thick, at most 12 feet high, the rings averaging 4 in- 

 ches apart; sheath 2 feet long, smooth, green, swollen 

 near the base; leaves 3 to 5 feet long, several, grace- 

 fully recurved; midrib green and rigid; leaflets ascending, 

 recurved toward the apex, strongly ridged and grooved; 

 stalk of fruit cluster 3 to 6 inches long, flattened, strongly 

 recurved; fruits sessile, densely clustered, deep orange red, 

 smooth, irregular in shape, more or less angular at the 

 base. 



Luzon: Lucban (Mt. Banahao), Province of Tayabas, 

 May 1907, number 9292 The natives or Tagalog call 

 it "Bunga-Ipot" while the regular "Betle-nut" they 

 call "Bunga". The nuts are used by the natives but 

 are not as good as those of Areca Catechu Linn. Chiefly 

 planted in barrios and around farm houses for orna 

 mental purposes. Some of the smaller trees were no 

 higher than a man and already in fruit. The fruit- 

 ing cluster is dense and appears as a solid mass. 

 "With the relatively stocky stem and dark green foliage, 

 it presented a fine appearance in rows along paths and 

 alleys. 



Areca Caliso Becc. sp. no v. 



Mediocris, caudice 5-6 m. longo; frondium segmentis 

 numerosis, aequidistantibus, bicostulatis, subfalcato-acu 

 minatis; spadice dense paniculato, simpliciter ramoso, 

 ramis numerosis in parte basilari crassiuscula flores foe 

 mineos numerosus alternos ferentibus, superne angustatis 

 et fioribus masculis alterne disticis onustis; floribus mas 

 culis exandris, sepalis parvis omnino liberis, antheris 

 acutis; fructibus ovato ellipticis utrinqua attenuatis, medio- 

 cribus, 3 3.5 cm. longis, 20 22 mm. in medio crassis; pe 

 ricarpio in fibras molles tenuissimas omnino facile solu- 

 bili; semine globoso ovoideo, 18 mm. longo. 



