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9 mm. through, more or less obsoletely angular by mu- 

 tual pressure; the sepals are very broadly ovate and ob- 

 soletely apiculate; the petals are suborbioular, about as 

 long as the sepals, also obsoletely apiculate; staminodes 

 ' V ® ry ^ ma11 '. dentiform, united by their bases; ovary 

 ovoid; the stigmas short, triangular, connivent. Male 

 flowers very minutely bracteolate, 5 to 6 mm. long, sin- 

 uously lanceolate to acuminate, irregularly trigonous; 

 ttie calyx is completely divided into three small, narrow 

 and acute sepals; the petals are wavinglv lanceolate, 

 acuminate strongly and striately veined; stamens 6, with 

 th.ckish terete filaments, more or less elongated sag- 

 ittate and acuminate anthers; rudimentary ovary very 

 slender, subulate, about as long as the filaments. Fruit 

 ing panicle ovate, dense, aboufc 15 cm. long, its bran- 

 ches apprised to the main axis as in the flowering 

 »hrTf in" g Penanth cupularly cyathiform, truncate, 



tha i mm ^ S r ° SS the mouth < havin £ the apices of 

 the sepals and the petals at the same level and not at 



lir rCeSC n nt l f ** uifc re S ul *rly elliptical or elongately 

 °' 9 e 9 quall y tapering to both ends, 3 to 3.5 cm. long, 



naJS lr mm ' tl n Ck . at the middle - a ^ ex obt » s e, term"! 

 ^mfins y nf a th m , ClrCUUr are0ia e "circling the small 

 reraa ns of the stigmas; pericarp about 3 mm thick 

 dissolving entirely into very fine fibers; endocarp very 

 h.n; seed globular to ovoid, flat at the base, obtuse 

 th.T ' °l^ nearly aS bl "° ad; albuinen de eply ruminated- 

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Areca Caliso Becc is a very peculiar and distinct 

 species almost intermediate between the Euarec^s Ind 

 the Balanocarpus, ow.ng to its simply branched anadir 

 the branches of which are however aDorPwd tn ♦£ 

 main axis thick and covered with rUe ous fern ale flo 

 wers in the lower third or half part, the whole formine 

 when in fruit a dense ovate somewhat unilateral pan? 

 cle; the upper part of the floriferous branches is per- 

 ishable, slender, strongly and irregularly z iJL P to 

 sinuous, and bears distically set mail flowers at eve v 

 indenture. It is also distinguishable by i?7 male flowers 

 being d to 6 mm. long, having sinuous acuminae nanow 

 petals 6 stamens with acute anthers, and "very slender- 

 subulate rud.mentary ovary; by its relatively small eHir, 

 tical fruits whose pericarp becomes whoUy £s Intern 

 ed into extremely fine fibers; and by the cupukrlv 

 truncate non-marcescent fruiting perianth 



Mindanao: Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, 



