PALMAE, 21 PTYCHOSPERMA. 
licari 15-pedes longae; rhachis-dense furfuracea; laminae ovatae in- 
erescenti-pinnatisectae segmenta utrinque circiter 6, erecto-patentia, 
lincari-lanceolata acuminatissima apice extrorsum subbidentata, supe- 
riora 8—10 poll. longa opposita, inferiora unum pluresve pollices, 
deerescentia, oblique opposita, 5—1 poll. lata, basi et in nervis subtus 
subfurfuracea, terminale 2 poll. latum, basi cuneatum, apice dentato- 
truncatum, spadix ex albo pallide rubens trifidus, flores masculi po- 
lyandri, drupae ellipsoideae acutiusculae, pollice dimidio sublongio- 
res. Seaf. furf. Mart. l.c. — Pinanga furfuracea Blume l.c. HL 
p. 88. Caudex crassitie digiti minoris. Frondes paucae. Spadix 4 —— 5 
poll. longus solitarius, pedunculo semipollicari, 2 spathis instructo ; 
exterior oblonga, compressa, ventre longitrorse fisso planiuscula, 
dorso convexa, margine binis cristis, apice in acumen obtusiusculum 
angustatis, versus basin multo magis dilatatis et rigidis, hic altero 
margine saepe inflexis subanceps, membranacca, exalbida vel pallide 
virens; — interior rudimentaria seu margo membranaceus cum acu- 
mine triangulari. Spadicis rami 4—4} poll. longi. — Praecedenti 
valdopere affinis, frondis segmentis minus patulis, basi non adeo 
constrietis nee falcatis differt. — Pt. gans ae rn etiam 
proxima. 
Celebes, in de vochtige bosschen i in het westelijk gerledilfe van 
het eiland. 
17. Ptychosperma inaequalis mio. Caudex paucipedalis, frondes 
2— 3 spithamas longae, vagina 3—4 poll, petiolus vix pollicaris cum 
rhachi fusco-furfuraceus, laminae ellipticae inerescenti-pinnatisectae 
segmenta utrinque 3—4 vel pauciora, ereeto-patentia lineari-lancco- 
lata falcata acuminatissima, infima 2 subopposita, reliqua alterna, 
313 poll. lata, inferiora 5, superiora 7—8 poll. longa, summa 
apice truncato-dentata, basi inaequali cuneata, spadix trifidus, drupae 
ellipsoideae obtusae laeves, ; poll. longae. Seaf. inaequalis Mart. 
Lc. p. 313. — Pinanga inaequalis Bl. Rumph. U. p. 91. Caudex 
pennam olorinam crassus, annulatus. Frondes paucae. Vagina petio- 
laris crassa, striata, ore appendiculata. Spadix Pt. furfuraceae simil- 
limus, ramis fastigiatis, a basi ad apicem drupis distichis obsitis. 
Drupae in sicca sordide coccineae, in vertice disco abbrevjato mam- 
