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Stems 2 to 2-J inches in diameter. 



Leaflets 7 or 8 pairs . . . . G. P. fruticans 



Leaflets 20 to 24 pairs .. .. 7. F. ternatensis 



1. Pinanga disticlia, Bl. Rumphia, ii. p. 77 (Pinang Lnggong). 



Siems several, slender, up to 3 ft. in height, diameter ^", 

 green. Leaves usually simple, divided into 2 lobes, or with a few 

 broad acuminate leaflets, up to 1ft. in length, dark green mottled 

 with 3'ellowish-green patches, nerves prominent, numerous; petiole 

 up to 4 inches in length, scurfy ; sheathes short, up to 3 inches. 

 Spathe oblong, beaked, about 1 inch in length. Spadi.r solitary, 

 •occasionally branched, 1 to 4 inches in length, deflexed, green, 

 peduncle tomentose; flowers distichously arranged. Male floiuers 

 ^ in. long; sepals short, rounded; petals ovate, acuminate; stamens 

 usually 15. Female flowers small; sepals orbicular; petals ovate, 

 with sharp rigid point; pistil much longer than petals; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit drupe ^ inch in lengih, ovoid, acute, red. Seed 

 elliptic. 



Habitat. — Malaya. 



This pretty little palm makes a charming pot plant when well 

 grown. 



2. Pinanga suhnoui'wta. Becc. Males, iii. 174. 



Sterns short, erect, about 2 feet in height, diameter about 

 f inch, annulate; internodes about 1 inch long. Leaves narrowly 

 cuneate, forked, sometimes very deeply, apex truncate, toothed, 

 light green, up to 12 inches in length, 3 to 4 inches wide; nerves 

 numerous and strong; petioles about 2 inches long; sheaths about 

 2 inches long, ribbed. Spathe 3-angled, about 1^ inches in length, 

 more or less oblong, having two horns about ^ inch in length at the 

 apex. Spadix solitary, deflexed. glabrous, up to 4 inches in length, 

 thickening in fruit ; flowers distichous or spiral, often opening 

 and producing fruit inside the spathe. Male floirers \ inch long; 

 sepals acuminate, deltoid: petals linear, narrow; stamens about 12. 

 Female flowers, sepals round, spreading; petals erect, orbicular, 

 larger than sepals; pistil conical. Fruit, drupe al)Out -J inch long, 

 elliptic, beaked, red. Seed ellii)tic, subacute. 



Habitat. — Malaya. 



I have found only one plant of this species, in the Gardens. 



3. Pinanga malaiana, Scheff. Xatuurk. Tijdschr. Xid. Ind. xxxii, 



175. (Pinang Dampong). 



Stems several, slender, ii]» to 12 ft. in height, diameter 1 

 inch, internodes about 3 inches long. Leaves pinnate, large, from 

 5 to 8 ft. in length, spreading; leaflets linear acuminate, about 

 15 inches in length, l to 1 inch broad, dark green, glaucous beneath, 

 having 2 prominent nerves; ])etiole about 18 inches in length. 

 Spathe about 10 inches in length, oblong. Spadix deflexed, stout, 

 about 12 inches in length; branches 2 — 5, flattened, red in fruit; 

 flowers arranged in two rows. Male flowers flat ; sepals lanceolate ; 



