CXXXVIII, PALM^, 8O3 



PJicenicc rupicola^ T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. \. 11 (1870) p. i:*>. 

 A small graceful palm a native of Sikkim, occasionally gvoMii in gardens. 

 It develops a stem very slowly and when fully grown the trunk is 12- 

 20 ft. high by 8-10 in. in diam. It has bright green leaves which are 

 somewhat spirally twisted, leaflets 18 by |-1 in., and an oblong shining 

 yellow fruit | in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 425 ; Woodr. Gard. iu Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 526 ; Braudis, Ind. Trees (1906) p. 646. 



2. PINANGA, Blume. 



Unarmed ; stem erect, annulate. Leaves pinnatisect, with the upper 

 segments confluent. Tlowers monoecious, androgynous, ternate, 1 female 

 between 2 males, the clusters iu 2 or 4 or 6 series ou spadices from the 

 stem below the leaves ; spathe solitary. Male flowees obliquely 

 3-quetrous. Sepals 3, acute, keeled, not imbricate. Petals 3, ovate or 

 lanceolate, valvate. Stamens 6 or many ; anthers subsessile, basiflxed, 

 erect. Female flowers much smaller than the males, ovoid or globose. 

 Sepals 3, orbicular, imbricate. Petals 3, orbicular, broadly imbricate. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; ovule basilar, erect ; stigmas 3. Pruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 

 with fibrous pericarp. Seed ovoid or ellipsoid ; albumen ruminate; embryo 

 basilar. — Distkib. Tropical Asia and Malaya ; species about 24. 



1. Pinanga Dicksonii, Blume, Rumphia, v. 2 (1836) p. 77 in Ohs. 

 A very slender, smooth, green-stemmed palm ; trunk solitary, tall, 16- 

 20 ft. high by 1-2 iu. in diam., soboliferous. Leaves pinnate, forked, 

 4 ft. long; leaflets numerous, sessile, elongate, 12-24 by |-1 in., broadly 

 linear, prsemorse, 5-7-nerved, the uppermost confluent. Spadix re- 

 fracted ; branches 4-8, stout, densely clothed with imbricating flowers. 

 Spathe simple, rigid, compressed. Male 'flowers : Sepals subulate. 

 Petals rather longer than the sepals, ovate, cordate, valvate, tapering at 

 the tips. Stamens numerous, 20-30 ; filaments very short ; pistillode 0. 

 Female elowees : Sepals reniform. Petals similar. Fruit |-| in. 

 long by g in. in diam., ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 409 ; Talbot, Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 339 ; Braudis, Ind. Trees (1906) p. 647. Areca Diclsomi, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 616 ; Griff. Palm. Brit. E. Ind. (1850) 

 p. 153, t. 231. 



Kanaka : evergreen forests near the Gairsoppa and Nilkund Ghats of N. Kanara, 

 gregarious and locally abundant, Talbot, — Distrib, India (W. Peninsula), 



3. ARENGA, Labill. 



Tall stout palms, flowering first from an upper leaf-axil and succes- 

 sively from the lower ; upper portion of trunk densely clothed with the 

 black fibrous remains of the leaf-sheaths. Leaves terminal, long, 

 pinnatisect ; leaflets long, linear, usually prsemorse, with a midrib and 

 numerous longitudinal nerves and one or two auricles at the base. 

 Spathes many, clothing the peduncle of the spadix. Spadix axillary, 

 large, much-branched ; branches slender, pendulous ; peduncles short, 

 decurved, Male and female flowers usually solitary and in separate 



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