804 CXXXTIII. PALMiE. 



spadicos, rarely 3-nate, a female between two males. Male flowees 

 symmetric. Sepals 3, orbicular, imbricate. Petals oblong, valvate. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments short ; anthers apiculate ; pistillode 0. 

 Female flowebs subglobose. Sepals cordate. Petals triangular, 

 valvate. Staminodes many or 0. Ovary subglobose, 3-celled. Fruit 

 obovoidly globose, 2-3-seeded ; stigmas terminal. Seeds compressed or 

 plano-couvex ; albumen uniform ; embryo dorsal. — Disteib. Tropical 

 Asia and Australia ; species 10. 



1. Arenga Wightii, Griff, in Cede. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 5 (1845) 

 p. 475. ]\ronoecious, forming dense clumps by suckers. Trunk 3-10 ft. 

 high, as thick as a man's thigh, soboliferous. Leaves 12-28 ft. long ; 

 leaflets alternate, crowded, 3-3| ft. long by lg-2 in., linear-ensiform, 

 pale beneath, the margins sparingly toothed from the middle, 2-auricled 

 at the base, the lower auricle very large, l|-2 in. long, obliquely over- 

 lapping the petiole, the apex narrowed, unequally 2-lobed and jagged- 

 toothed. Spadix decurved, pendulous ; peduncle about 2 ft. long, quite 

 concealed by the sheathing imbricate lacerate spathes. Male flowees 

 strongly scented. Branches of the spadix about 2 ft. long, subfastigiate, 

 slender, with a scaly bract at the base of each ; flowers distant, rather 

 large, in pairs ; buds acute. Sepals 3, orbicular, imbricate, with thick 

 bases. Petals 3, oblong, very thick and coriaceous. Female flowees : 

 Branches of the spadix attenuate towards the ends, -where they bear 

 rudimentary flowers. Sepals broadly cordate, small. Petals triangular, 

 acute or cuspidate. Stigmas 3, shoi4, recurved. Fruit spirally arranged 

 and crowded on the lower halves of the branches of the spadix (the 

 upper halves naked), about as large as a ci'ab-apple, globosely turbinate, 

 broader than long, much depressed at the apex, crowned with the 

 remains of the stigmas. Seeds 3, convex' on one face, unequally angular 

 on the other, marked with branched veins conA'erging at the apex of the 

 seed, smooth, brown; albumen uniform. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 422; Griff. 

 Palm. Brit. E. Ind. (1850) p. 167, t. 235, E ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 340 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 525 ; Brandis, 

 Ind. Trees (1906) p. 648.— Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Veen. Dhudasal. 



Kanaka : Ankola Gljats of N. Kanara ; common on the Miishki Ghat at about 

 1.500 ft. elevation ; very common on the Gliats near the falls of Gairsoppa in evergreen 

 forests ; Divimana Ghat (N. Kanara), Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Arenga saccJiarifera, Labill. in Mem. Inst. Par. v. 4(1801) p. 209. A 

 beautiful and magnificent palm with trunk 20-40 ft. high, and large 

 dark-green shining leaves 20-25 ft. long, which take a graceful i)lume- 

 like curve towards the summit. Fine specimens may be seen in Bombay, 

 where it is grown as an ornamental tree. It is a native of Assam, Birma, 

 and the Malay Peninsula. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 421 ; GrifF. Palm. Brit. 

 E. Ind. (1850) p. 164; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. cd. 5, p. 518 ; Brandis, 

 Ind. Trees (1900) p. 648. 



