140 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



In woods from sea level to about 2000 feet altitude, common over 

 the whole peninsula. Malay name " Pinang Luggong." Distrib. 

 Sumatra, and Southern Siam. 



5. P. limosa, Eidl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 44. p, 201. 

 Dwarf single stemmed palm about 2 feet tall with stout roots, stem ± 

 inch through woody distinctly ringed internodes 1 inch long. Leaves 



1 foot long 6 inches broad pale green, sheaths broad, petiole 3 inches 

 long, blade entire obcuneate deeply bifid at the top, or more often lobed 

 with about 5 lobes, lower ones acuminate or truncate with numerous 

 short teeth, nerves numerous prominent. Spathe not seen. Spadix 

 deflexed simple or with three branches slender 2 inches long. Flowers 

 distichous alternate about 28. Calyx lobes short broad orbicular. 

 Petals similar hardly as long. Fruit small t inch long oblong, drying 

 subacute white, ribbed when dry, seed with a fibrous testa, albumen 

 ruminate. 



Singapore: Selitar, (Ridley), Bukit Timah ; Johor : Sungei Tebrau in 

 thick wooded swamps (Ridley) Gunong Pulai (Ridley 12,190) on dry 

 hills in forest. Allied to P. disUcha but with solitary stouter stems, 

 smaller and blunter oblong fruit, and the leaves pale green and almost 

 always lobed. 



6. P. ACAULIS, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 44, p. 202. 

 Stem short hardly 4 inches long covered with fibrous leaf bases, solitary. 

 Leaves entire cuneate, tip bifid 15 inches long 6 inches wide or pumate 

 with three pairs of linear oblong acuminate lobes each 4 nerved and 8 

 inches long, light green backs glaucoscent. Spathes oblong 2 acute 

 strongly keeled H inch long f inch wide. Spadix 2 inches long simple, 

 densely covered with male flowers. Male flowers white -j inch long. 

 Sepals acute. Petals subsymmetric ovate triangular acute. Stamens 

 8 or 12 shorter. Rachis crimson. Female flowors rose pink distichous 

 with often one or two irregularly placed. Petals and sepals orbicular. 

 Stigma irregularly oblong capitate. Rachis in fruit lengthening to 6 

 inches. Fruit cylindric narrow t inch long. 



Perak : Kamuning Woods, Sungei Siput (Machado). Endomic. 



7. P. subruminata, Becc. Males. III. 174. Stems short erect about 



2 feet tall § inch through, internodes 1 inch long. Leaves narrowly 

 cuneate deeply forked, apex truncate toothed, light green 12 inches 

 long, 4 inches wide, norvos numerous and strong, petiole 2 inches long, 

 sheaths 2 inches ribbed. Spatho lanceolate oblong 3 angled l£ inch 

 long. Spiko solitary deflexod glabrous 4 inches long slender, thicken- 

 ing in fruit. Flowers distichous or spiral. Malos i inch long. Sepals 

 deltoid acuminato, petals narrow linoar. Stamens about 12. Females, 

 sepals rounded spreading. Petals orect orbicular larger. Pistil conic. 

 Drupe £ inch long elliptic beaked rod. Seed elliptic subacute, albumen. 

 Hook. til. I.e. 408. 



