142 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



248. A. paradoxa Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 463. Palms Brit. 

 Ind. 156, (Fruit only t. CCXXXVII. C. f. II. Kentia paradoxa Mart. 

 Hist. Mat. Palm III. 312. Nengella paradoxa Becc. Males. II. 128. 

 Cladosperma n.gen. Griff. Notul. III. 165. 



Johor: Gunong Panti (Ridley) ; Malacca: Mount Ophir (Griffith) 

 (Ridley 10123); Selangor: Bukit Kutu, Bukit Hitam (Ridley 7893); 

 Perak: Larut Hills (Scortechini 427b, 2413); Negri Sembilan : Gunong 

 Angsi (Ridley 119G7) ; Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Ridley 5202). Endemic. 



11. P. PECTINATA, Becc. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. 410. Stems several 

 very hard dark green 10-" 15" feet tall l-"3i" inches through. 

 Leaves 3-4 feet long leaflets about 15 inches long by 1-3 inches wide, 

 nan-owed at the base, linear acuminate with strong nerves, glaucous 

 beneath. Spathe not known. Inflorescence with a stout base, branches 

 erect 6-8, moderately stout 6 inches long. Flowers distichous, " Male 

 calyx shorter than the petals," stamens numerous. Females flowers 

 globose sepals and petals similar ribbed $ inch long. Drupe i-"f" 

 inch long elliptic narrowed at both ends " purple black." Stigma 

 small rounded. Seed elliptic small ribbed and grooved or smooth, 

 deeply ruminate. 



Johor: Gunong Pantai (Ridley), Kwala Sembrong (Lake and 

 Kelsall) Sungei Tebrau (Ridley 11518); Perak: Goping alt. 5800 

 (!) (King's Collector); Selangor: Batu Tiga (Ridley 11966). Distrib. 

 Endemic. 



In damp woods. The altitude given in Fl. Brit. Ind. at Goping 

 must be wrong as there is no mountain of that height there. 



12. P. PERAKEXSis, Becc. Malesia III. 175. Stems 4-5 feet tall 

 stout, internodes distinct reddish. Leaves 4 feet long, sheaths brown, 

 rachis red when dry, leaflets narrow linear acuminate 18 inches long 

 -£-1 inch wide glaucous beneath, keel distinct, nerves distinct only in 

 the upper leaflets. Spathe thin cblong 5 inches long. Spadix 3 to 6 

 branched 4 or 5 inches long, branches moderately stout flattened. 

 Flowers distichous. Males calyx three toothed. Stamens numerous. 

 Females calyx lobes orbicular rounded. Petals shorter orbioular. 

 Drupe at first cylindric fusiform crowned with the small pustular 

 stigma, ripe fruit red, elliptic obtuse narrowed at the base :} inch long 

 \ inch through, seed elliptic, very ruminate. Hook. til. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 VI. U0. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9801), Gunong Keledang (Curtis 

 334H); Province Wellesley, Am Kuda (Ridley 7024). Endemic. 



13. 1'. MALAIANA, Soheflf, Nat uuik. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XXXII. 

 175. Stems about 12 feet tall stout 1 inch through, internodes 3 

 inches long. Leaves large 5 to 8 feet long pinnate, leaflets linear 

 acuminate usually with 2 strong ribs dark green glaucous beneath 15 



nrlies long i-1 inch wide, petiole 18 inches long. Spathe about 10 



