148 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Rachis densely flowered thick. Petals ovate .. . 1. Pt. singaporensis. 

 Flowers scattered rachis thin. Petals lanceolate 2. Pt. long i flora. 



1. PT. SINGAPORENSIS, Becc. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. II. 90, t. 

 196. Males. III. 109. Stems several 6 to 12 feet tall, 1 inch through, black, 

 ringed. Leaves pinnate, petiole nearly 3 feet long, blade 4 feet leaflets nar- 

 row linear acuminate 12 inches long \ inch wide, rachis scurfy. Spathe 

 sword-shaped 6 inches long f inch wide apex rounded, convex outside 

 broadly channelled inside winged inner spathe shorter narrower not 

 winged woolly. Inflorescence deflexed 6 inches long. Spikes moderate- 

 ly slender i inch thick about 5-7, rachis olive green. Flowers in 

 pairs numerous and close, a male and female together, or females only 

 at base, males at tip. Males sepals ovate orbicular, petals larger ovate 

 acute white or yellow h inch long. Stamens 6 filiform white. Anthers 

 small oblong dorsifixed. Pistillode large conic. Female with a trans- 

 versely oblong bract. Sepals ovate truncate gibbous green petals 

 shorter ovate acute green. Pistil obovoid. Stigmas minute triangular. 

 Drupe ellipsoid red pulpy i inch long. Seed elliptic grooved on one 

 face f inch long ruminate. Hook. til. lc. 413. Ptycliosp)crma singa- 

 2)orensis Becc. Males. I. Gl. Bhopaloblaste singaporensis Hook. fil. 

 Gen. PI. III. 892. Drymopltloeus singaporensis Hook. fil. Kew. Gard. 

 Rep. (1882, 1884) 55. 



Singapore: Tanglin, Sungei Buluh (Ridlev 2135); Chan Chu 

 Rang (2134) Toas (3137) Kranji (2130); Johor: (Ridley 2135) 

 Gunong Pulai (Hullett) ; Dindings : Lumut (Curtis 3443;. 



In dry woods. Native name " Rintin or Kerintin." The stems 

 which are quite black make beautiful walking sticks. Endemic. 



2. Pt. longiflora, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 41, p. 

 32. Habit and stems that of P. singaporensis. Leaf 3 feet or more 

 long, rachis brown scurfy leaflets linear acuminate 5 ribbed, alternate 

 about 40 pairs 18 inches long ■£ inch wide. Peduncles stout 1 inch 

 long ribbed scurfy, branches of inflorescence slender 4-5, scurfy 6-7 

 inches long. Flowers in pairs 1 male and 1 female, scattered about 21 

 pairs on a branch, males i% inch long with 2 orbicular gibbous bracts 

 at the base. Calyx lobes orbicular fringed. Petals lanceolate obtuse 

 much longer. Stamens 6, shorter than the petals, filaments with a 

 broad base narrowed upwards. Anthers oblong dorsifixed. Pistillode 

 conic stout as long as the stamens. Females. Bracts 1 small. Sepals 

 orbicular ciliate. Petals ovate, orbicular imbricate. Pistil ovoid. 



Johor, Batu Pahat on Gunong Banang (Ridley 1121). 

 This differs from Ct. singaporensis in its slender branched inflo- 

 rescence with distant flowers and lanceolate petals. Endemic. 



7. Ctrtostachys, Bl. 



Unarmed tufted palms. Leaves pinnatisect. Inflorescence pen- 

 dulous of many spikes. Spathes 2, deciduous. Flowers 2 female 



