168 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



(Burn-Murdoch Herb. H. Sing. 11350) ; Dindings : Lumut (Ridley) ; 

 Perak : (Kunstler 3904). 



Damp woods. Native name " Kepau." 



17. Teysmannia, Miq. 



A palm with a short or moderately tall stem. Leaves very large 

 cuneate paddle-shaped entire with broad notches at the top, petiole long 

 thorny at the base. Inflorescence short decurved with a few stout 

 branches. Spathes several. Flowers pedicelled sepals short rounded 

 petals much longer lanceolate. Stamens 6 connate in a ring. Fruit 1- 

 seeded pericarp covered with corkey warts. Seed globular. 



T. ALTIFRONS, Miq. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. 89. I. II. III. Stem 

 very short to 6 or 7 feet tall stout brown. Leaves erect very large 

 blade 6 or 7 feet long, 20-24 inches wide, bright green, stiff coriaceous 

 plicate, petiole 24 to 30 inches long. Spatbes several brown furfurace- 

 ous narrow 6 inches or less long 1 inch across oblong. Inflorescence 

 short, woody decurved, with 6 or 7 stout branches 6 inches long covered 

 with reddish fur. Flowers pedicelled shortly, sepals short broad round- 

 ed, petals i inch long equal lanceolate, stamens 6 in a ring. Fruit sub- 

 globose corkey and warted li inch through brown. Seed globose i 

 inch through. 



Pahang : Tahan Valley (Ridley) ; Perak : Gunong Keledang (Rid- 

 ley), Bukit Kapayung, Sungei Siput (Machado*; Negri Sembilan : 

 Bukit Tanga, Seremban (Napier). 



A grand palm very difficult to cultivate. The leaves are used for 

 attaps and exceedingly good for this purpose. It occurs in woods and 

 is know as " Daun Sang" and " Daun Payong." Distrib. Sumatra. 



Lbpidocaryeae. 



18. Zalacca, Bl. 



Short stemmed, or almost stemless palms with long, thorny pinnate 

 leaves, lcallets linear or lanceolate numerous. Inflorescence from 

 among the leaves usually short compact, unisexual, with many short 

 stout spikes. Males spikes cylindric, dense covered with short cupular 

 bracteoles, usually woolly. Calyx tubular 3 lobed or lobes free to tho 

 base. Corolla lobes longer. Stamens 6 free, anthers small. Females 

 larger similar, staminodes 3 to 6 or 0. Ovary 3-cellod styles recurved. 

 Drupe large ovoid, covered with brown yellow scales. Seeds 1-3 en- 

 closed in acid pulp erect, testa hard, albumen aequable. 



Species 9 or 10. Assam and Burma, Malaya. The Salak, Z. 

 e.dulis Bl. is cultivated in Java and its fruits commonly imported into 

 Singapore for sale. 



Leaflets linear ensiform ... ... ... 1. Z. conferta. 



