410 CLXIII. PALME/E. (Beccari & Hook, f.) [Pinanga. 



12-24 by f-1 in. Spathe simple. Spadix with the branches stout, densely clothed 

 with imbricating flowers. Male fl. sepals subulate, petals rather longer, ovate-cordate, 

 tips tapering ; stamens very numerous ; filaments very short ; pistillode 0. Fein. fl. 

 sepals reniform ;. petals similar ; staminodes 6, clavate, tips penicillate. Fruit 

 about -f in. long by in. diam. 



12. P. malaiana, Schejf. in Natuurk. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 175; 

 stem slender, leaves pinnate, leaflets numerous linear acuminate glaucous 

 beneath 2-nerved, upper confluent, spadix refracted branches 3-5, male 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate much smaller than the petals, stamens about 

 40, fruit ovoid. Becc. Males, iii. 137. Areca hsematocarpa, Griff. Notul. 

 iii. 165; Palms Brit. Ind. 153. A. malaiana, Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. v. 457 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 252, t. 230 C. Seaforthia malaiana, Mart. 

 Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 184, Ed. 2, 183, 313, 1. 158, f. 3 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 190. 

 Ptychosperma malaiana, Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 23 ; de Palm. Arch. 

 Ind. 23. 



MALACCA, Griff. PENANG, Herb. Hort. Calc. (3190). PERAK, King's Collector 

 (8120). DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Stem 8-12 ft., f-1 in. diam., internodes generally subclavate. Leaves 5-8 ft. long, 

 spreading ; leaflets 1^-2 ft. by |-f in., finely acuminate, upper cuneate bipartite, 

 lobes pra3morse ; petiole !-! ft.; sheath as long. Spathe 10 in., cuspidate. 

 Spadix 6 in., blood red in fruit ; branches 3-5, flowers crowded. Male fl. flat, 

 sepals membranous, lanceolate ; petals much larger; filaments very short. Fern. fi. 

 sepals and petals very short ; stamiuodesO; stigma discoid. Fruit 1-1 by ^-f in., 

 narrowed at both ends, blackish purple, mamillate. Seed ovoid, raphe about 

 7-branched ; albumen deeply ruminate. 



13. P. pectinata, Becc. mss. ; stems 7-15 ft., coaspitose, robust, leaflets 

 numerous elongate acuminate 1-5-ribbed straight much contracted at the 

 base, glaucous beneath, spadix with 3-9 short branches, male calyx shorter 

 than the petals, fruit elongate ovoid tipped with the conical stigma. 



PERAK, King's Collector ; Goping, alt. 5800 ft. (u. 4393). 



Stems 2-3| in. diam. Leaves 3-4 ft. ; leaflets 10-16 by 1|-1| in. Spadix with 

 branches 4-5 in. long. Fruit T V-T 7 o ^ n - l n ? by T 2 o~Ti> diam. Seed ovoid, obtuse, 

 base truncate. Fruit much smaller than in P. malaiana. 



14. P. perakensis, Becc. Males, iii. 175; stems sliort gregarious, 

 interne ies short the upper scurfy, Jeeves Iotig-p3tioled, leiflets numerous 

 stiff straight linear or ensiform acuminate 1-2-costate, spadix short sub- 

 digitately 5-7-b ranched, male calyx much shorter than the petals, fruit 

 ovoid or oblong crowned with the minute stigma. 



PERAK ; alt. 1200-1503 ft., Scortechini, on Maxwell hill, Wray. 



Stems 3-4 ft. by 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 2-2$ ft. ; leaflets 18-20 by |-1 in., inserted 

 at an angle of 45, bright green, paler beneath ; petiole 10-12 in., terete ; sheath 

 8 in, squamulose ; ligule f-l i Q - Spa' he elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 2 -keeled. 

 Spadix 4-6 in., shortly peduncled; br.mches compressed ; flowers subremote, 

 2-seriate. Malefl. calyx 3-toothed ; stamens numerous. Fern. fl. globose ; sepals 

 and petals similar; stigma capitellate. Fruit f long by T 4 5 in. diam., purple-black. 

 Seed conform to the fruit, raphe simply branched; albumen densely ruminate. 



15. P. Hookeriana, Becc. Males, iii. 141 ; stem slender, petiole 

 and rachis of leaves scurfy, leaflets numerous narrowly linear-lanceolate 

 subfalcate acuminate 2-3-costate, spadix with a slender peduncle and 4-5 

 slender branches, male calyx much shorter than the petals, fruit ellipsoid 

 apiculate. Arecse sp. G-riff. in, Crfc. Jnurn. N'lt. Hist. v. 462, in foot- 

 note. 



