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419. P. POLYMOIIPHA, Bt'CC. 



This species was based on a plant collected in Perak by Scorte- 

 cliini, and is well marked and not really very variable. In 

 Kini^'s distribution of the Wray and Scortechini collections, 

 however, he distributed a very distinct plant as P. jjohjmorpha 

 var, robnsta, and another as var. minor. The latter is obvi- 

 ously what Beccari intended and should be kept for that. It is 

 extremely abundant in the Telom Woods, lornnng quite dense 

 thickets, and at first sight much resembles Plnarnja dutirlia, 

 JBl., even to the dark and light gi-een mottling of the leaves. 



A more full descrii^tiou of it, taken from life, may serve to 

 distinguish it readily. 



A slender- creeping ascending palm, from 4 to feet tall, bran- 

 ched fi'om the base, the stems ] inch through. Leaves 12-14 

 inches long. Sheaths 3-4 inches long, the blade l>roken 

 up into two to four pairs of leaflets, the lower ones 

 narrow acuminate or broad, strongly nerved, 7 inches long, 

 up to 6 inches across the blade or more, mottled light and dark 

 green as in Pinaiuja (llxfldia. Ligule usually breaking up 

 into fibres and soon disappearing. The petiole 3 inches long. 

 Sfathe 2 imhcs l»»ng, papery lanceolate. Spadix If incli 

 long, flexuous with two branches on a petfuncle, | incli long, 

 rachis red eventually. Flowers distant, spirally arranged. 

 Male flowers, petals ovate triangular, shortly acuminate, j 

 inch long. Females, sepals short rounded, ciliate, petals 

 narrower, hardly longer. Fruit black, ^ inch long, narrowed 

 at both ends, when dry, deeply i-uminate. 



Telom Woods. The plant collected by Wray on Grunong 

 Berumban Putch (365) belongs here and not to P. disticha 

 as T previously referred it. The .Singapore Lobb plant is, 

 however, doul)tless P. (Ji>^ilchri, which is a lowland plant and 

 not a highland one. 



450. P. SUBINTKGRA. BifU. 



Abundant at Telom. This plant resembles P. suhruminata 

 at first sight very closely, and is usually about the same size, 

 about 2 feet tall. Its large brilliant red fruit on much 

 longer spikes and leaves almost roiuided at the base dis- 

 tinguish it easily. I add the folloAving notes to my original 

 description : Leaves oblong obcuneate, base only shortly 

 and slightly narrowed, lobes 3 inches long. Lower sheaths 

 3 inches long. Flowers sunk in long elliptic oblong depres- 

 sions with a short acute point (Bract) above. Sepals 

 glabrous, ,\, inch long. Fruit, in life, elliptic pulpy, red, 

 when dry, cylindric. 



451. Arenga Westerhouti, 6rr7^''. 



Common in the Batang Padaug valley to the Pahang border, 

 but not seen bevond. 



