P. pierreana. PLECTOCOMIA. 45 
From P. Kerrana it differs in the smaller exactly spherical fruit, in the seed 
broader than high, in the smaller fruiting ‘perianth, with relatively larger calyx and 
Shorter petals. 
Most probably belongs to P. Pierreana one sterile specimen consisting of a portion 
of a leaf from an adult but not yet flowering plant, collected also by Pierre in 
Jambodia on the mountains Panghi at 300 m. elev. Province of Binh Thuan 
(Pierre No. 4856 in the Paris Herbarium.) Annamite name “ May-xuong-móc." In this 
specimen the rhachis is subterete, armed below along the middle with solitary or 
2—3-nate claws ; the leaflets are ashy-gray beneath, lanceolate, very acuminate, thinly 
papery, 60—70 cm. long, 4—7 cm. wide, with the margins strongly thickened and 
 Spinulous near the apex. 
PLATE 29.—Plectocomia Pierreana Becc. One leaf (wanting the terminal cirrus) 
apparently from the upper flowering part of the plant; fruits and seeds. From 
Pierre's specimen in the British Museum Herbarium. 
