P. filaris. PIGAFETTA. 103 
fruits are very variable features depending upon the degree of maturation ; this is 
because the fleshy integument of the seed, which, as often happens in similar 
fruits of Lepidocaryeae, increases in volume in the last stage of maturity and 
dilates the scaly pericarp. 
The calyx of the male flowers is always entire in the flowers before they 
open, but split into 3 parts afterwards, and offers no characters whereby P. elata 
can be distinguished from P. filarís. In the plate of Sagus filaris, Rumphia 128, 
the corpuscules which are shown on the midcosta on the lower surface of the 
leaflets, look like spinules, but I have never seen spinules or scales or paleoles on 
the lower surface of the leaflets in any of the numerous specimens of Pigafetta 
seen by me, whether considered as P. filaris or as P. elata. Miquel also 
describes (Fl..Ind. Bat. iii, 149), but I think erroneously, the mid-costa of the 
leaflets "subtus paleolis inspersa." On the upper surface the mid-eosta of the 
leaflets is frequently spinulous towards the upper end, and in leaves of young 
plants the side costa are spinulous also. i 
I now regard P. papuana as quite identical with P. filaris. 
The figure in Martius iii, t. 102, said to represent the whole plant of Sagus 
elata, is another Palm, apparently an Arecinea. A good representation of Pigafetta 
has been given in the book of P. and Fr. Sarasin (Reisen in Celebes 1, p. 54). 
PLATE 62.—Pigafetta filaris Becc.— The end of a leaf; one of the branches of © 
the male spadix ; the base of the petiole ; a very young spadix. From plants 
cultivated at Buitenzorg (Herb. Beccari). 
PLate 63.—Pigafetta filaris “Bece:—Branch of the female spadix ‘in flower ; 
fruiting branch ; intermediate leaflets from a young and very robust plant. From 
plants cultivated at Buitenzorg (Herb. Beccari). Spike with thoroughly mature 
fruits and seed, from Bojong in Celebes. 
Prats 63A.—Pigafetta filaris Bece. in the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg. 
