Metroxylon. METROXYLON. 161 
Fruit larger than in 2; petiole armed with few and very long spines. 
2h. M. Rumphii var. longispinum Becc. 
Amboina. 
Fruit globular-depressed, smaller than in type, 30—35 mm. high, 35—38 
mm. across; leaflets with long bristles on the mid-costa (always ?). 
2c. M. Rumphii var. sylvestre Becc.— 
West Ceram. 
Fruit of middling size, globular or oblong (not depressed), smaller than 
that of M. Sagus, and larger than that. of var. micracanthum. 
Leaflets large and broad. 
2d. M. Rumphii vark. ceramense  Decc.— 
T Ceram. 
Fruit ovoid-oblong (always ?) 37 mm. long, 26 mm. high.  Leaflets very 
large 12 cm. and over wide. 
. 2d. M. Rumphii xxx. ceramense sub- 
var. platyphyllum.—Awabai (Ceram). 
Fruit oblong, 3 cm. long, 22 mm. broad. 
 2d'. M. Rumphii var. ceramense sub- 
var. rubrum Becc.—Amahai (Ceram). 
Fruit globular, rounded above, the base excavate, 32 mm. in diam. 
20". M. Rumphii vark. ceramense sub- 
van. album Becc.—Amahai (Ceram). 
Fruit globular, rounded above, slightly smaller than in d”, 3 cm. in diam.. 
2d" M. Rumphii va. ceramense, 
SUBVAR. Miggrum.,—Becc.—Amahai (Ceram). 
Fruit very small, globular or very slightly obovoid, not depressed above. 
acutely beaked; pericarp-thin above, thick an@ spongy at the base. 
2e M. Rumphii ~var. micracanthum— 
Becc.—Ceram. 
Fruit 23 mm. in diam. 
2e M. Rumphii ~var micracanthum 
SUBVAR. Tuni.—West Ceram. i 
Fruit 27—28 mm. in diam. foi 
2e M. Rumphii var micracanthum 
supvar. Makanaro.—West Ceram. 
Fruit very small, spherical, 18—20 mm. in diam. (not certain if the secondary 
spathes are spinous or smooth). 
2f. M. Rumphii vax. buruens Becc. Buru. 
ANN, Roy. Bor. GARD., CALCUTTA, VoL. XII. 
