PAL MS OF INI) I A A A b C 11 VL O N. 7 ) 



S<mij<:U'i, paraiJ.ij.vu, Jiecc, MalcH. I, .'52. ~()phina jjuradoru, JJccc, in Ann, 

 .lard, liot, Jiuitenz, 11, 128, — (JladoHperma, n. </,, Griff, Notu], HI, 16/5, 



I)i;scKirrio.\. — Sternw very 8lf^nd(!r, 'i-12 feet high, :|- incli in 

 <li.'iTnet<'j', internofleB 2 inche« loug, L(;aveK about J foot long, 

 entire and oblong, or witli 'i-G pairn of Kigmoidly li near-Ian cf.o late 

 aeiiminate leafietH, leafietK mostly altyfji-nate, Ijj-ojwJ, 5 inches long, 

 I wide, lower ones acuminati^, terminal one broa^lly cuneat/^, deeply 

 eleft, often unequally, margin truneate, tooth'^l ; petiole inches 

 long or leKH, Kcui-fy. 



S[>adice8 usually 2 oj* 'i on a stem, unbnjnched or with 2 branehes 

 •■>-4« inches loug, undulate. Flowers distichous. Male flowers 

 I inch long. Sepals short acute. Petals lanceolate with long 

 fioints. Stamens 0, filaments very shor-t. Female flowers : calyx 

 nhort, lobc.s I'ounded, petals hardly longer, 



IJrupe red, slender, cui.*ved, fusiform, ^ inch long. Seed fusiform, 

 albumen niminate with long longitudinal lines of nimination 

 ('afjcording to Ridley, albumen (tqual^le according to Hook, I'l. Hrii . 

 Ind.), 



ilAHiTA'i'. — Jahor: (^lujiong Fanti ; Malacca: Mount Ophii; 

 Selangor : Hukit Kutu, JJukit ifitam ; F<'j'ak : Laiut Hills; Negj-i 

 Sembilam : Cunong Angs ; Kedah : (^unong -Jci-ai (ex. ItifJK'yj. 

 (^jlrown in Indian gardens, 



inNANdA I' ATI J I. A, lil. liijjriphia, J J, HO, 87, t. IJ.j; in li.ill. N.-r;H. 

 J8.'i8, «<") ; Kiintii. Knum. Ill, (541 ; Kurz in .J<)(im. Ah. Soo. lirsng, XLII, II, 

 201; Jk'cc. Mal(;K. Ill, l.'W; Hook. f. Kl. iirit. Ind. Vi, 411; liidloy, KJ. 

 .Malay. J'eninK. II, \\'.',. Hmforthia, patula, }/\:iri). MJKt. Nat. Palm. .'i2,'i- 

 I'tyfJidHpfrma patulu, Mi<j. Kl. Ind. Uut. Ill, 2^5, and Suppl. 2o.'} ; in .Joiirn. 

 Hot. NV,*;rl. 1, 7. 



l)j:iSf:i{jJTJ(>;\, — Stems tufted, nlcnder, 0-20 feet high, ^-\\ inch 

 in diametei', iTiternodes 2f-'i| inches long, ficavew 2-3 feet long, 

 pinnate ; If'.afletK f<iw, randy many CO pairs ac(;ording to Kidleyj, 

 broarl, distant, sigmoidly lanceolate and falcate from a nai-rowerl base, 

 caudate-acuminate, 2-many-nervrirl, terminal broafler-, 7-9-nerved, 

 t^runcate and d*'.eply bifid. 



Spaflix deflc,x-ed, 2-.'i-bj-anchcd. ; branchcn i-alhe/- .sJend'-r, inchcr 

 long, re^l. Spathe and male, fiowej-s not krjown. I^'emahi flowers : 

 sepals orbiciilai', obtusely erose^crenulate, Fetals smallcj- and 

 rourjder, 



IJnjpes flesh colour, elliptic, ribbed, uwvi)\Ni'A and acute at th<' 

 <i{i, wh(;rj Avy ovej- \ inch long. Seed clliptir;, i-uminate. 



HAiii'iAJ'. Fahang : Sahan J{iver at Kwala, Tcnok ; Ferak : 

 (Jill F 11 bong (ex Ridley^; Sumatra, Forn<*o. 



