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Fruiting spadix up to 10 feet long. Fruit more or less spherical, 

 more than 1 inch in diameter. 



Habitat. — Western Java between 3,300 and 4,200 feet above 

 sea in shady evergreen mixed forests (Koorders) ; Malay Archipe- 

 lago (New Guinea, Borneo, etc.) ; N. Australia. 



Illustration : Plate XLVIII. — The photograph, taken by 

 Mr. Macmillan, shows a fine specimen of Garyota Bmnphiana 

 growing in the Botanic Garden of Peradeniya. This palm is much 

 more ornamental than the species described above. Unfortunately 

 it is very rare in Indian gardens. 



