Wallichia] CX. PALM-E 655 



confluent, pet. angular, the edges separating into dark brown or black fibres. 

 Fl. monoecious, $ and 5 either on a distinct spadix, or the $ at the ends of 

 branches with ? fl. Spathes numerous, sheathing, enclosing the peduncle of 

 the much branched drooping spadix. <J fl. : calyx tubular or of 3 concave 

 sepals, petals 3, stamens 6 or more, anthers linear. ? fl. not sunk in the 

 substance of the spadix ; calyx shallow cup-shaped or flat, 3-toothed or of 

 3 sepals, petals 3. Ovary 2- or 3-celled. Seed plano-convex, endosperm 

 uniform, embryo dorsal. 



A. Stemless, <J calyx tubular, stamens always 6. 



1. W. densiflora, Martius: Bot. Mag. t. 4584. — Syn. Harina oblongi/nlia, Oriff. Palms 

 t. 237, A, B, C. Vern. Kala aunsa, Qorautua, Kuin. ; Takoru, Xep. Subhimalayan 

 tract, ascending to 1.000 ft., from Garhwal (Patlidun) eastwards, in shady and moist 

 valleys, often gregarious, forming extensive thickets. Khasi hills. Chittagong. 

 Stemless, thick tufts of large 1., 10 ft. long or more, arising from the rhizome. Pet. 

 nearly as long as the leaf-bearing raehis, leaflets lanceolate, slightly lobed, lobes 

 pramorse, the nerves terminating in sharp points. cj calyx truncate, ribbed, J in. 

 long, petals linear, twice the length of calyx. 9 : sepals 3, petals concave, not ribbed. 

 5. W. caryotoides, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 295. Vern. Saint/pa, Burru. Chittagong. 

 Upper Burma, hills west of Katha, 2-3.01X1 ft., in evergreen forest. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim. Stemless, tufts of 1. from the rhizome 4 ft. long, leaflets fascicled in the 

 lower part of the petiole, cuneate, lobed, the lobes large, prsemorse. £ : calyx 

 tubular, striate, ^ in. long, petals linear, twice the length of calyx. 9 : sepals spread- 

 ing, striate, petals ribbed. Ovary 2-3-celled. 



B. Trunk 5-10 ft., $ calyx of 3 concave sepals, stamens numerous. 



3. W. disticha, F. And. — Syn. II" Tomae, Kurz. Vern. Minbair, Upper, Zanaung. 

 Lelme, Lower Burma. Gonda hills, Oudh (D. B.. March, 1875). Valleys of Sikkim 

 Himalaya to 2.000 ft. Makum forest, Assam (D. B., April, 1879). Tipper Burma, 

 ascending to 4,1 100 ft. in the hills cast of Bhamo. Pegu Yoma, chiefly on the eastern 

 slopes. Trunk 15-20 ft. high, 6-12 in. diani., in the upper portion covered with the 

 fibrous leaf-bases, 1. 6-8 ft. long, leaflets fascicled, linear-cuneate, pruemorsely lobed. 

 Spadix stout, drooping, 3—4 ft. long, $ fl. mostly at the ends of branches, calyx small. 

 Ill-shy, consisting of 3 concave sepals, petals ovate acur ■, ^ in. long, with 4-5 longitu- 

 dinal n., more than twice the length of calyx. 9 :pet. broad-ovate, prominently ribbed. 

 Ovary usually 3- sometimes 2-lobed. 



13. DIDYMOSPERMA, H. Wendl. and Drude ; Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 420. 



Small, leaflets few, similar to those of Wallichia. Spadix erect, simple or 

 branched, spathes numerous, fl. larger than in Wallichia, monoecious or dioecious. 

 (J : calyx cup-shaped, 3-fid, petals coriaceous, valvate, longer than calyx, 



st :i ns 10-30, anthers linear. 9 : subglobose, sepals rounded, coriaceous, 



petals thick, triangular. Ovary 2-3-celled. Species G. India and Malaya. 



1. D. nana, 11. Wendl. & Drude: Hot. Mag. t. 0830.— Syn. Harina nana. Griff. Palms 

 i. 288 A. B. Assam and Khasi hills, stem 2 ■"> ft., clothed with the rusty-hairy 

 lead sheaths, leaflets about 5, trapezoid or cuneate, the lateral 7 10 in. long. Spadix stout, 

 simple or sparingly branched, rustily sourfy, dense-fid. Fr. white, oblong, J La. long. 



2. D. gracilis, Hook. f. Daphla hills. Assam. Stem 2 ft., slender, leaflets li-S, broadh 



cuneate, fruit bag Bpadix 8 in. long, sparingly branched. 



Nannorhop8 Rltchleana, II. Wendl. Syn. Chomaropi Ritchieana, Griff. ; Vern. Pfit 

 Plate, I'laria. Bind; Mauri, Trans Indus; Kiln, Kalian, Sali range. Sind on arid 

 hills. Trans Indus. Salt range. Gregarious, usually tufts of I. from an underground 



much-branohed rhizome, al times an ereol branching stem up to 20 ft. high. Petioles 



unai'i I, concave, shortly produced into the hlade, Base with n mass of rust-coloured 



wo.,1, blade ouneately flabellate, greyish-green, consisting of si 15 linear rigid seg- 

 ments, 12-15 in. long, folded, bipartite. PL polygamous, male and bisexual in a large 



i pyramidal much-ramified panicle, the branches in the axils of coriai u> sheaths, 



narrowed into a lanceolate blade, pairs of fl, in the asils of hyaline bracts in pairs, 



distinct or 1 nate and biouspidate. Calyx and petals thinly membranous, calyx flat. 



B-toothed, petals connate at base, stamens 6 sometimes 9 in the male fl.), anthers 

 sagittal.', dorsifixed, filaments dilated below and adnate to 1 -otals. ovary 8-celled, 

 11 wed into the filiform style. Fr. 1 led, glob — , ; in. diam. 



