﻿1874.] S. Kurz — Enumeration of Burmese Palms, 207 



covered by sharp spines. Unfortunately, I neglected to collect S])ecimens 

 from the sterile plants, which alone I met with. 



26. K. LACmiosA, Mart., Palm., 211. {Galamosagus laciniosus, Gri[f. 

 in Mad. Gale. Joiorn., V, 23 c. tah. and Ind. Palm., 27, t. 183 and t. 216, 

 / 2. {K. flagellar is, Mic^., 8upi^l. Fl. Simat., 591). 



Hab. Tenasserim, from the Salween down to Mergui. Fr. March. 



I have no clear idea of this species, which would differ from the former 

 by the shape of the drupes. The armature of the sheaths and nature of tlie 

 dentation of the leaves are, as I find, somewhat variable. C. ochriger, Grriff. 

 (^Ind. Palm., t. 216,/! 1), of which authentic specimens exist in H. B. C, is 

 K. rigida, Bl. exactly. Miquel reduces his K. flagellaris to K. angusta^ 

 Bl. I have not seen the latter species, but if his conclusion be correct, then. 

 K. laciniosa and K. angusta must fall together. 



Zalacca, Bumpli. 



27. Z. Wallichiai^a, 3Iart., Palm., 201, t. 118-119 and 136 ; J%., 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., Ill, 80, quoad descr. {Z. edulis, Wall., PI. As. rar., Ill, 14, t. 

 222-224i suh nam. Z Bumpliii ; Griff, in Mad. Calc. Journ., V, 7. p. p. 

 and Ind. Palm., 10, f. 175 ? Galamus Zalacca, Boxb., Sort. Beng., 72 and 

 Fl. Ind., Ill, 773). 



Hab. Frequent in the evergreen tropical forests all over Pegu and 

 Martaban down to Tenasserim. Fl. C. S. ; Fr. June, July. 



Yeinga or yengan Khyen Burmese. 



Wallich and Griffith reduce this species to Z. edulis, Rwdt. but it seems 

 to differ by much smaller fruits, sessile catkins, and the leaves being green 

 on both sides. 



Plectocomia, Bl. 



28. P. MACEOSTAGHYA, u. sp., Pls. XVI and XYII. 



A lofty climber, all parts glabrous ; leaves pinnate, the petiole and 

 rachis spiny, the spines straight, up to \ inch long ; pinnae (median ones) 

 somewhat approximate by pairs, linear-lanceolate, ^ to 2 ft. long, long- 

 acuminate, white-powdery beneath, 3-ribbed (2 of the ribs marginal), coria- 

 ceous, but rather flaccid ; spadices not seen ; lateral spikes 4 to 5 ft. long, 

 about 2 in. thick, somewhat compressed, pendulous ; spathules distichous, 

 rhomboid-obovoid, acute, If to nearly 2 in. long, coriaceous, brown, 

 blackish towards the upper borders, glabrous ; male spikelets as long as the 

 spathules, rusty-scurvy-strigillose, the rachis rather strong, shortly and 

 distichously branched ; female flowers not seen ; male flowers : calyx wide, 

 cup-shaped, about a line deep, shortly 3-toothed, the teeth acute, bordered 

 especially in their sinuses by a dense brown woolly tomentum ; petals rigid, 

 falcate, lanceolate, sharply acuminate, about i inch long or somewhat 

 longer, sulcate outside j stamens 6 j drupes unknown. 

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