512 PALME. [ Zalacea. 
tufted, stemless or almost stemless palm 12-20 ft. high or some- 
what higher, all parts glabrous ; leaves 15-20 ft. long, pinnate, 
the petiole 8-10 ft. long, sheathing at the base, fearfully armed 
-Has.—Frequent in the tropical forests all over Pegu and Martaban down to 
Tenasserim.—Fl. C.S. ; Fr. June-July.—s.—8S.=Metam. SiS., ete. 
KORTHALSIA, BI. 
Flowers dioecious, solitary within a scale-like bract and em- 
braced by 2 bractlets united in a cup, forming a more or less terete 
tomentose or glabrous catkin or spike. Spathes many, tubular. 
dorsifix. Ovary-rudiment present. Females: calyx as in males. 
Corolla shortly tubular, 3-cleft. _Staminodes 6 or more, united in 
a ring inserted to the throat of the corolla; anthers sterile. Ovary 
1-celled with 3 ovules, or 3-celled, with a solitary ovule in each cell, 
of which only 1 comes to perfection ; style long ; stigmas 3, short, 
connate. Drupes l-seeded, densely covered with rigid, imbricate, 
retrorse scales. Seeds arillate (?) Albumen ruminate, horny, per” 
Spines on the petioles almost straight, 3 to 4 lin. long; drupes : 
fee ee ee scaphigera- 
Spines on the petioles short, reflexed ; drupes turbinate (globular), ‘ 
the size of a small pea . : . 5 : ; ; . K. laciniosa- 
