534 PALME. [ Arenga. 
a strong scurfy petiole, the sheaths dissolving into black strong 
fibres ; pinne 3-5 ft. long, almost sessile, with the base produced into 
petals triangular-ovate, acute, about 4 in. long, purplish; drupes 
3-gonously obovoid, with the apex depressed, 14-2 in. long, 
yellowish, smooth, the pericarp coriaceous, the mesocarp jelly-lke 
and full of raphides, 3-pyrenous, the pyrenes dull black, convex on 
the outer, bifacial on the inner face. ; 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical forests of Martaban and Tenasserim, also 
occasionally in those of the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah.—Fl.  ; Fr. the 
following year.—s.—SS.= i 
RemarxKs.—The trunk of the dead palm becomes soon hollow, and furnishes 
very durable under-ground water-pipes; also g for troughs or channels for 
water. The pith yields sago. The black fibre used for cordage renowned for its 
wer of resisting wet. Hach leaf yields from 8-16 ounces of clean fibre. 
e sap yields toddy and sugar. 
PHENIKX, L. 
_ Flowers dioecious, sessile, usually practed and bracteoled. Spa- 
dix branched, with a single complete spathe. Calyx in both sexes 
cup-shaped, 3-toothed. Corolla 3-petalous, in the males valvate, 1m 
the females imbricate in the bud. Stamens 6 or 3, very rarely 9 5 
filaments short or almost wanting ; anthers linear, erect. Ovaries 
3, with a solitary erect: ovule in each, globular-ovoid, free, with 
ripening uniting into a single ovary; stigmas sessile. Dru 
}-seeded, more or less oblong, the endocarp thin and membranous. 
Albumen with a longitudinal furrow, horny, homogeneous, Embry 
or almost basal.—LErect, simple-stemmed or soboliferous 
or stemless palms, with pinnate leaves, the pinne rigid, lear. 
Spadices emerging from between the leaves, usually compressed. 
* Spathes glabrous; flowers supported by a small subulate 
less ; petioles rather long and slender, spiny-armed -  - Ph. acawlis. — 
* OK meres coronas with a brown scurf ; flowers without 
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