Phenix. | PALME. 535 
Simple-stemmed, robust ; petioles very short and dilated, spiny- 
a ; drupes about an inch long : : 5 : . Ph, sylvestris. 
Soboliferous, slender; petioles long and slender, spiny-armed ; 
drupes about $ anin.long . ‘ ‘ ° ; : . Ph. patudosa. 
cronate, nearly }in. long, at the base supported by the cup-shaped 
om smooth, bright red to bluish black, l-seeded ; albumen 
i white. 
Has.—Frequent in the Eng forests all over Pegu, Prome, and Martaban.— 
1 Fl. March-Apr.; Fr. May-June—l.—SS.= CaS. Lat. 
2. Ph. sylvestris, Roxb. ; Brand. For. Fl., 554.—An ever- 
green simple-stemmed palm (25—40+15—30+ 3—5), all parts 
glabrous, the trunk covered with the persistent bases of the peti- 
oles; leaves pinnate, 10-15 ft. long, the petioles short and dilated, 
dividing into numerous half-whorled spikes ; flowers sessile, without 
8 bract, the male ones about 3 lin. tae the calyx-lobes broadly 
a 2 lin. high ; 
then orange-coloured, an inch long 
or longer, smooth, at the base supported by the perianth, 1-seeded, 
shy and yellow, edible ; albumen pale brown. 
