Pinanga.'] oxliii. palme^u. (Beccari >t Hook, f.) 409 



Stem 2-6 ft. by i in. ; internodes 2-2-J in., brown-scurfy. Leaves 9-12 by 

 4-BJ in., glabrous J petiole 6-10 in., subterete; sheath 4 iu., tubular, scurfy j 

 lignle scarious, fimbriate. iSpadix wi^h its stout peduncle f in. long, branches 

 sinuous, few-fld. Fruit about i by ^ in., red. Seed narrowed at the tip ; raphe 

 with 5 branches ; albumen very faintly ruminate. 



** Leaves much divided. 



f Spadioc large, much branched. 



9. P. Manii, Becc. Males, iii. 178 ; trunk tall stout, leaves large, 

 leaflets very many strongly 1-3-nerved, spadix reflexed stoutly pedunoled, 

 branches filiform pendulous, male sepals about as long as the petals, fruit 

 small ovoid from an acute base, seed subglobose. Areoa costata, Kurz in 

 Joum. As. 8oc. Beng. xliii. ii. 200. exel. all. synons. 



NiooBAR Islands, Man. South Andaman Islds., Kurz. 



Trureii: 50 ft. by h\ in. diam. heaves &\ it. ; leaflets ensiform , straight, longest 

 (middle) about 30 in. by 1^-3^ broad, 2-3-partite, pale beneath. 8padi!B 19-20 in. 

 long, shortly peduncled, branches 45-50 spirally arranged ; flowers 2-8eriate. Fruit 

 -jl by J__^ ; pericarp thin. Seed with reticulate raphe, albumen densely 

 ruminate. 



10. P. Kuhlll, Blwme in Bull. Neerl. 1838, 65; Bumph. ii. 82, t. Ill 

 et $ t. Ill, f. 11-13 ; stems tufted slender, leaves pinnate, leaflets many 

 falcate linear to linear-lanceolate finely acuminate strongly 2-3-ribbed 

 upper confluent, petiole snbscurfy, spadix refracted shortly peduncled 

 robust simply branched glabrous, branches elongate, fruit obovoid or 

 ellipsoid shortly apicnlate. Kunth JEnum. iii. 641 ; Ifiq. PI. JmngJi. Si'? ; 

 Scheff. in Natuurk. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 182; in Ann. Jwrd. Bot. 

 Buitenz. i. 152 ; Becc. Males, iii. 138. P. costata, Bl. in Bull. N^.erl. I. c. ; 

 Bumphia I. c. 80, t. 109 et P t, 109 0. ; Eunth I. c. ; Mig. I. c. 166 ; Kurz, 

 For. Fl. ii. 538. Seaforthia, Kuhlii, Mart. Hist. Nat. Balm. iii. Ed. 2, 185, 

 313. S. oryzseformis. Mart. I. c. Ed. 1, 185 {excl. all syns. but G-sertn.) ; 

 Kunth I. c. 191. S. costata, Mart. I. c. 313. Ptychosperma, Kuhlii, Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 21 ; Be Balm. Archvp. Ind. 23. P. costata, Miq. II. cc. 

 25, 23. Areca oryzseformis, Osertn. Fruet. i. 20, t. 7, f. 2, 6 {not of 

 Bumph.). 



SoTTTH Andaman Islands, Kurz. — Distbie. Sumatra, Java. 



Stem soboliferous, 20-30 ft. (Kurz), (10 ft., Becc). Leaves 3-4 ft.; leaflets 

 1-2 ft. J petiole variable in length. Spadix 1 ft. Fruit nearly -^ in. long. Seed 

 adherent to the pericarp ; albumen deeply ruminate. — The above is chiefly from 

 Kurz's P. costata in For. Fl. It may be the P. coronata mentioned by Kurz in his 

 Andaman Report as abundant in the South Andaman Islands, 



•ft Spadix with few distichous branches. 



11. p. Dicksonii, Blume Bumph. ii. 85 ; trunk solitary tall, leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets numerous elongate broadly linear pr^morse 5-7-n9rved, 

 uppermost confluent, spadix refracted branches 4-8, male sepals subulate 

 nearly equalling the petals, stamens 20-30, fruit ovoid or oblong. Scheff. 

 in Natuurk. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. 174 ; in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. i. 149 ; Becc. 

 JfaZes. i. 138. Areca Dicksonii, l?oa:5. i''J. Jwc?. iii. 616; Griff, in Joum. As. 

 Soc. Beng. v. 458 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 153, t. 231. Seaforthia Dicksonii, 

 Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 184, 313 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 190. 



Westbbn Ghats ; on the Nilghiri and Travancore hills, alt. 2500 ft. 



Trunk 16-18 ft. by about 2 in. diam. Leaves 4 ft., forked ; leaflets sessile. 



