410 OLXiii. palme;e. (Beccari & Hook, f.) {Pinanga. 



12-24 by J-1 in. tiputke simple. Spadix with the branches stout, deuselj clolliud 

 with imbricatiug flowers. Male ^.sepals subulate, petals rather longer, ovate-cordate, 

 tips tapering ; stamens very numerous ; filaments very short ; pistillode 0. Fem. fl. 

 sepals reniform j petals similar ; staminod'es 6, clavate, tips penieillate. Fruit 

 about i-| in. long by J in. diam. 



12. P. malaiana; Scheff. in Natuurh. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 175; 

 stem slender, leaves pinnate, leaflets numerous linear acuminate glaucous 

 beneath 2-iierved, upper confluent, spadix refracted branches 3-5, male 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate much smaller than the petals, stamens about 

 40, fruit ovoid. Becc. Males, iii. 137. Areca hsematocarpa, GHff. Notid. 

 iii. 165 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 153. A. malaiana, Grriff'. in (Jalc. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. V. 457 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 252, t. 230 0. Seaforthia malai9,na, Mart. 

 Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 184, Ed. 2, 18a, 313, 1. 158, f. 3 ; KuntkEnum. iii. 190. 

 Ptychosperma malaiana, Miq^. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 23 ; de Palm. Arch. 

 Ind. 23. 



Malacca, &rif. Penang, Herb. Hort. Calc. (SWO). Peeak, King's Collector 

 (8120). — DiSTBiB. Sumatra. 



Stem 8-12 ft., |-1 in. diam., internodes generally subclavate. Leaves 5-8 ft. long, 

 spreading ; leaflets lJ-2 ft. by §-f in., finely acuminate, upper cuneate bipartite, 

 lobes prajinorse; petiole l}-li fc. ; sheath as long. Spathe 10 in., cuspidate. 

 Spadix 6 in., blood red in fruit ; branches 3-5, flowers crowded. Male fl. flat, 

 sepals membranous, lanceolate ; petals much larger; filaments very short. Fem. fl. 

 sepals and petals very short ; staminodesO; stigma discoid, ^niii 1-lJ by i— |iii., 

 narrowed at both ends, blackish purple, mamillate. Seed ovoid, raphe about 

 7-branched ; albumen deeply ruminate. 



13. P. pectinata, Becc. mss. ; stems 7-15 ft., coespitose, robust, leaflets 

 numerous elongate acuminate 1-5-ribbed straight much contracted at the 

 base, glaucous beneath, spadix with 8-9 short branches, male calyx shorter 

 than the petals, fruit elongate ovoid tipped with the conical stigma. 



Pebak, King's Collector ; Goping, alt. 5800 ft. (n. 4393). 



Stems 2^-3^ in. diam. Leaves 3-1 ft. ; leaflets 10-16 by l^-lf in. Spadix with 

 branches 4-5 in. long. Fruit -5^-1^ '"• '°"S ''? To~ro diam. Seed ovoid, obtuse, 

 base truncate. — Fruit much smaller than in P. mahiiana. 



14. P. perakensis, Becc. Males, iii. 175; stems short gregarious, 

 internoiJes short the upper scurfy, leives loiig-patioled, leiflets numerous 

 stiff straight linear or ensiform acuminate 1-2-oostate, spadix short sub- 

 digltately 5-7-branched, male calyx much shorter than the petals, fruit 

 ovoid or oblong crowned with the minute stigma. 



Peeak ; alt. 1200-1503 fb., ScortecMni, on Maxwell hill, Wray. 



Stems 3-4 ft. by 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 2-3|- ft. ; leaflets 18-20 by |-l in., inserted 

 at an angle of 45°, bright green, paler beneath j petiole 10-12 in., terete ; sheath 

 8 in, squamuloie ; ligule |-li in. Spa'he ellifitic-oblong, apiculate, 2-keeled. 

 Spadix 4-6 in., shortly pjdunoled; br.iuches compressed; flowers subremote, 

 2-seriate. Malefl. calyx 3-toothe.l ; stamens numerous. Fem. fl. globose ; sepals 

 and petals similar ; stigma eapitellate. Frait i long by ^^ in. diaoi., purple-black. 

 Seed, conform to the fruit, raphe simply branched; albumeu densely ruminate. 



15. P. Koolceriana, Becc. Males, iii. 141 ; stem slender, petiole 

 and rachis of leaves scarfy, leaflets numerous narrowly linear-lanceolate 

 sabPalcate acuminate 2-3-oostate, spadix with a slender peduncle and 4-5 

 slender branches, male calyx much shorter than the petals, fruit ellipsoid 

 apiculate. Areoae sp. G-riff. in Cilc. Jnurn. Nit. Hist. v. 462, in foot- 

 note. 



