412 OLXiii. PALME^E. (Beccari & Hook, f.) [Pinanga. 



Ind. Sat. iii. 26, and Suppl. 253 j in Journ. Bot. N^erl. i. 7j De Palm. Arehi/p. 

 Ind. 23 ; stems tufted slender 6-7 ft. high ^-1 in. diam., leaflets few, rarely many, 

 broad, distant, sigmoidly lanceolate and fiilcate from a narrowed base caudate- 

 acuminate 2- mauy-nerved, terminal broader 7-9-nerTed truncate and deeply doubly 

 toothed, spadix refracted, branches 2-5, fruit elliptic-ovoid, narrowed and acute at 

 the tip, about' i-| in. long J-J diam. — Perak, on Ulu Blibong, King's Collector 

 10702). Sumatra, Borneo. — The above description is chiefly from Sumatran speci- 

 mens. The Perak have internodes 2J-3i in. long, — in. diam., covered with white 

 scurf, a 4-branehed spidix, and the leaves minutely puberulous beneath. A very 

 similar plant collected by Heifer in Burma (n. 6427) without flowers, in fruit, has 

 broader leaflets with the nerves puberulous beneath. 



3. ZTENGA, R. Wendl. Sf Brude. 



Characters of Pinanga, but sepals and petals subequal, subulate, and 

 ovule parietal. — Species few, Malayan. 



1. N. Wendlandiana, Scheff'. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buiienz. i. 163 

 (partly), t. 9-10 ; leaves pinnate, leaflets alternate ensiform finely acumi- 

 nate, spadix about 4-branched, flowers tetrastiohous, male sepals subulate 

 rather longer than the petals, fruit ovoid mamillate, stigma conical, seed 

 ovoid acute. Becc. Males, i. 25 ; in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. ii. 83. N. pumila, 

 Wendl. in Zerchov. Palm. 251. Pinanga Nenga, Blume Rumphia, ii. 77, 

 t. 107 (excl. var. pachystachya). Areca Nenga, Blume in Mart. Hist. Nat. 

 Palm. iii. 179 ; Scheff. in Natuurk. Tijdsck. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 166 (excl. var. 

 y). Areca pumila, Blume in Mart. I. c. 177, t. 163, f. 1-3 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 14 (excl. var. y) ; Be Palm. Arch. Ind. 23. 



Var. malaccensis, Becc. Males, iii. 182 ; petiole very short, fruit broadly ovoid 

 about 1 in. long, seed broadly truncate at the base cuspidate and spinous at the tip. 

 Areca (Anaclasmns) pumila, Gf-riff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 456 ; Palms of 

 Brit. Ind. 151. 



Var. malaccensis, Ching forest, Malacca, Griffith. Pekak, Larut, King's 

 Collector (4022). — Distrib. (of the species) Sumatra, Java. 



Stem 10-20 ft. by 2-3 in. diam. I/eaves 8-9 ft., pinnate nearly to the base, 

 leaflets alternate 2^ ft. by -^-1^ in. broad, caudate-acuminate, bright green, coria- 

 ceous, 2-ribbed ; petiole as thick as the little flnger ; sheaths 2 ft. long, subventricose. 

 Spatke about 2 ft. Spadix ; peduncle 1^ in., branches 8-12 in., level-topped, 

 pendulous, fruiting very thick ; flowers about 4-ranked, yellowish white. Male fl. 

 sepals i-i in. long, triangular-subulate, finely acuminate ; petals ovate-oblong, 

 cuspidate, stamens 6; pistillode 0. Fem.Jl. sepals and petals roundish ; staminodes 

 0. Fruit 1 in. by nearly J in. broad, orange-colrd. — An abnormal form in which the 

 male fl. has 3 sepals, and 6 petals; 2 rows (var. malaccensis hexapetala, Becc. Males, 

 iii. 183), was found at Perak by Scortechini. 



2. N. macrocarpa, Scortech. onss. ex Becc. Males, iii. 180 ; leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets sigmoidly falcate, spadix 3-4-branched, flowers hexasti- 

 chous, male sepals subulate hardly longer than the petals, fruit elongate 

 ellipsoid, crowned by the large deeply 3-lobed stigma, seed broadly 

 ovoid abruptly spiuescent . 



Perak; on Maxwell hill, alt. 3200-5300 ft., Scortechini (No. 547^, 3021)); 

 Goping, King's GoUector (4775), on Gunong Batu Patch, Wrat/ (930). 



Stem solitary, 6-10 ft. Leaves 3-4 ft. ; leaflets 18-30 pairs, rigid, acuminate, 

 lower narrow 1-nerved, 16-20 by 1-1^ in., upper longer broader and 2-nerved ; petiole 

 4-12 in. ; sheath as long, smooth or subscaly. Spathe glabr'ous, purplish. Spadix 

 at first erect, then spreading ; peduncle short, stout j branches 7-12 in. Male fl. 

 stamens 6 ; pistillode of 3 tubercles. Fern. fl. sepals ciliolate and petals snborbicular ; 



