414 CLxm. PALMEiK. (Beocari & Hook, f.) [PtychorapMs. 



2. v. augrusta, Becc. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ii. 90 ; Males, iii. 

 110; trunk very tall, leaflets numerou'* 2-3 ft., spadix decomponnd, 

 fruit elliptic-oblong. Areoa augusta, Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1875, 331, 

 t. 170. 



XicoBAB Islands ; in woods in Kamorta, Knrz. 



Trunk slender, 80-1 00 ft. by 1 ft. diam. Leaves 8-12 ft. ; leaflets sessile, 

 nnrrowly linear, acuminate, 3-costate ; petiolp very short; rachis flat above, fiirfu" 

 raceously tomentose. Spadix decomponnd, 24-3i ft. Male fl. bracts broad smooth ; 

 sepals broadly ovate ; petals oblong, obtuse. Fern. fl. sepals and petals nearly 

 alike, concave, imbricate. Fruit 1 in. long, elliptic -oblong, scarlet. Seed oblong. 



6. CYRTOSTACXYS, Blume. 



Stems slender, coespitose, annulate. Leaves pinnatisect ; leaflets 

 linear-lanceolata, acuminate, l-costate. SpatAea 2, complete, caducous. 

 Spadix iufrafoliar, shortly peduuoled, broaiily paniculately branched ; 

 branches 1-2 ft. long, stout, spreading ; flowers in spirally disposed 

 clusters of 3, a fem. between 2 males. Male fl. symmetrical ; sepals 

 orbicular, imbricate; petals valvate; stamens 12-15, exserted; anthers 

 short, versatile ; pistillode 2-fid. Fl. fem. ; sepals orbicular ; petals 

 longer, broadly imbricate, tips valvate ; staminodes forming a membranous 

 cup ; ovary narrowly ovoid ; stigraas subulate ; ovule pendulous from the 

 tip of the cell. Fruit small, ovoid, stigma terminal. Seed adherent to the 

 endooarp, globose, hilum apical ; albumen equable ; embryo basilar. — 

 Species 2, Malayan. 



1. C. XiaUka, Becc. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ii. 141 ; fruit conico- 

 ovoid gradually narrowed to the tip, seed ovoid. 0. Lakka var. singa- 

 porensis, Becc. I. c. 



SiNG^ASOEE; in humid jungles. — Disteie. Borneo. 



A slender tall soboliferous Palm. Leaves about 4 ft. j leaflets about 20 by 

 1-1^ in., upper shorter obtuse or toothed, green above, ashy grey beneath ; sheath 

 red Fruit -^ in. long, by about -j^ diam. — Very near 0. Rendah of Sumatra, 

 which has an ovoid fruit abruptly constricted at the tip, and a globose seed. 



7. ONCOSPERiaA, Bliime. 



Prickly palms. Leaves terminal, pinnatisect. Spathes 2, complete. 

 Spadix iufrafoliar, branched ; branches with solitary male flowers above, 

 and ternate flowers below (a fem. between 2 males). Male fl. asymmetric ; 

 sepals suborbicular, acute; petals obliquely ovate, valvate. Stamens 

 6-12 ; anthers elongate ; pistillode columnar, 3-fid. Fern. fl. globose ; 

 sepals and petals orbicular, imbricate; staminodes 6; ovary obliquely 

 ovoid, 1-3-celled ; stigmas minute ; ovule parietal. Fruit small, globose, 

 stigmas lateral or basal. <SeecJ suborbicular, raphe broad ; albumen deeply 

 ruminate. — Species 5-6, Malayan. 



1. O. filamentosa, Blwme, Rumphia ii. 97, t. 82, 103; stoloniferous, 

 leaflets subequidistant drooping, male fl. hexandrous, fruit spherical 

 ■fg in. diam. 0. cambodianum, Sanee in Journ. Bot. (1876) 261. Areoa 

 ligillaria, Jack in Mai. Misc. ii. vii. 88 (in Gale. Journ. Nat, Hist. iv. 

 12); Griff, in Culc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 423; Palms Brit. Ind. 157, 

 t. 133 B. A. Nibung, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 173, 311, t. 153. 



