416 CLXiii. PALMBJ';. (Beccari & Hook, f.^ [^lyuanura. 



Stem 2-4 ft. by J in., annulate. Leaves 3-3i by 1-li ft., linear-oblong j 

 leaflets linear, 1 ft. by i-2 in., 2- or more-keeled, terminal forked, lobes erose- 

 dentate ; petiole 1 ft., base scurfily pubescent ; sheath a span long. Spathes sub- 

 coriaceous, lowest 2-keeled, upper conduplieate and spadix brown-pubescent. 

 Spadiie with a long slender erect peduncle, and 2 or more pendulous spongy spikes 

 or branches 6-10 in. long, loosely covered with flowers ; fruiting 1-li ft. nodding; 

 flowers inserted in pits with membranous margins. Male fl. in pairs ; sepals oblong , 

 striate ; petals ovate-lanceolate ; fllaments inflexed in bud ; pistillode stout, tip 

 3-lobed. Fern. fl. towards the base of the spike ; sepals of the male ; petals broad ; 

 ovary gibbous. Fruit over 4 in. long by J diam., black-purple. Seed erect ; 

 albumen ruminate. 



2. X. malaccensis, Becc. Males, iii. 102; stem slender, leaves pin- 

 nate, leaflets about 5 pairs, lower falcate caudate-aoumiaate upper broader, 

 petiole pubescent, spadix simple filiform, finely tomentose. 



Malay PaNitrsuLA ; SelAagore, F. Eeheding ; Perak, Larut, King's Collector 

 (1869, 2994). 



Closely allied to I. geonomceformis, differing in the fewer leaflets and simple not 

 furfuraoeous but finely tomentose spadix. 



** Spadix inferfoliar, long peduncjed, with few suhterminal short 

 simple or forked branches or spikes. 



3. X. Wallichiana, Sooh. f. in Gen. Plant, iii. 908; leaves simple 

 or pinnatisect, fruit globosely obovoid. A.reca Wallichiana, Mart, in 

 Wall. Cat. 8600 ; Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 178, 312 ; Becc. Maks. iii. 100. 



Pbnang, Forter. Sinsapobe, Lobh. 



Stem solitary, 2-12 ft., straight, slender. Leaves very variable in size, IC in.- 

 2 ft. long, simple and forked or more or lesi pinnatisect, with long narrow lenflets. 

 Spathes 2, lower 2^ in., hidden in the leaf sheath, strongly compressed, acutely 

 2-keeled, tip 2-toothed; upper shorter, acuminate, rusty-pubescent. Spadix long, 

 peduncled ; peduncle 18-24 in., branches 3-7 variable in length. Fruit rather 

 more than i in. long by i-J in. diam., red when ripe. — The following varieties are 

 from Perak : — 



Var. a major, Becc. ; stem 10-12 ft. by 2^3^ in. diam., leaves 2-4 ft. undivided 

 or pinnatisect, fruit about ^% by ^*^.— King's Gollector (431, 8227, 3127). 



Var. /8 minor, Becc. ; stem 18-30 in., leaves about as long simple or pinnatisect, 

 fruit rather smaller.— ffim^'s Collector (454, 7941, 7996, 7999). 



*** Spadix interfoliar, very shortly peduncled. 



4. X. brevipes, JBCook. f. ; leaves pinnate, leaflets distant broadly 

 trapezoidly cuneate or subquadrate praemorse many-nerved coarsely 

 toothed, spathe long deeply grooved, spadix laxly paniculate, branches 

 divaricate lax-fld. 



Peeak, Larut, 3-4000 ft.. King's Collector (2029). 



Stem thicker than a swan's quill. Leaf 15 in., leaflets 5 pairs, 5-6 in. long by 

 1^-3 broad, inserted by a contracted but very broad base, upper margin subcaudate ; 

 rachis glabrous; sheath 5 in., many-ribbed. Spadix with the peduncle wholly 

 included in the leaf -sheath, quite glabrous ; primary branches 3-4, 3-4 in. long, 

 sparingly again divided, rather slender, angled (when dry). Male fl. scattered, 

 about Jj in. long ; sepals orbicular ; petals broadly oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous ; 

 stamens 6, filaments inflexed, anthers linear-oblong ; pistillode columnar, capitate. 



**** Spadix infrafoliar, peduncle shorter than the spathe or shortly 

 exceeding it. 



5. X. diffusa, Becc. mss.; leaves large, leaflets numerous equidistant 



