472 cLiiii. PALMEiE. (Beccari & Hook, f.) [DcBmonoroj>s. 



Beccari has indicated the existence of about 7 other new Malayan Peninsula ones, 

 but these are in far too imperfect a condition to render it advisable to register here 

 the names he has given them. 



25. ZAZiACCA, Seinw. 



Stemleea, soboliferous, armed palms. Leaves pinnatisect, not flagelli- 

 ferous ; leaflets narrowly linear-lanceolate. Spadix interfoliar, pendnlons, 

 flowering branches catkin-like. Spathes persistent; lower sheathing, in- 

 complete ; bracteoles ctipular, 2-celled ; flowers coriaceoas, densely crowded, 

 polygamous. Malefl., calyx tubular, 3-fid. ; corolla tubular, segments 

 valvate ; stamens 6, anthers short. Fem. fl. larger ; perianth accrescent ; 

 calyx trifid ; corolla-lobes lanceolate, valvate ; stammodes 3 or 6 ; ovary 

 3-celled, stigmas 3, subulate ; ovules basilar. Fruit globose or obovoid, 

 1-3- seeded, clothed with reversed or spreading scales. Seeds 1-3, erect, 

 top excavated, testa crustaceous, outer coat fleshy; albumen equable; 

 embryo subbasilar. — Species 9 or 10, chiefly Malayan. 



The species are for the most part imperfectly known. The Malayan Z. edulis, 

 Reinw., not hitherto found in the Malayan Peninsula, has the leaflets white 

 beneath. 



1. Z. secunda, Grif. in, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 12 ; Palms Brit. 

 Ind. 14, t. 177 ; leaflets straight concolorous acutely S-costate margins 

 setulose above the middle, costas spinuloae on the under face, male spadix 

 compact, spikes much longer than their spathes peduncled, fem. spadix 

 panicnlately branched, spikes tomentose, fruit clothed with spreading 

 lanceolate scales. Becc. Males, iii. 673. Calamus collinus, Griff. Palms 

 Brit. Ind. 1. 186 {leaf only). 



Upper Assam, Mann ; in the Mishmi Mts., Griffith. 



A very imperfectly known species, of which Griffith describes only the male 

 spike. Mann's specimen consists of a leaflet, and young fruit ; he describes the leaf 

 as 30 ft. long ; the leaflets as 33 in. long by nearly 3 broad, coriaceous, with three 

 stout costse acute on both surfaces and spinulose beneath. — Fruits received quite re- 

 cently at Kew from Mr. Mann are unfortunately in too broken a condition to 

 determine their form ; they appear to have been ovoid, 2 in. ? long, ending in a 

 stout cone as in Eugeissonia ; the pericarp thin, clothed with spreading and ascend- 

 ing subulate-lanceolate recurved dark brown scales J in. long and under ; there is no 

 appearance of a succulent endocarp. /Seeds (1-3 ?) 1-14 in- lo^g, very various in 

 shape, from subglobose to hemispheric or trigonous with a convex back, and very 

 rounded angles, dark brown, not polished, with a deep small apical hollow leading to 

 the canal which extends more than half way into the dense albumen ; embryo above 

 the base dorsal or sublateral, indicated externally by a circular convexity with 

 depressed margins i in. diam. or less. 



2. Z. affinis, Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 9 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 

 12, t. 176, A, B, C ; leaflets concolorous strongly falcate costre 3 and 

 margins not setulose, male spadix elongate, spikes small tomentose shortly 

 exserted from the sides of their long spathes, fem. spadix compact with 

 short interrupted spikes much shorter than their spathes, fruit ovoid 

 smooth. Becc. Males, iii. 67. 



Malacca, Griffith. Pebak, at Larut, King's Collector (3448). — Distbib. 

 Sumatra. 



Leaves 12-13 ft. ; petiole half the length, slender, armed with long slender spines, 

 leaflets fascicled, 18-20 by 2^ in. ; costse slender, acute beneath. Male spadix about 

 li ft. ; spathes imbricate lacerate. Spifces |-f in. ; bracts membranous, 2-fld. ; 



