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sim acuminatis, supra in costulis tribus setis brevibus nigris con- 
spersis, marginibus patule et crebre ciliatis. Spadices erecti sub- 
sessiles, late fusiformes, modice rostrati, spatha exteriori cymbi- 
formi spiculis valde elongatis tenuibus criniformibus obtecta et in 
rostrum quam corpus subdimidio brevius. producta; secunda et 
tertia spatha in dorso plus minusve spinulosa; spathis secundariis 
squamaeformibus acuminatis. Involucrophorum breve et spathella 
sua subaequilongum. Involucrum in involucrophoro omnino immer- 
sum,’ floris neutri areola depressa leviter tumescenti. Fructus 
sphaericus, 10—20 mm. diam., squamarum orthostichis 18. Semen 
globulare, lateraliter paullo compressum, in facie rapheali non 
ventricosum. — Species D. melanochaeti proxima. 
Plains and jungle near Lem Dan (no. 206, 515, 624b). Flowers 
& fruits found in January and February. 
In addition to 5 and 6 the collection of Dr. Johs. Schmidt contains 
a leaf of a Calamus or Daemonorops (no. 286, river-bank in the jungle 
near Klong Munsé) and further some seedlings belonging to one of the 
said two genera (no. 399. jungle near Klong Munsé), but their incomplete 
development render a determination impossible. 
Caryota Linné. 
7. (. furfuracea Bl. in Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. II]. 195, Rumphia II. 141. 
The present specimens are identical with those collected by Blume 
in Java and which are now in the Herb. Lugd. Bat. No. 900, 171 —399. 
I cannot unite this species with C. mitis Lour., which has pinnules of 
another shape. 
Common in the jungle; Koh Kahdat (no. 578 a), Klong Munsé 
(no. 207, 494). 
Area: Java. 
Pinanga Blume. 
8. P. malayana Scheffer in Natuurk. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXII. 175. 
Klong Son (no. 635, 698 a) and Klong Munsé (no. 852), river-banks 
in the jungle. , 
Area: Malacca, Penang, Perak. 
Areca, Linné. 
9. A. Catechu Linné Sp. Pl. 11894). 
Common everywhere throughout the area explored, cultivated. 
Area: Cultivated in the hot damp regions of Asia and Malay Islands. 
10. A. triandra Roxb. Hort. Beng. 68; Fl. Ind. Ill. 617. 
Plains and jungle near Lem Dan (no. 120, 384, 441). According 
1) Determined by Johs. Schmidt. 
