Calyptrocalyx.] CXLII. PALMJE. 1679 



short, anthers as loiii; as the petals. Flowers female ; the sepals and petals under 

 the young fruits are orbicular and about 1 or 2 lines diameter, and somewhat 

 jagged at the top. Fruit red, ovoid, umbonate with the remains of the style, 

 about 5 lines long, the pericarp not thick. Seeds closely adnate to the endocarp, 

 with a terminal hilum. Albumen ruminate. — Laecospadix austmlasicus, Wendl. 

 »nd Drude in LinnsBa, xxxix. 206 ; Ptychospenna laccospadix, Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 vii. 140. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallaehy ; Bellenden-Ker, altitude 4,000ft., Bail. 



7. BACULARIA, F. v. M. 



(From baculum., a walking-stick.) 



Spadices interfoliar, simple, slender, monoecious, on the same spadix, spirally 

 disposed, 3-nate the middle one female, bracts and braeteoles minute. Male 

 flowers symmetrical somewhat terete. Sepals roundish, obtuse imbricate, 

 chartaceous-coriaceous. Petals ovate or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, coriaceous, 

 valvate. Stamens 6, or 10 to 12, filaments short subulate, connate at the base ; 

 anthers oblong or linear-sagittate, basifixed, erect, connective dilated. Ovary 

 rudimentary or wanting. Female flowers much smaller than the males, ovoid, 

 compressed at the back, perianth enlarging after flowering. Sepals orbicular, 

 chartaceous-coriaceous, broadly imbricate. Petals long as the sepals, orbicular, 

 eonvolute-imbricate, apex connivenfc, acute. Staminodia tooth-like. Ovary 

 ■ovoid or subglobose, abruptly contracted at the base, 1-celled ; stigmas minute, 

 sessile, 3-gonal ; ovule parietal, horizontal. Fruit small, elongate-ovoid, straight, 

 subacute, terminated by the stigmas, pericarp thick coriaceous and fibrous, 

 •endocarp thin. Seeds elongate, terete, erect, hilum broad, basal. Albumen 

 equable ; embryo basal. — Dwarf slender-stemmed palms. 



Stems 6 to 12ft. high. Leaf-segments very irregular in number and width 



Inflorescence almost infrafoliar, pendulous . . 1. B. monostachya. 



Stems usually under 6ft. high. Leaf-segments usually numerous and 



mostly narrow. Infloreseenoe interfoliar, pendulous 2. B. minor. 



Stems seldom exceeding 5ft. high. Leaf-segments in 1 or 2 pairs, often 



broad. Inflorescence interfoliar, erect . . • 3. B, Palmeiiana. 



1. B. monostachya (spike single), F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 103. Walking- 

 stick Palm. " Midgen," Brisbane, Petiie. Stems 6 to 12ft. high. Leaves 

 1\ to 4ft. long, the sheathing base broad, coriaceous, about 6in. long, produced 

 into 2 stipule-like lobes, segments very irregular, acuminate, very variable 

 in breadth and distance, adnate to the rhachis or tapering at the base, the 

 longest about 1ft. long. Inflorescence almost infrafoliar, a pendulous undivided 

 slender spike of great length, the peduncle below the spatha IJ to 2ft. 

 long, enclosed at the base to nearly half its length in a sheath, the spike 

 itself 1 to near 2ft. long, enclosed in a membranous spatha at length open 

 along one side, the rhachis slender ; notches scarcely indented, the margins 

 or bracts very slightly prominent, and not very close together. Male perianth 

 when fully out 3 to 4 lines long, the outer broad segments about 1 line 

 diameter. Stamens about 10, with very short filaments. Female perianth : 

 Outer segments as in the male, inner as broad but larger. Ovary 1-celled, with 

 1 erect ovule. Fruit ovoid or nearly globular, about fin. long, the succulent 

 pericarp not very thick. Testa of the seed adhering to the endocarp. — Areca 

 monostachya, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 178 ; Linospadix monodachyos, Wendl, 

 and Drude in Linnjea, xxxix. 198 ; Kentia monostachya, F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 82 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 136. 



Hab.: Cape York Peninsula, Hann's Eaijoedition ; Wide Bay, Leichhardt • Maroochie, Bailey^ 



2. B. minor (smaller), F. v. M. Fragm. xi. 68. " Jak-ar-ungle," Cairns, Niujent. 

 Stems several from the same rhizome, 2 to 5ft. high, fin. thick. Leaves 

 attaining 35ft. j segments 12 to 14, 6 to lOin. long, acuminata or more frequently 



