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dite flowers. Calyx tripartite nearly to the base, segments very spread- 

 ing, greenish. Corolla of 3 broad, ovate, sub-connivent, striate, coriace- 

 ous petals. No rudiments of Stamina. Ovarium white or reddish, a 

 little shorter than the corolla, triangular-conical, the angles alternating 

 with the petals, 2-celled, of a thick coriaceous substance. Style 0. Stigma 

 emarginate. Ovules solitary, erect. 



Fruit sub-baccate, white, obliquely oblong, straight on the upper side, 

 convex on the other, 7 lines long, 4| broad ; base surrounded by the pe- 

 rianth, apex presenting a bi-dentate sphacelated stigma, 1 -seeded, 2-cel- 

 led, 1-cell almost obliterated. Seed 1, of the same shape, whitish ; tegu- 

 ment adhering to the albumen; raphe on the straight face, palmate- 

 ly divided, branches often dichotomous. Albumen solid, radiating from a 

 central line. Embryo about the centre of the convex (dorsal) face. 



This species appears allied to Orania regalis, Blume, 

 Rumphia, t. 85. and O. porphyrocarpa, Mart. Palm. t. 157. 

 It differs from both in the number and the irregular shape 

 of the pinnae, the crowded flowers, and three petalled fe- 

 males. In the shape of the fruit it is nearly intermediate. 



Besides these three species, I have bits of three others, 

 collected on the N. E. frontier, (one from Yen in the Mish- 

 mee Mountains.) If to these Buchanan's Harina caryotoides 

 be added, the total number of our Indian species will be 

 seven, of which increase, the most unexpected part is the 

 finding an undescribed species* in the H. C. Botanic Gar- 

 dens, in which it has existed at least 25 years. 



MACROCLADUS. 



Char. Gen. — Flores monoici, faeminei utrinque masculo 

 stipati. Spatha duplex, interior completa, clavato-fusifor- 

 mis, lignosa. Corollae valvatse. Stamina 6. Ovarium trilo- 

 culare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Fructus subsiccus. Albumen car- 

 tilagineum, aequabile. Embryo lateralis. 



Habitus. — Palma malayana, spectabilis, inermts. Corona 

 haemisphaerica, densa. Folia pinna t a, pinnis line an bus, 



* This makes the second undescribed Palm in the Gardens, see p. 36. 



