40 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



[guanura spectabilis, n. sp. Stem from 3 to 8 feet tall, tufted 

 or solitary very stout over 1^ inch through. Leaves 

 entire and cuneate bilobed at the apex, margins crenulate 

 toothed strongly ribbed, three or more feet long one foot 

 across, petiole. Inflorescence from among the leaves, ped- 

 uncle over a foot long with two sheaths 6 inches long, 

 and a bract-like ovate acute leaf J inch long above, 

 branches stout ascending, six inches long, deep green. 

 Flowers spirally arranged sunk in the rachis. Male, 

 sepals ovate. Petals oblong acute twice as long ^ inch 

 long. Stamens 6, longer than the petals, filaments thick 

 connate at the base with the long cylindric obtuse 

 pistillode. Females, sepals rounded, petals ovate rounded. 

 Fruit elliptic tip curved, black when ripe, f inch long, on 

 the thickened rachis. 



This superb palm known to Malays as the "Teruno" 

 occurse on the Hermitage Hill in Perak, and at Bruas in 

 the Dindings where it was first obtained by Mr. Curtis 

 and later by myself, (No. 8403) of my collections. Young 

 living plants sent home by Mr. Curtis were described by 

 Dr. Masters in the Gardener's Chronicle (1898, XXIII, 258) 

 under the name of Geonoma Pyncertiana. In the Dindings 

 it- forms a bush with numerous short stems, on the Her- 

 mitage Hill I found it with a stout tall stem. It is a most 

 beautiful palm when well grown, the broad leaves deep 

 green when adult, and pink when first put out, making it 

 most attractive. 



/. ferruginea, n. sp. Stem slender, leaves 18 inches long, petiole 

 four inches long, rachis red-scurfy, leaflets 5 or 6 pairs 

 alternate trapezoid, base narrowed, apex acuminate, 

 margins more or less toothed, 6 inches long 3 inches 

 through. Spathes 6 inches long acuminate. Inflores- 

 cence on a peduncle 6 to 8 inches long, red tomentose, 

 branches thick 9 to 11 some-times branched again, 6 inch- 

 es long covered with red wool. Flowers scattered distich- 

 ous in foveolte, covered with red wool. Male flowers glabr- 

 ous. Sepals ovate rounded, petals lanceolate ribbed, ^ 

 longer. Female flowers sepals similar, petals shorter and 



Jour. Straits Branch 



