202 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Spadix decurved,. peduncle stout f inch long-, branches 3 

 to 4 stout 6 or 7 inches long, flowers close distichous. 

 Females globose J inch long. Sepals orbicular ribbed, 

 petiole barely longer. Fruit J inch long oblong obtuse, 

 top ringed. Stigmas very short capitate. 



Johor, swampy forest on the banks of the Sungei 

 Tebrau near Castlewood. 



This palm is allied to P. coronata Bl. but has a very 

 much smaller spadix. It grows in very wet mud close 

 to the river banks. 



P. acanlis, n. sp. 



Stem very short hardly 4 inches long covered with 

 the fibrous sheaths of the leaf bases, solitary. Leaves 

 few, petiole obscurely angled 22 inches long, blade entire 

 cuneate tip bifid toothed 15 inches long 6 inches wide, 

 nerves 13 pairs, base unequally narrowed, terminal lobes 

 4 inches long with 4 to 6 acuminate teeth ; or pinnate 

 with three pairs of linear oblong acuminate lobes not 

 toothed, 4 nerved 8 inches long rather distant opposite, 

 lowest pair 1-| upper 3 inches wide terminal pair cennate. 

 All light green glaucescent at the back. Spathes sessile 

 oblong 2 oblong acute boat-shaped strongly keeled brown 

 erect 1^ inch long f inch wide. Spadix 2 inches long 

 densely covered with male flowers, at first quite conceal- 

 ing the females. Males white \ inch long calyx very 

 short 3 lobed lobes acute ; petals subsymmetric ovate 

 triangular acute. Stamens 8 or 12 shorter than the 

 petals, filaments short conical rachis crimson. Female 

 flowers small opposite, petals and sepals orbicular rose 

 pink. Stigma irregularly oblong capitate white. Rachis 

 in front lengthening to 6 inches. Fruit cylindric narrow 

 | inch long. 



Perak, Kamuning Woods, Sungei Siput (Machado). 



This most curious dwarf pUm was discovered in abun- 

 dance by Mr. Machado in the woods at Kamuning where 

 he has already discovered so many other remarkable 

 plants. It is unique in Pinangas in its exceedingly short 



Jour. Straits Branch 



