WallicMa] OX. PALM^E 655 



confluent, pet. angular, the edges separating into dark brown or black fibres. 

 M. monoecious, $ and $ either on a distinct spadix, or the (J at the ends of 

 branches with ? fl. Spathes numerous, sheathing, enclosing the peduncle of 

 the much branched drooping spadix. $ fl. : calyx tubular or of 3 concave 

 sepals, petals 3, stamens 6 or more, anthers linear. $ fl. not sunk in the 

 substance of the spadix ; calyx shallow cup-shaped or flat, 3-toothed or of 

 3 sepals, petals 3. Ovary 2- or 3-celled. Seed plano-convex, endosperm 

 uniform, embryo dorsal. 



A. Stemless, $ calyx tubular, stamens always 6. 



1. W. densiflora, Martius ; Bot Mag. t. 4584.— Syn. Harina oUongifoUa, Griff. Pahns 

 t. 237, A, B, C. Vern. Kola aunsa^ Qoraunsa^ Kum. ; Takoru^ Nep. Sabhimalayan 

 tract, ascending to 4,000 ft., from Garhwal (Patlidun) eastwards, in shady and moist 

 valleys, often gregarious, forming extensive thickets. Khasi hills. Chittagong. 

 Stemless, tliick tiifts of large 1., 10 ft. long or more, arising from the rhizome. Pet. 

 nearly as long as the leaf -bearing racliis, leaflets lanceolate, slightly lobed, lobes 

 prsemorse, the nerves terminating in sharp points. 6 calyx truncate, ribbed, J in. 

 long, petals linear, twice the length of calyx. ? : sepals 8, petals concave, not rihbed. 

 5. W. caryotoides, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 295. Vern. 8aingpa^ Burm. Chittagong. 

 Upper Burma, hills west of Katha, 2-3,000 ft., in evergreen forest. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim. Stemless, tufts of 1. from the rhizome 4 ft. long, leaflets fascicled in the 

 lower part of the petiole, cuneate, lohed, the lobes large, praemorse. ^ : calyx 

 tubular, striate, | in. long, petals linear, twice the length of calyx. 9 : sepals spread- 

 ing, striate, petals ribbed. Ovary 2-3-celled. 



B. Trunk 5-10 ft., $ calyx of 3 concave sepals, stamens numerous. 



3. W. disticlxa, P. And. — Syn. W. Yomae^ Kurz. Vern. Minhaw, Upper, Zanaung. 

 Letme, Lower^Burma. Gonda hills, Oudh (D. B., March, 1875). Valleys of Sikkim 

 Himalaya to 2,000 ft. Makum forest, Assam (D. B., April, 1879). Upper Burma, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft. in the hills east of Bhamo. Pegu Yoma, chiefly on the eastern 

 slopes. Trunk 15-20 ft. high, 6-12 in. diam., in the upper portion covered with the 

 fibrous leaf -bases, 1. 6-8 ft. long, leaflets fascicled, linear-cuneate, prsemorsely lobed. 

 Spadix stout, drooping, 3-4 ft. long, <? fl. mostly at the ends of branches, calyx small, 

 fleshy, consisting of 3 concave sepals, petals ovate acute, j\ in. long, with 4-5 longitu- 

 dinal n., more than twice the length of calyx. ? : pet. broad-ovate, prominently ribbed. 

 Ovary usually 3- sometimes 2-lobed. 



13. DIDYMOSPERMA, H. Wendl. and Drude ; M. Brit. Ind. vi. 420. 



Small, leaflets few, similar to those of WallicMa. Spadix erect, simple or 



branched, spathes numerous, fl. larger than in WallicMa^ monoecious or dioecious. 



(J : calyx cup-shaped, 3-fid, petals coriaceous, valvate, longer than calyx, 



stamens 10-30, anthers linear. $ : subglobose, sepals rounded, coriaceous, 



petals thick, triangular. Ovary 2-3-celled. Species 6. India and Malaya. 



1. D. nana, H. "Wendl. & Drude ; Bot. Mag, t. 6836.— Syn. Marina nana, Griff. Palms 

 t. 238 A. B. Assam and Khasi hills. Stem 2-5 ft., clothed with the rusty-bairy 

 leaf -sheaths, leaflets about 5, trapezoid or cuneate, the lateral 7-10 in. long. Spadix stout, 

 simple or sparingly branched, rustily scurfy, dense-fld. Fr. white, oblong, J in. long. 

 2. D. gracilis, Hook, f . Daphla hills, Assam. Stem 2 ft., slender, leaflets 6-8, broadly 

 cuneate, fruiting spadix 8 in. long, sparingly branched. 



NannorlLops RitcMeana, H. Wendl.— Syn. ChamcBrops Mitchieana, Griff. 5 Yern. Ffis 

 Fease, Ffarra, Sindj Mazri, Trans Indus; Kilu, Kaliun^ Salt range. Sind on arid 

 hills. Trans Indus. Salt range. Gregarious, usually tufts of 1. from an underground 

 much-branched rhizome, at times an erect branching stem up to 20 ft. high. Petioles 

 unarmed, concave, shortly produced into the blade, base with a mass of rust-coloured 

 wool, blade cuneately flabellate, greyish-green, consisting of 8-15 linear rigid seg- 

 ments, 12-15 in. long, folded, bipartite. PL polygamous, male and bisexual in a large 

 erect pyramidal much-ramified panicle, the branches in the axils of coriaceous sheaths, 

 narrowed into a lanceolate blade, pairs of fl. in the axils of hyaline bracts in pairs, 

 distinct or connate and bicuspidate. Calyx and petals thinly membranous, calyx flat, 

 3-toothed, petals connate at base, stamens 6 (sometimes 9 in the male fl.), anthers 

 sagittate, dorsifixed, filaments dilated below and adnate to petals, ovary 3-celled, 

 narrowed into the filiform style. Pr. 1-seeded, globose, f in. diam. 



