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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



tirely covered with florets, male above, and female below 

 for about a quarter of the length. Anthers numerous subro- 

 tund, yellow, sessile. Germina ovate. Styles very short. 

 Stigmata obtuse, peltate. A few anthers are intermingled 

 with the pistilla. Capsules membranaceous, globose, some- 

 what 4-lobed, (two-celled ?) generally 8-seeded. Seeds some- 

 what kidney-shaped, arranged round the axis. 



CALLA NITIDA. {W. J.) 



Foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, scapis compressis foliis 

 brevioribus, baccis monospermis. 

 Found at Pulo Pinang. 



This is a large subcaulescent species ; the leaves are from 

 a foot to a foot and a half in length, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, very entire, very smooth, with numerous parallel 

 nerves preceding from a middle rib. Petioles sheathing 

 nearly their whole length. Scapes compressed, smooth, 

 shorter than the leaves. Spadix invested by the spathe, 

 covered with florets, male above, female beneath. Berries 

 oblong large, one-seeded. 



VI. PALM^. 



ARECA TIGILLARIA. fW, J.) 



Frondibus pinnatis, foliolis acutis, spadicibus ramosis, 

 flora unico femineo inter duos masculos, fructibus globosis. 

 Nibon^. Malay. 



Abundant in Sumatra and the Malay islands, where it is 

 much used in the construction of houses, &c. 



Trunk erect, generally thicker than that of the common 

 Pinang ( Areca Catechu )^ armed, particularly on the lower 

 part with straight slender flattened spines. Fronds pinnate, 

 leaflets linear, acuminate, reflexed at the edges so as to 

 make the upper surface convex, smooth, with a few brownish 



