NOTES ON PHILIPPINE PALMS, II. 
By 0. Bioccari. 
(Florence, Italy.) 
ARECA Linn. 
Areca macrocarpa Becc. sp. nov. • 
Inter majores. Folia ampla, 2.5 m longa, petiolo brevissimo crasso; 
segmentis nnmerosis aequidistantibus, valde approximatis, lanceolato- 
falcatis, valde acuminatis, 1-eostulatis et 5 cm latis, vel 2-costnlatis et 
subdnplo latioribus; majoribus 1 m et ultra longis, superioribus sensim 
decrescentibus, terminalibus in flabellum non unitis. Spadices .... 
Fructus majusculi, 7 cm longi, ovoideo-elliptici, perianthio 16-17 mm 
alto suffulti, in medio 5 cm lati, utrinque fere aequaliter attenuati, 
superne conici, apice mammillaeformi et areola 5 mm lata terminati; 
semine e basi plana conoideo, apice obtuso, 28 mm longo, 22 mm lat'o. 
A rather large palm, apparently of the dimensions of A. Whitfordii. 
Leaves large, 2.5 m long in one specimen, its petiolar part very short, 
strongly arched, 5 cm broad near the lowest leaflets, slightly concave 
above, rounded beneath; the rachis is broadly channelled above in its 
first or basal portion and prominently so in the median portion, and has 
an acute, salient angle along its center ; leaflets very numerous, equidistant, 
very close together, almost imbricate and inserted at an acute angle, 
lanceolate-falcate, long-acuminate, 1-costulate and 5 cm broad, or 2-costu- 
late and about twice as wide, the largest, those of the middle, 1 m long, 
and at times more; the upper gradually shorter, the ultimate ones being 
the smallest and not united to form a flabellum. Spadices .... Fruits 
large, ovoid-elliptic, 7 cm long, 5 cm in diameter in the middle, and 
thence gradually, and almost equally diminishing toward both ends, 
tapering at the apex to a conical point which terminates in an almost 
flat surface, about 5 mm in diameter. Seed_conoidal, 28 mm long, 22 
mm broad, having a truncate or flat base, and a blunt point ; the branches 
of the raphe are much anastomosed and form a close net all around the 
seed. Fruiting perianth 16 to 17 mm high, with thick, coriaceous, sub- 
deltoid, acute sepals; the petals have a triangular dead point, sharply 
defined from the lower living part. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9103 Whitford d 
Hutchinson, January, 1908. 
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