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the margins with prickles 1.3- 1.5 mm long, 4-7 
mm apart, pale, subulate, flat appressed ascend- 
ing; the midrib below sharp salient and with 
similar ascending prickles, the secondary parallel 
veins conspicuous and in lower part 69 in each 
half, and except at base the tertiary cross veins 
prominent on both sides, transverse or oblique 
and forming short, rather oblong meshes, mid- 
section not seen; at 45 cm down from the apex 
the blade 11.5 cm wide, the apex abruptly nar- 
rowed to a subulate tip about 5 ( ? ) cm long, the 
margins with subulate serrae 1.5-2. 5 cm long, 
3-10 mm apart; the midrib below with serrae 
0.8-1 mm long, 7-20 mm apart; drupes 42-47 
mm long, 7-9 mm wide, 6-7 mm thick, 5-6- 
angled, the sides smooth, gently curved, prob- 
ably only the pileus free, the body 37-40 mm 
long, drupes and pilei shedding separately; 
pileus 9-11 mm long (or if measured along 
the curve of the style 13-16 mm long), 10-13 
mm wide, 8-10 mm thick, 6-angled, broad 
ovoid-pyramidal, the tip proximally curved; 
style 5-7 mm long, heavy subulate, curved 
proximally almost to a right angle; stigma 4-5 
mm long, lanceoloid, papillose, brown; endocarp 
32-33 mm long, narrow ellipsoid, bony, ebony- 
colored, the inner surface shining, the lateral 
wall 1-1.5 mm thick; seed 15-17 mm long, 
4-6 mm in diameter, ellipsoid; apical and basal 
mesocarp fibrous and fleshy. 
EXPANDED DESCRIPTION FROM ALL SPECI- 
MENS examined: Leaves to 4 m long, the mid- 
section 10 cm wide, the margin with prickles 
2.8-3 mm long, 5-14 mm apart, stout, heavy 
based, arcuate subulate, appressed ascending, 
brown; pistillate inflorescence of 4-5 syncarps, 
each with numerous drupes; syncarps 15-20 cm 
long, 9.5-10 cm in diameter, ellipsoid. 
HOLOTYPE: "Malaya, Penang Hill from base 
to the top, in woods.” The specimen is labeled: 
Malaya, Pulau Penang, Fort Hill, 1900, H. N. 
Ridley (SING). Holotype examined! 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Malaya, Pulau Pe- 
nang, Government Hill, common on the hill 
top, but not often in fruit, 29 July 1907, L H. 
Burkill 2,666 (sing). 
