422 Ridley . — Branching in Palms . 
plants I have seen at least doing so. The plant fruits also, but I have not 
come across any fully ripe fruit. Judging, however, from the appearance 
of the plants, especially on the top of Matang hill, this method of repro- 
duction is the commonest. I am quite unable to identify this plant with 
any of Beccari’s descriptions, which in many cases are quite insufficient for 
purposes of identification, but as it is improbable that he overlooked during 
his stay on Matang so abundant a plant as this, it is probably one of his 
species. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXXIV-XXXIX. 
Illustrating Mr. Ridley’s paper on Branching in Palms. 
PI. XXXIV. Areca Catechu. 
PL XXXV. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. A, B y D drawn in 1894; C in 1906. E is D as it 
now appears in 1906. All from the same clump. 
PL XXXVI. Coco-nut, branching, from Perseverance Estate, Singapore. 
PL XXXVII. Bulbilliferous coco-nut. Complete tree. 
PL XXXVIII. A bulbil. 
PL XXXIX. Calamus sp. Sarawak. Portion of inflorescence with bulbils. 
