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CLVI. PALMACE^ 
II. Caryotide.®. Inflorescences unisexual of compound spikes, develop¬ 
ing from the upper axils downwards, alternately male and female. Spathes 
short persistent. Leaves pinnate or bi-pinnate, rarely simple. 
Leaves pinnate. 
Leaflets linear; very large palms . . .10. Arenga 
Leaflets obcuneate; dwarf palms . . .11. Didymosperma 
Leaves bi-pinnate; leaflets obcuneate; medium 
or tall palms . . . . . .12. Caryota 
III. PnoiNicEAi. Inflorescences much-branched, unisexual. Leaves stiff 
pinnate; leaflets pinched in at base. 
Spathe I, deciduous large; seed oblong ventrally 
grooved; albumen not ruminate , .13. Phoenix 
IV. CoRYPHE.E. I.eaves orbicular or obcuneate entire or cut into lobes. 
Inflorescence terminal or axillary. Spathes numerous tubular, persistent. 
Flowers bisexual. 
Leaves orbicular, not deeply cut. 
Inflorescence one terminal large panicled, tall 
monocarpic palms . . . . .14. Corypha 
Inflorescences lateral; albumen equable; fruit 
small, polycarpic palms . . . .15- I-ivistona 
Inflorescence lateral; albumen ruminate; fruit 
large , . . . . . .16. Pholidocarpu.s 
Leaves orbicular, deeply cut into obcuneate 
segments. 
Inflorescence long slender, of i or more spikes 
from axils or spathes; fruit small . .17. Licuala 
Leaves obcuneate, very large, entire; compound 
spikes short, dense; fruit tessellate . .18. Teysmannia 
V. LepidocaryinjE. Leaves pinnate; leaflets numerous linear-lanceo¬ 
late or obcuneate. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Spathe boat-shaped 
caducous or tubular persistent. Flowers unisexual. P'ruit covered with 
imbricating scales. 
Rhizomatous palms with huge erect stems; in¬ 
florescence wide-spreading, terminal . .19. Metroxylon 
Tufted palms not climbing, spiny. 
Flowers small in short dense axillary spikes . 20. Zalacca 
F lowers large in tall erect dense panicles . .21. Eugeissona 
Climbing spiny palms; inflorescences axillary 
elongate. 
Spathe boat-shaped enclosing the inflorescence, 
then caducous. 
Spathes several, outer one enclosing the 
others; seed solitary . . . .22. D^monorops 
Spathe I.23. Ceratolobus 
Spathes 8 to 10, outer one not enclosing 
others; seeds 2 or 3 , . . ,24. Calospatha 
Spathes tubular persistent, not covering the 
inflorescence; seed solitary. 
Scales of fruit large, in spirals . . .25. Calamus 
Scales of fruit minute, numerous, irregular . 26. Plectocomiopsis 
Monocarpic climbing spiny palms; inflorescence 
terminal, the branches dying after 
flowering. 
Leaves cuneate crose; spikes dense; bracts 
i-flowered . . . , . -27. Korthalsia 
Leaves lanceolate acute; spikes lax; bracts 
ovate imbricate, many-flowered . . 28. Plectocomia 
