Pinanga.] 
CLVI. PALMACE^ 
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2 . PINANGA, Bl. 
Small to medium-sized palms usually several-stemmed, unarmed. 
Leaves pinnate or, more rarely, entire. Spadix simple or compound 
from below leaves. Flowers small, sunk in rachis, 2 males with 
I female between. Males symmetric. Stamens 6 or more. Females 
smaller, ovoid or globose; sepals and petals orbicular. Drupe 
ovoid or elliptic, usually black on the red rachis. Pericarp pulpy- 
fibrous. Albumen ruminate. Species 50, tropical Africa, 
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§ 1. SpiranthecB. Flowers in a spiral on a compressed spadix. 
Leaflets linear acuminate glaucous beneath; spathe 
3 in. long; stems i-j in. through 
Leaflets linear acuminate very narrow, not glaucous; 
spathe 7 in. long; stems under i in. through 
Leaflets few, broad oblong acuminate 
Leaflets few, trapezoid ; stems very slender 
Leaflets falcate sigmoid ..... 
§ 2. Orthostichanihetz. Flowers in 2 rows on spadix. 
Dwarf palms; stems slender; leaf cuneate bifid at 
top, rarely lobed, with a few unequal leaflets. 
Leaf half as broad as long. 
Stems 2 ft. tall or less. 
Stems several, slender; leaf mottled grey and 
green ....... 
Stem solitary, stouter; leaf plain light green 
Almost stemless; leaves crowded, bases fibrous 
Leaf less than half as broad as long. 
Spadix simple, short, thick .... 
Spadix simple, very slender 
Leaf pinnate; leaflets about 30, linear 
Stout palm, 6 ft. tall, -5 in. through; leaves usually 
obcuneate, 2 ft. long, 8 in. wide 
Bush palm; leaflets few and broad; stems short 
Tall palms 5 to 15 ft. tall; stems .stout; leaves 
pinnate; leaflets linear-acuminate. 
Spadix small, simple, rarely 2-branched 
Spadix stout, branched ; stems numerous, crowded ; 
leaflets many. 
Spadix branches erect, 6 to 8 
Spadix deflexed. 
Branches 2 to 6, short, moderately stout 
Branches 6, .slender; flowers small 
Spadix verj'- stout, i ft. long; flowers large 
Stems distant; rhizome creeping; leaflets 8 
Leaflets sigmoid. 
Spadix erect ..... 
Spadix deflexed ..... 
(i) P. Scortechinii 
P. densifolia 
P. glaucescens 
P. canina 
P. polymorpha 
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P. disticha 
P. limosa 
P. acaulis 
P. subruminata 
P. subintegra 
P. calamifrons 
(r2) P. Brewsteriana 
(13) P. fruticans 
(14) P. paradoxa 
(15) P. pectinata 
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P. perakensis 
P. adangensis 
P. malaiana 
P. riparia 
(20) P. patula 
(21) P. singaporensis 
(i) P. Scortechinii Becc. Males, i. 170; Ridl. Mat. ii. 138, 
P. robiLsta Becc. l.c. 
Stems several, 5 to 15 ft. tall, 1-5 in. through, green. Leaves 
7 ft. long; leaflets 20, lower linear acuminate, upper broader, 
3-toothed, backs glaucous; rachis brown, scurfy. Spathe 3 in. 
long. Panicle 6 in. long, spikes 4 to 8, stout. Flowers spiral. 
Males, petals ovate or lanceolate acute. Drupe elliptic blunt, *5 in, 
