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CLVI. PALMACE^ 
{Pinanga, 
long. Seed deeply ruminate. Hah. Common in mountain woods 
from 2000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Telom. 
Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Meniiang Casing (Kloss). Sungei Ujong 
Bukit Temiang (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Bujong Malacca; 
Jor (Henderson). Penang, Penara Bukit. Kelantan, dialling; 
Kwala Rok (Haniff). Native names: Bayas Betina; Piiiang Lukar. 
{2) P. densifolia Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv, 85. 
Tufted bushy plant, stems 9 to 10 ft. tall, -5 in. throiigli. Leaves 
long; leaflets very numerous, narrow-linear acuminate, long cuspi¬ 
date, 15 in. long, *25 in. wide, terminal one 6 in. long, i in. wide. 
Spathe broad, lanceolate-ovate, beaked, 7 in. long, 2 in. wide. 
Spadix 6 in. long; peduncle i in. long, branches 5 to 8. Flowers 
in 4 rows, spiral. Males -25 in. long. Sepals ovate-triangular. 
Stamens 10; filaments very short. Fruit elliptic, narrowed both 
ends, -5 in. long. Seed elliptic with few deep ruminations. Hah. 
Local on mountain ridges at 4500 ft. altitude. Pahang, Telom 
(Ridley), abundant here. 
(3) P. glaucescens Ridl. 
Dwarf palm. Leaves 3 ft. long or more ; midrib spotted brown; 
leaflets broad oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, base broad, mottled 
light and dark green above, glaucous beneath; nerves prominent, 
12 to 16; 14 in. long, 3-5 in. wide, terminal pair connate at base 
for 6 in., free for 7 in., tip with numerous short teeth. Spadix 
erect, stout, of 2 or 3 branches; peduncle 1*5 in. long, branches 
4 in. long. Flowers not seen. Fruiting spadix red, fruits black, 
ellipsoid, -5 in. long. Sepals short, round; stigmas small, sessile. 
Seed ellipsoid, -4 in. long, sparsely ruminate. Hah. Mountain 
forests, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga at 2400 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(4) P. canina Becc. Males, iii. 135; Ridl. Mai. ii. 138. 
Stem as thick as a pencil. Leaf-sheaths 2 in. long, ligule bifid, 
lobes lanceolate acute; petioles 4 in. long. Leaflets, one pair trapezoid 
acuminate, 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, 4-nerved; terminal pair very 
Inoad, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, truncate. Spathes thin, i in. long. 
Spikes 4 on a short peduncle, 2 in. long. Flowers spiral, about 20 
on a spike; rachis scurfy. Hah. Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah 
(Ridley). Very rare. Disirih. Bori^o. 
(5) P. polymorpha Becc. Males, iii. 173; Becc. and Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 407 (partly); Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 86; Mai. 
ii. 138. 
Slender creeping, ascending palm, 4 to 6 ft. tall, -25 in. through. 
Leaves 12 to 14 in. long, 6 in. wide or more, sheaths 3 to 4 in. long; 
leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, strong nerved, mottled light and dark green; 
petioles 3 in. long. Spathe thin lanceolate, 3 in. long. Spadix 
175 in. long; 2-branched, eventuall}^ red; branches 75 in. long. 
Flowers spiral. Male petals ovate-triangular, -25 in. long. Fruit 
black, narrowed at both ends, elliptic-oblong, -5 to 75 in. long. 
Seed ovate. Hah. Mountain woods, often forming dense thickets 
