Pinanga!] clvi. palmace^ 7 
at about 4000 ft. altitude. Pahang Telom. Selangor, Ginting 
Bidai; Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Plills; Gimong Beriun- 
bun and Gimong Batu Putih (Wray). Kelantan, Chaning Woods 
(Ridley). 
(6) P. disticha Bl. Rumphia, ii. 77; Ridl. Mai. ii. 139. P. 
maculata Bot. Mag. t. 8011 (not of Porte). P. bifida Bl. l.c. 92, 
/. 113, fig. 2. Areca curvata Griff. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 248. 
Stems .several, 3 ft. tall or less, -12 in. through. Leaves usually 
simple, obcuneate, bilobed, 7 to 12 in. long, 3 in. wide, or with a 
few 3 to 7 in. broad, acuminate; leaflets 18 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, 
mottled light green; petioles 4 in. long; sheath 3 in. long. Spathe 
oblong beaked, i in. long. Spike solitary, rarely branched, 1-25 
to 4 in. long, rachis slender, tomentose. Flowers distichous, males 
•12 in. long. Petals ovate acuminate. Stamens 15. Female petals 
ovate cuspidate. Drupe red, cylindric-ovoid, acute, -5 in. long. 
Seed elliptic, slightly ruminate. Hab. Common in lowland woods 
to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Selitar. Johor, Batu Pahat; 
Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Pulaii Tawar (Fox). Malacca, Ayer 
Panas (Goodenough); Mount Ophir. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian 
Ting^. Selangor, Rawang; Bukit Hitam. Perak, Bujong Malacca 
(Curtis); Goping; Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler). Penang Hill, 
Kedah Peak. Disirih. Siam, Sumatra. Native name: Pinang 
Luggong. 
A very pretty, not uncommon, form has nearly white leaves with purplish 
blotches. The leaves are very rarely entirely green and only in old plants. 
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