CLVI. PALMACE^ 
TO 
[Pinanga, 
2 or 3 uiibranched or with 2 branches, 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers 
distichous. Male -25 in. long. Petals lanceolate, long-pointed. 
Stamens 6, Drupe red, slender curved, fusiform, -5 in. long. Seed 
fusiform, albumen with 6 longitudinal lines of rumination. Hab, 
Mountain woods. Not rare. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, 
Ophir (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Bukit Hitam. Negri 
Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Perak, Thai ping Hills. Kedah Peak 
(Ridley). 
(15) P. pectinata Becc. and Hook. fiL F.B.I. vi. 410; HidL Mat. 
ii. 142. 
Stems several, very hard, dark green, 10 to 15 ft. tall, i to 
3-5 in. through. Leaves 3 to 4 ft. long; leaflets 15 in. long, i to 
3 in. wide, linear acuminate, glaucous beneath. Spadix 6 in. long, 
base broad, branches 6 to 8, rather stout. Flowers distichous. 
Stamens many. Drupe -5 to -75 in. long, elliptic, narrowed both 
ends, purple-black. Seed elliptic small, deeply ruminate. Hab. 
Mountain forests and lowlands. Johor Gunong Pantai; Kwala 
u u v \ ' Sembrong (Kelsall); Sungei Tebrau. Selangor, Batu Tiga. Perak, 
^ Goping (Kunstler); Sirah Rimaii (Yapp). 
(16) P. perakensis Becc. Mates, iii. 175; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 
410; Ridl. Mat. ii. 142. 
Stems stout, 4 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves 4 ft. long; leaflets narrower 
linear acuminate, 18 in. long, *5 to i in. wide, glaucous beneath. 
Spathe oblong, 5 in. long. Spadix 4 to 5 in. long, branches 3 to 6, 
flattened. Flowers distichous. Stamens many. Drupe, when young 
cylindric fusiform, stigma pustular; when ripe elliptic blunt, base 
narrowed, 75 in. long, -25 in. through. Seed elliptic, much ruminate. 
Hab. Hill forests. Province Wellesley, AraKuda. Perak, Bujong 
Malacca; Gunong Keledang (Curtis). 
(17) P. adangensis Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. Ms. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 62. 
Stems 23 ft. tall, 1-5 in. through, in large chimps. Leaves 
5 ft. long; leaflets linear acuminate, bases broad, 20 in. long, i in. 
througli, all green. Spathe 7 in. long, 3 in. wide. Spadix branches 
thick, the longest 7 in. long; rachis flexuous, hardly flattened, 
•12 in. through. Flowers distichous, very small. Males, sepals 
ovate. Petals triangular-ovate cuspidate falcate, *25 in. long. 
Stamens 20. Fruit obovoid, *5 in. long. Hab. Local, in damp 
forests by edge of stream. Adang islands, Pulaii Rawei (Ridley). 
This plant somewhat resembles P. inalaiana, but the rachis is much more 
slender. 
(18) P. malaiana Scheff. Naiuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 
175; Ridl. Mat. ii. 142. iVreca malaiana Griff. Palm. Brit. Ind. 
252, t. 230C. 
Stems 12 ft. tall, i in. through. Leaves 5 to 8 ft. long; leaflets 
linear acuminate, usually 2-ribbed, dark green, glaucous beneath, 
15 in. long, *5 to i in. wide; petioles 18 in. long. Spathe 10 in. 
