Pinanga.] clvi. palmace^ ii 
long, oblong. Spadix deflexed, i ft. long, branches 2 to 5 flattened, 
bright red in fruit, -5 in. through. Flowers large, distichous. 
Males, sepals lanceolate. Petals much longer. Stamens 40. Drupes 
I in. long, cream colour turning black, olive-shaped. Seed similar, 
tip blunt, base truncate, i in. long. Hab. Common in lowland 
forest. Singapore, Chan Cliii Kang. Johor Gunong Pantai, 
Malacca (Grifiith); Jus; Ayer Panas; Ayer Kerch. Pahang, 
Sungei Chenei (Fox); Kwala Lipis (Machado); Kwala Tenok. 
Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Selangor, Biikit Kudah. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills and Batang Padang (Kiinstler). Penang 
Hill. Kelantan, Sungei Keteh (Foxworthy), Distrih. Sumatra. 
Native names : Pinang Boreng hijau ; Pinang Dampong. 
(19) P. riparia Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. Hs. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 201; 
Mat. ii. 143. 
Stems distant, 12 to 15 ft. tall, *5 to 1*5 in. through. Leaf 
3 ft. long; leaflets 8 pairs, linear acuminate, 3- to 6-nerved, 8 to 
9 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; rachis angled, scurfy. Spadix deflexed ; 
peduncle stout, -75 in. long, branches 3 or 4, stout, 6 to 7 in. long. 
Flowers distichous, close. Females -12 in. long. Fruit -5 in, long, 
oblong blunt. Hab. In wet woods growing in water and sending 
out stolons throwing up numerous distant stems. Johor, Tehran 
River (Ridley). 
(20) P. patula Bl. Rumphia, ii. 86, t. 115; Ridl. Mai. ii. 143. 
Stems several, 6 to 20 ft. tall, -5 to 1-5 in. through. Leaf 2 to 
3 ft. long; leaflets 6 pairs, sigmoid long acuminate, base narrowed; 
nerves 3 to 7, 7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide. Spadix deflexed, 
4-branched, branches rather slender, 6 in. long, red. Females, 
sepals erose crenulate. Drupes flesh colour, elliptic, over -25 in. 
long. Seed elliptic ruminate. Hab. Mountain woods. Scarce, 
Pahang, Talian River, Kwala Tenok. Perak, Ulu Biibong (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(21) P. singaporensis Rid!. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, 
p. 38; Mat. ii. 144. 
Stems tufted, 6 to 15 ft. tall, *75 in. through. Leaves 3 ft. 
long; petioles 8 in. long; leaflets 13, sigmoid acuminate, 12 in. 
long, 3 in. wide or less. Spathe boat-shaped, thin brownish-pink, 
1-5 in. long. Spike erect, 4 in. long, branches 5, rachis cream 
colour. Flowers distichous. Males -25 in. long, white. Sepals 
small, ovate acute. Petals much longer, oblique. Stamens 14. 
Female flowers pink; sepals and petals ciliate. Hab. Very local 
and scarce in damp spots in the south. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; 
Bukit Timah; Selitar (Ridley). Muar, Sungei Segal (Fox). 
This is probably extinct in Singapore now. 
3 . NENGA, Wendl. 
Tufted palms with the habit of Pinanga. Leaves pinnate; 
leaflets linear-acuminate. Spadix of 3 or 4 deflexed spikes; flowers 
