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CLVI. PALMACE^ 
\Nenga. 
spiral or in 4 or 6 series. Sepals and petals subequal, subulate- 
acuminate in the male. Stamens 6. Seed ovoid, short, base truncate. 
Ovule parietal, otherwise as in Pinanga. Species 3, Malayan. 
Fniit I in. long , . . . . . (i) N. Wendlandiana 
Fruit I >5 in, long . . . . . . {2) N. macrocarpa 
(1) N. Wendlandiana Scheff. Ann. Jard. Biiitenzorg. i. 153, 
t. 9-10; Ridl. Mdt. ii. 144. Pinanga Nenga Bl. Rmnphia, ii. 77, 
t. 107. 
Stems several, 10 to 15 ft. tall, 1-5 in. through. Leaves 5 ft. long 
or more; leaflets linear, fine, acuminate, 1-25 in. wide, I 3 to 15 in. 
long; petioles 2 ft. long, sheath purplish. Spathe falcate ensifonn, 
7 to 9 in. long, i in. wide. Spadix i ft. long, stout. Flowers- 
spiral; males, cream yellow, -25 in. long. Sepals linear; petals 
lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens pink. Drupe oblong, i in. long, 
blunt round, claret coloured. Hah. Common in low wet ground, 
in forests. Singapore, Garden Road (formerly); Changi; Selitar. 
Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, Clung (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin. Bindings, Bruas. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Thai ping 
(Kunstler). Lankawn, Burau (Robinson). Disirih. Sumatra. Native 
names : Pinang Umu; Pinang Antan. 
Beccari's var. hexapetala is apparently a monstrosity with 6 petals, 
collected in Perak by Scortechini. 
(2) N. macrocarpa Scort. in Becc. Males, iii. 184; Ridl. Mat. 
ii. 145. * 
Stems few together, 6 to 18 ft. tall. Leaves 3 to 4 ft. long; 
leaflets as in N. Wendlandiana. Spathe oblong, purplish. Spadix 
over I ft. long, spikes 2 or 3. Male flowers *35 in. long. Fruit 
ellipsoid, black, 1*5 in. long. Seed ovoid, under *5 in. long, strongly 
ruminate. Hab. Hill forest, not rare, at 1500 to 3400 ft. altitude. 
Johor, Gimong Pantai. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Pahang, 
Tahan River, Kwala Tenok. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Scortechini); 
Gimong Keledang; Gimong Batu Putih (Wray); Bujong Malacca; 
Goping. Kedah Peak. Kelantan, Sungei Keteh (Foxworthy). 
4 . ACTINORHYTIS, Wendl. and Drude. 
Tall palm with a stout stem. Leaves large, pinnate, segments 
linear-lanceolate, tips obliquely toothed; rachis and petioles fur- 
furaceous. Spadix large, twice branched, below the leaves. 
Spathes 2, with 2 crests on the back. Flowers below in threes, 
above solitary males. Male flow^ers minute as^mimetric. Sepals 
imbricate. Stamens very numerous, anthers versatile, pistillode 
minute. Female flowers, sepals short ovate; petals imbricate, 
ovary i-celled; stigmas short. Fruit large, ovoid-ellipsoid, red; 
exocarp thin, mesocarp fibrous. Seed large, round, attached to 
the mesocarp, ovoid. Albumen ruminate. 
