CLVI. PALMACE^ 
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\Iguanura. 
long, rather thick toinentose, or slender and glabrous; peduncle 3 
to 24 in. long. Spathes narrow lanceolate acuminate, 6 in. long, 
■25 in. wide. Flowers numerous, spirally krranged. Males, sepals 
orbicular. Petals oblong. Drupe -5 in. long. Seed -25 in. long. 
Hab. In damp forest, common usually by forest streams. 
var. typica. Spike stout, woolly unbranched. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai; Kwala Simpai (Kelsall). Pahang, 
Tahan River. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry); base of Mount 
Ophir. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Ginting Peras; Rawang. 
sub-var. ramosa. Slackia geonomoeformis Griff. Palms of Brit. 
Ind. 162, t. 234. Inflorescence with 2 or 3 branches. Singapore, 
Chan Chu Kang. Pahang, Kwala Tenok. Malacca (Griffith); Mount 
Ophir (Hullett); Ayer Panas. Negri Sembiian, Perhentian Tinggi ; 
Tampin Hill. Selangor, Scmangkok Pass (Ridley). 
var. malaccensis. I. malaccensis Becc. Males, iii. 102. 
Spikes simple slender, finally toinentose or glabrous. Pahang, 
Kota Glanggi. Malacca, Ayer Panas. Selangor, Bukit Kutu, 
Semangkok Pass (form with 3 branches to inflorescence); Meniiang 
Gasing (Kloss, leaves maiiy-lobed); Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Thaiping (Kuiistler); Waterloo Estate (Glasgow); Ulu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Native names: Pinang Pachat; Pinang Burong 
Tikus; Pinang K'lasak. 
An e.xtreniely variable plant both in foliage and inflorescence. 
(2) I, spectabilis Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. .Is. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 40; 
Mat. ii. 151. I. Wallichiana var. major, Becc. in Hook. pi. F.B.I. 
vi. 416. Geonoma Pynmrtiana, Mast. Gard. Chron. 1898, 258, 
fig. 28. 
Stems single or several, 8 to 10 ft. tall, 1-5 in. tlirough. Leaves 
entire obcuneate, 3 ft. long or more, i ft. wide; petioles 6 to 12 in. 
long. Inflorescence branclied, branches 4 to 7, stout, spreading, 
9 in. long, on a peduncle from 12 to 18 in. long. Males, petals 
oblong acute, *12 in. long. Filaments thick, connate at base. 
Drupe ellipsoid, tip curved, black, 75 in. long on the thickened 
rachis. Hah. Local in damp forest. Dindings, Bruas (Curtis). 
Perak, Hermitage Hill; Goping (Kunstler). Native name : Teruno. 
(3) I. Wallichiana Hook. pi. Gen. PI. iii. 908; Hook. pi. F.B.I. 
vi. 416; Ridl. Mat. ii. 151. 
Stems slender, 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves obcuneate, deeply bifid, 
30 in. long, 9 in. wide, more or less cut into long narrow lobes 
13 in. long. Spathes narrow, 6 in. long. Panicle of spikes 2 ft. 
long; peduncle 18 in. long, branches about 8, slender, 6 to 12 in. 
long. Male sepals ovate. Petals oblong blunt. Filaments filiform 6. 
Drupe ellipsoid, red, -5 in. long. Hab. Common in forests. Muar, 
Sungei Pauh (Fox). Pahang, Tahan River. Negri Sembiian, 
Bukit Tangga. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Bujong Malacca; Tapah 
(Wray); Selama (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah. 
