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forests. Whole Peninsula. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Changi; 
Johor. Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, 
Bujong Malacca. Kelantan, Sungei Keteh (Foxworthy). Distrib. 
Borneo. Native name : Bayas. 
7. ORANIA, Zippel. 
Tall stout unarmed single-stemmed palms. Leaves large pinnate; 
leaflets linear acuminate. Spathes 2, lower one short tubular, 
upper one large oblong. Inflorescence large, much-branched. 
Flowers small, all male on branch ends, one female between two males 
below. Male sepals short, petals oblong or lanceolate. Stamens 
3 to 6. Female petals ovate. Pistil 3-celled. Fruit globose, 
large, albumen not ruminate. Species 4 or 5, Malayan. 
(i) O. macro'cladus Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm, iii. t. 177, fig. i; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 145. 
Stem 40 ft, taU, 6 in. through, smooth, grey. Leaves 12 to 
15 ft. long; leaflets 3 ft. long, 2 in. wide, numerous. Inflorescence 
panicled, branches slender, over i ft. long. Flowers scattered. 
Stamens 6. Fruit smooth globular, green, i to 1-5 in. through. 
Hah. Woods at about 1000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Chan Chu 
Kang; Woodlands; Pulau Ubin. Pahang, Tahan Woods. Ma¬ 
lacca, Ching (Griffith), Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Bujong 
Malacca; Temengoh. Kelantan, Ulu Kesial (Giralette). Native 
name : Ibul. Use : The fruit is held in Kelantan to be exceedingly 
poisonous as is also the shoot (see Gimlette, “ Malay Poisons,” 
ed, ii. 148). 
8. CYRTOSTACHYS, Bl. 
Unanned tufted palms. Leaves pinnate. Inflorescence pen¬ 
dulous of many spikes. Spatlies 2, deciduous. Flowers one female 
between two males, in spirals. Males symmetric. Petals ovate. 
Stamens ii to 15, Female petals larger than sepals. Drupe small, 
obovoid. Seed ovoid, not ruminate. Species 2, Malayan. 
(i) C. lidJiCka. Becc. Ann. Jard. Bmtenzorg. ii. 141. 
Stems 12 to 15 ft. tall, 3 in. through. Leaves erect, 5 ft. long; 
leaflets linear, glaucous beneath, 18 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; rachis, 
petioles 6 in. long and sheath 2 ft. long, red. Spathes broad oblong. 
Inflorescence 2 ft. long, branches 25, pendulous, green turning red. 
Males, sepals and petals ovate, green edged red; petals longer. 
Drupe black, base scarlet. Seed -25 in. long. Hab. In water in 
wet woods by tidal rivers, in the lowlands. Singapore, Kranji; 
Jurong. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Klang. Perak, Teluk Anson. 
Distrib. Borneo. Native name : Pinang Rajah. The red-stemmed 
or sealing-wax palm. 
9. PTYCHORAPHIS, Becc. 
Stems slender, tufted, unarmed. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 
narrow. Spathes 2, deciduous, sword-shaped. Panicle of several 
Fl.M.P., 5 c 
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