Arenga.] CL\n, palmace^ 19 
(1) A. saccharifera Labill. Mem. Inst. Fr. viii. 209; Griff. 
Palms of Brit. Ind. 164, t. 135; Ridl. Mat. ii. 154. 
Stems usually solitary, occasionally 3 together, about 20 to 30 ft. 
tall, I ft. through. Leaves 20 ft. long; petioles stout; sheaths 
broken up into black fibre; leaflets about 60 pairs, glaucous white 
beneath, 25 in. long, i to 1*5 in. wide. Spathes 5, lanceolate oblong, 
sheathing peduncle. Inflorescence 3 to 4 ft. long. Males, sepals 
green. Petals i in. long, violet, oblong blunt. Females green, 
petals ovate, *5 in. long. Fruit oblong or sub-globose, top depressed, 
yellow, 3-angled, 2 in. long. Seed i in. long, black. Hab. Common 
in villages all over the peninsula. I met with it apparently wild 
on Bukit Jugra, Province Wellesley in forest, where the stems were 
more slender and less provided with fibre than in the typical plant. 
Native names: Fnau (wild plant); Kabong (cultivated one). 
Use: 'I'he fibre is used for black rope. Tali hijau or vegetable 
horsehair. 7 'runks of trees are split and scooped out for water 
conduits. Sugar and molasses (gula Malacca) is obtained from 
flower shoots. Fruits (young) made into a sweetmeat. 
This palm was introduced from the Moluccas by Chr. Smith into Penang 
in 1796. 
(2) A. Westerhouti Griff. Calc. Jotmi. Nat. Hist. v. 474; 
Palms of Bril. htd. 166, t. 235; Ridl. Mat. ii. 155. A. obtusifolia 
Hook. ft. F.B.I. V. 421 (not of Martins). 
Stems usually several, 16 to 30 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through, grey 
and smooth. Leaves 16 to 18 ft. long; leaflets about 80 to 90 pairs 
as in A. saccharifera, 24 to 60 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide. Male 
inflorescence 18 in. long, branches 16 to 18, about 8 to 9 in. long. 
Flowers nearly -75 in. long. Sepals gibbous orbicular. Petals 
pink, ovate-oblong, -5 in. long. Female, petals *5 in. long. Fruit 
oblong, depressed above, 2 in. long, 2-5 in. through, yellowish green 
and black. Seeds flattened, oblong, -25 in. through. Hab. On 
dry wooded hills, often very abundant. Pahang, Kwala Tahan. 
Malacca, Naning (Westerhout). Negri Sembilan, Tampin; Bukit 
Tangga. Perak, Bukit Kapayung; Thaiping Hills; Batang 
Padang. Province Wellesley, Bukit Lankap. Penang Hill. Native 
name: Langkap. Use: Pith eaten in curries. 
11. DIDYMOSPERMA, Wendl. 
Dwarf palms, unarmed. Stems solitary or tufted. Leaves 
cuneatc, oblong entire or pinnate with trapezoid leaflets. Spikes 
simple or branched, unisexual. Spathes numerous, persistent. 
Flowers rather large. Male calyx cupular, trifid. Petals oblong. 
Stamens 10 to 30. No pistillode. Female sepals round. Petals 
triangular. Ovary 2- to 3-celled. Fruit globose or oblong. Seeds 
I to 3. Albumen equable. Species 6, Assam and Malaya. 
