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CLVI. PAtMACE^ 
ipidyntosfeyMa. 
Leaves simple or of 4 or 5 leaflets, trapezoid sub- 
sessile. 
Spike I, short erect . . . . . . (i) D. Hookeriana 
Leaves with ovate leaflets, base ina;quilatcral petiolate. 
Spike I, long slender. (2) D. hastata 
(1) D, Hookeriana Becc. Males, iii. 186; Ridl. Mat. ii. 155. 
Stems I or several 12 to 13 in. tall, *25 in. through. Leaves 
simple, obcuneate, trapezoid, toothed, with a long point at tip, or 
more often 4 or 5 and a terminal one, base narrow obcuneate, 
sessile or shortly petioled, 7 to 9 in. long, 1-5 in. wide or more. 
Spike single, 3 to 8 in. long with several linear spathes 4 in. long 
or less on the slender 4 in. peduncle. Males -25 in. long. Stamens 
numerous. Female spadix stouter with orange-coloured pistil. 
Fruit globose, orange, -25 in. through. Hah. Not rare; in forests. 
Pahang, Tahan River; Kota Glanggi. Perak, Teluk Pinang; 
Kwala Dipang (Curtis); Waterloo; Kamuning; Sungei Rayah 
and Gimong Mesah (Kimstler); Perils, Kanga. Setul, Bukit 
Rajah Wang (a form with 5 pairs of narrow leaflets). 
(2) D. hastata Becc. Males, iii. 99; Ridl. Mat. ii. 156. 
Stems 3 to 6 ft. tall, *4 in. through. Leaves over i ft. long; 
leaflets 5 pairs, terminal pair not connate, ovate denticulate, base 
pairs usually inaequilateral, 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 to 
•5 in. long. Spike 7 in. long, slender, peduncle as long. Male flowers 
numerous, -i in. long. Petals oblong;. Stamens 15. Hah. In 
forests, less common than D. Hookeriana. Selangor, Rawang; 
Bukit Kudah. Perak, Selama (Kimstler). Kelantan, Chaning 
Woods (Ridley). 
A specimen from Petaling (Selangor) has leaflets elongate rhomboid with 
a long point, and hardly any teeth, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide, and petioles slender, 
1-75 in. long, base of leaflet long-narrowed. 
12 . CARYOTA, Linn. 
Very tall or medium-sized palms, stems solitary or 5. Leaves 
very large, pinnate or bipinnate; leaflets obliquely flabelliform or 
obcuneate, tip round or acuminate petioluled. Inflorescences 
produced from upper axils dowmwards alternately male and female, 
of many long pendulous spikes. Spathes short, 3 to 5. Male 
flowers rather large. Petals oblong. Stamens numerous. Female 
sepals gibbous, round. Staminodes 3. Fruit globose, i- to 3- 
seeded. Albumen ruminate. Species about 10, India, Cochin 
China, Malaya, Australia. 
Stem solitary, stout, 60 ft. tall . . . . (i) C. sequatorialis 
Stems 5, slender, 15 to 25 ft. tall . . . . (2) C, mitis 
(i) C. sequatorialis Ridl. C. obtusa Griff, var. aequatorialis 
Becc. in Hook fiL F.B.I. v. 423. 
Stem solitary, 50 to 60 ft. tall and i ft. or more through. Leaves 
18 ft. long; leaflets obcuneate dentate or serrate, upper margin 
