Caryota.] clvi. palmace^ 2t 
acute or acuminate, i ft. long, 2-5 in. wide. Inflorescence 12 ft. 
long, spikes very numerous, 8 ft. long. Male flowers pale yellowish 
green, distant on the spike. Sepals round, base gibbous, -i in. long. 
Petals oblong-oblanceolate, -6 in. long. Stamens over 100. 
Females, sepals broad. Petals oblong-acute. Fruit and seed 
globose. Hab. Sporadic in the mountain forests, in damp valleys, 
not rare but very difficult to collect on account of its great height. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai. Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Batang Padang. 
Native name: Dudok. 
(2) C. mitis Lour. FI. Cochinchine, ii. 571 Mat. ii. 157- 
C. sobolifera Mari. Hist. Palm. 194, pi. 107, fig. 2; Griff. Palms 
of Brit. I mi. 171, t. 236. 
Stems 5 from a root, 15 to 25 ft. tall, 4 in. through or less. Leaves 
8 ft. long; sheaths mealy tomentose, 3 to 4 ft. long; petioles 2 to 
3 ft. long, lamina large, bipinnate, pinnate about 2 ft. long; leaflets 
obcuneate erose, toothed at tip, 7 in. long. Panicles 10 in. long. 
Spikes 20 or more, pendulous. Male flowers, sepals round lacerate, 
green. Petals oblong, -25 in. long, violet. Female flowers, sepals 
hairy on the edge. Petals ovate purple. Fruit globose flat- 
topped, purple, *5 in. through. Seed i, transversely elliptic, 
albumen sparsely ruminate. Hah. In woods and hedgerows, 
villages, etc. Very common. Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit 
Timah; Pulau Ubin, Malacca. Ayer Panas; Batang Malaka 
(Derry). Pahang River. Perak (Wray). Province Wellesley, 
Permatang Bertam. Penang Hill. Perils, Besih Hangat; Tebing 
Tinggi. Adang islands, Pulau Rawei. Disirib. Burma; Anda¬ 
mans, Cochinchina. Native names: Tukus; Dudok. Use: The 
tomentum of the leaf sheaths is used by Sakais as wadding for 
the blow-pipe and for tinder. The stems produce an inferior sago. 
13 . PH(ENIX, Linn. 
Stems short usually several (rarely tall or solitary). Leaves 
pinnate, rigid, spiny; leaflets linear spinous, sides pinched in at 
base. Inflorescence interfoliar, erect, branched, unisexual. Spathe 
complete, large. Flowers small, yellow. Males, calyx fiat or cup¬ 
shaped, 3-lobed. Petals linear, ovate or oblong. Stamens 3 to 
9; filaments subulate. Females, petals rounded, staminodes 
6 free or connate. Carpels 3, free. Drupe oblong, i-seeded. Seed 
oblong, grooved on one side. Species about 10, Africa, India, Siam. 
(i) P. paludosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. 75; FI. Ind. 789; Gnff. 
Palms of Brit. Ind. 144, t. 229; Ridl. Mat. ii. 158. 
Stems several, 5 to 8 ft. tall, 3 in. through. Leaves 4 to 8 ft. 
long; leaflets i to 2 ft. long, *5 in. across, linear acuminate, grey 
beneath. Male panicle i to 1*5 ft. long, peduncle broad flat, 
branches slender, 3 to 4 in. long. Petals linear. Female panicle 
stouter. Petals orbicular. Drupe -5 in. long, black. Hah. Tidal 
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