CLVI. PALRIACEJ 3 
Teysinannia.] 
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Inflorescence short, deciirved, with a few stout branches. Spathes 
several, short. Flowers pedicelled. Sepals short, round. Petals 
much larger, lanceolate. Stamens 6, cuneate, in a ring. Fruit 
dry, pericarp corky warted. Seed i, globular. Species i, Malay 
Peninsula and Sumatra. 
(i) T. altifrons Mzq. Ann. Mus. Boi. Litgd. Bat. iv. 89, i. ii. 
iii.; Ridl. Mat. ii. 168, 
Stem very short to 7 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 7 ft. long, 20 to 
24 in. wide, stiffly coriaceous; petioles 24 to 30 in. long. Spathes 
narrow, brown, furfuraceous, 6 in. long, i in. wide, oblong. Spadix 
6 in. long, branches 6 or 7, red furry. Petals *12 in. long. Fruit 
brown, 1-5 in. through. Seed -75 in. long, globose. Hab. Hill 
woods; local but abundant. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Pahang, 
Tahan Woods to 3500 ft. altitude. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tanga; 
Seremban (Napier). Perak, Gunong Keledang; Bukit Kapayung, 
Sungei Si put. Native names: Dana Sang; Daun Payong; K’roh 
(Pahang), the: The great leaves of this noble palm are much 
valued by the explorer for roofing huts, as they are very large, 
strong and durable and easily arranged so as to be rain-proof. 
19. METROXYLON, Rothb. 
Rliizomatous palms with huge erect stems. Leaves very large, 
pinnate. Inflorescence terminal, wide-spreading, much-branched. 
Flowers sunk in large dense spikes. Bracts woolly. Male and 
female flowers irregularly mixed. Males, sessile. Sepals 3, obovatc 
blunt. Petals 3, oblong. Stamens 6. Pistillode small, 3-lobed. 
Females as males, but stamens infertile. Pistil cylindric, scaly; 
styles 3. Fruit globose, flat-topped, covered with scales. Species 
5 to 7, Malay islands, Polynesia, the Sago-Palms. 
Leaf sheaths smooth , . . . . . . (i) M. sagus 
Leaf sheaths spiny . . , . . . . (2) M. Rumphii 
(i) M. sagus Rothb. Nye. Sami. K. Dansk. Vid. Skrifi. ii. 527; 
Ridl. Agric. Bull. Mai. Pen. Ser. i. 62. Sagu laevis Bl. Rumphia, 
ii. 147, pi. 86. 
Stems 40 ft. tall, 18 in. through, smooth, .sheaths and inflores¬ 
cence smooth, unarmed. Leaves 20 ft. long, pinnae 3 ft. long, 
about 60 pairs. Flower spikes 6 in. long, -5 in. thick. Bracteoles 
densely woolly. Sepals obovate blunt. Petals oblong obtuse, 
green and pink. Pistillode a small yellow 3-lobed process. Female 
flowers as male. Styles linear conic, 3. Fruit 2 in. through, 
yellow. Hab. Cultivated and half wild. Malacca and Johor and 
Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Native name: Rumbia. 
Use: The starch of the stems supplies sago. The leaves are 
valued for attaps. The pith of leaf-stalk can be used for cork in 
insect boxes, etc. 
