CLVI. PALMACEJ5 
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crowded, cyliiidric, fluffy, i in. long. Sepals oblong, free. Petals 
oblong, cuspidate. Female spadix flattened, spikes 3 to 5 in. long, 
•5 in. through. Flowers -25 in. long (larger than males). Fruit 
3 in. long, turbinate beaked, dark brown, scales flat, deep grooved. 
Hab. Wet spots in forest, scattered. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Gunong Pulai Road (Bert). Malacca, 
Batu Tiga. Dindings, Lumut; Gunong Tungul (Ridley); Perak, 
Thai ping (Kunstler). Native name: Salak Hutan. 
(3) Z. glabrescens Griff, l.c. 14 ; Palms of Brit. Ind. 17, t. 179; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 170. 
Stemless plant. Leaves 12 to 15 ft. long, spines broad flat, in 
short transverse rows; leaflets oblong falcate acuminate, lip bristly, 
8 to 12 in. long, 2 in. wide. Spadices i ft. long or more, trailing. 
Spathes, lower ones lanceolate convolute, upper tubular. Spikes 
cyliiidric, brovMi, 3 in. long, with broad short imbricate bracts. 
Sepals lanceolate connate halfway. Fruit fusiform globose, i in. 
long; scales dark browm, ending in upeurved points. Seeds 2. 
Hah. Forests. Not rare. Pahang, Tahan River Woods. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur; Ulii Selangor. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 3000 to 
3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang Hill, road to Balik Pulau 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley); Kwala Krai (Haniff). 
(4) Z. Wallichiana Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 200, 325, t. 118, 
119; Ridl. Mat. ii. 170. Z. edulis Wall. PI. /Is. Rar. iii. 14, t. 222- 
224 (not of Blume). Z. Rumphii and Z. macrostachya Griff. Palms 
of Brit. Ind. 10, 13 t., 175 and 178. 
Stem short, stout. Leaves 10 to 20 ft. long; rachis with flat 
thorns 2 or 3 together; leaflets elliptic acuminate at both ends, 
clustered in pairs or fours, tips setaceous, edges setulose; nerves 
prominent, 12 to 18 in. long, 3 in. wide. Male spadix 4 ft. long, 
peduncle 2 ft. long. Spathes lanceolate split villous. Spikes 7, 
cyliiidric, 2*5 to 3 in. long, woolly. Flowers -25 in. long. Sepals 
linear-lanceolate, free to base. Fruit in dense heads, obovoid, 
I in. long, brown, scales with long refle.xed brittle points. Hah. 
Forests. Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca, Ching (Griffith). Pro¬ 
vince Wellesley, Perniatang Bertam, Bukit Juru. Distrib. Tenas- 
serim, Siam, Borneo. Native name: Kumbar. 
21. EUGEISSONA, Griff. 
Large tufted palms with short or no stem. Leaves pinnate; 
leaflets linear-lanceolate narrow. Spadix tall, erect dense, branches 
very short, covered with close-fitting spathes passing into bracts. 
Flowers very large, almost woody, i to 3 on ends of branches. 
Males calyx cupular 3-lobed. Petals lanceolate pungent. Stamens 
12. Fruit ovoid, i-seeded, covered with small beaked brown scales. 
Seed globose. Species 6, Malayan. 
Plants very large; leaflets linear-lanceolate 
acuminate; spadix 6 ft. long 
. (i) E. tristis 
