C a u d e x a iiiitila iu s , in te rn o d iis su b c la v a tis , d iam e tro p o llica ri. F r o n d e s 5 — 8 p a tu la e , 5 ¿— 8 p e d . lo n g a e. V a g in
a e u ltra p ed a le s . P e t i o l i s e sq u ip e d a le s . P i n n a e I 1/* — 2 p e d . lo n g a e , su b tr in e rv ia e , su b tu s a lb o -g la iic e s c c n té s , su p e r
io r e s c u n e a ta e , b ip a rtita e , s e gm en tis b ilo b is, lo b is p le rum q u e b ifid is , sum m a b ip a r t ita , o b liq u e p ra e in o rs a . S p a t u a 8 — 9
p o ll, lo n g a , p a p y ra c e o -c o ria c e a , o b tu s e c u sp id a ta . S p a d ix 6 — 8 p o ll., p e d ú n c u l o c om p re sso , r a m i s com p re s s is , flex u o -
s i s , d e n s e ilo rig e ris . F l o r e s MASC. a lb id i, c om p re s s i, fo em in eo s f e r e o b te g en te s . P é t a l a in a e q u a lia , d u r iu s c u la . F i l a -
m e n ta p c rb r e v ia , a n t h e r a e p e talis '/ , b r c v io r e s . F l o r e s FOEM. d is tic h i in fac ieb u s p la n is ram o rum . S é p a l a co rd a ta,
a cum in a ta . P é t a l a b r e v io r a , fim b ria ta . R u d im e n ta s tam in um n u lla . S t y l u s b re v is s im u s . S t ig m a m a g n um , co n cav um .
B a c c a b in r am is sp ith am a eis s a n g u in e a c , d e in n ig ro -p u rp u re a e , m am m illa ta e , c a rn e e x tu s sp o n g io sa in tu s fib ro sa, e n d o c a rp io
c ru s tá c eo . Semen a d h a e re n s , t e s t a n itid a f o s c a , a lb um in e p ro fu n d e rum in a to . Em b ry o o b liq u e in b a s i s itu s . (Ex Grilf.
e t sp c c im . ab ip so e t a W a llich io c om m u n ic .)
I n s y lv is insiline Pin a n g , u b i K u r d o o d ic itu r : W a l l i c h , L e t c e s , e t Ma la cca e, u b i P i n a n g B u r e n g : G r i f f .
ICON. EXPL. Tab. 153. Fig. Ili: Spadix, ramis tribus, fiorimi foemineorum series dislicbas monslrans, 111. n. — 1. Hujus spadicis parlicula. 2. Calyx focmineus.
3. Corolla foeminca. 4. Pislillum. 5. Idem vcflicalilcr dissectum. Omnia magnitudine aucla.
5. S U A l'O R T U L i D IC K S O N I : ( O R T H O S T IC H A N T H E ) ca u d ice m ed io c r i; p in n is lin e a r i -la n c e o la tis pU catis
I r mica! is p r a e tn o r s is , su tu mis co n jlu en tib u s ; spalliti 1 ; spadic e r e fr a c to , ram is -1 — '8 ; f o r u m m a s cu lo rum sepalis su bu-
la tis quatti p e la la o v a to - a cumin a ta p a n ilo b r e v io r ib u s , s tam in ib u s tr ig in ta ; fo em in e o rum d is tic h o rum s ta m inibus abortirne
s e x ap ic e pennicHlatis; ba c cis oblo n g o -o va tis a c u tiu s c u lis .
ARECA D IC KS ONI, Roxb. Flora Ind. III. p. 616. Iconum in Bibliotheca Soc. anglo-ind. asscrv. tab. 1678. — Griff. 1. c. p. 458.
Palma 15— 18 pedes alta. Caudex reel iis, gracilis, diametro bipollicari. F rondes 4 circi ter pedes longae. P i n n a e in media
rhaclii bipedales, summae e t imae pedales, lineari-lanceolatae a u t lineares, n e r v i s p r im a r i i s 5 — 7 percursae, in te r ñervos plicatae,
interdum findendae, truncatae c t pracmorsae, crenis in te r binos ñervos diiabus au t tribus. Spadix in caudice infra frondes basi semilunari
sessilis, m a n u b r io brevi compresso-teretiusculo, r h a c h i ramos 4— 8 simpliccs, subaequales, subdistichos, 6— 8 pollices longos exserente.
Spatiia simplex, decidua, lato-fusiformis. F lores densi, numerosi, habitu fere flonun Bactridis macracanthae, pallide ochroleuci, in series
duas oppositas dispositi; in inferiore ramorum parte singuli foeminei cum duobus masculis stipantibus, versus extremitates omnes masculi.
MASCULI: Calyx foliolis subulatis, basi cohaerentibus, longitudine fere aequantibus pétala cordato-acuminata. Filamenta 20— 3 0 , per-
brevia, centro floris plano inserta, anther as lineares obtusas emarginatas ferentia. FOEMINEI: Calyx foliolis ovato - suborbicularibus.
Pétala calyci similia pariterque convoluta, attamen panilo majora. Redimenta staminum sena basi in discum hypogynum conflucntia, apice
cibata. Ovarium subglobosum. Stylus brevis, simplex. Stioma profunde trilobum. Bacca fere pollicem longa, in perigonio persistente,
oblonga, acutiuscula, vix dimidium pollicem la ta , fuscescenti-rubens, sicca, fibrosa. Nucleus homoideus, testa crassiuscula fusca. Albumen
lacteum, fusco-roseo-ruminatum. E mbryo cylindricus, in basi nonnihil oblique positus.
C re sc il in s y lv is M a la b a r ia e : c l. D i c k s o n , R o x b u r g h , R . W i g h t . A u g u s to f lo r e t e t f r u c t u s m a tu r a t. F ru c tu s ,
monetile D i e l i s o n i o , a p a u p e r ¡bus loco A r e c a e v era e a diabeti tu r .
6. S E A F O R T H IA D I S T I C H A : ( O R T H O S T IC H A N T H E ) ca udice h um ili a ru n d in a c eo ; fr o n d ib u s simplicibus ob-
o v a to -c u n e a tis b ifu r c is , la c in iis tr ia n g u la r ib u s tru n c a tu lis p ra e tn o r s is ; sp a lila 1 ; sp a d ic e sim p lici v e l 2 — '¿-ramoso, h ir to
r e fr a c to ; f o r u m m a scu lo rum p e ta lis obliquis cu sp id a lis cd lyc em m u lto su p e ra/ntibus, s tam in ib u s su b -1 5 ; ba c cis d is tich is
o v a tis a cumin a tis.
ARECA DIST ICHA (prius H UM IL IS ) Roxb. Fior. Ind. IH. p. 620. Iconum plant, indie, citat. tab. 1679. — Griff. 1. c. p. 461.
PINANGA B IFID A Blume Rumphia n . p. 82. t. 113. f. 2.
Palmilla habitu fere Oeonomae pycnoitachyae. Caudex 2 — 3 pedes a ltns, crassitie bacilli calamei, laevigatus, annulatus. F rondes
ad summum sesquipedales, p e t i q l i s bipollicari bus breviter vaginantibus in suprema caudicis parte affixae, simpliccs, circumscriptione
obovata, versus basin cuneatae, profunde bifiircae, laciniis subiríangularibus, extremitate breviter troncatis, plurinerviae, in te r ñervos plicatae,
nervis in dentes breves angustos excurrentibus, utrinque laevigatac. Spatiia simplex, intus aperiunda, fiisiformis, caduca, involvens spadi-
cem bi — tripollicarem, sub antheseos tempore retrofractum, simplicem, rillis rufo-fnscis vestitimi. F lores FOEMINEI soli larii in ángulo
rbacheos prosiliente, p e r duas series oppositas ordinati habent calyceh e t corollah subaequales foliolis ovato-orbicularibus concavis imbricada.
S taminum rudimentum nuUum. Ovarium ovale, stylo brevissimo, stigmate ampio glabro glanduloso. F lores MASCULI per paria
ad latus foeminei.- Calyx foliolis brevibus ovatis basi unitis. P étala inaequalia, oblique ovata, calyce multo majora. Stamina subquin-
decim. F ilamenta brevia. Antherae lineares. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Bacca olivaeformis, ovata, acutiuscula, matura colore auran-
tiaco, laevigata, c a r n e parca fibrosa, 10 lineas alta. Sbmen ovatum, testa fusco-rosea, albumine corneo parce ruminato. E mbryo basilaris.
Cre sc it in um b ro sis s y lv is in su la e P in a n g : R o x b u r g h ; in M a la c c a : G r i f f i t h ; in S u m a tr a : P r a e t o r i u s .
7 . S E A F O R T H I A G R A C I L I S : (O R T H O S T IC H A N T H E ) c a e sp ito sa , ca u d ice a ru n d in a c eo ( 8 ) ¡ fr o n d ib u s p in n a -
t i m f s s i s , p in n is subpedaiibus p lica l i s , in fe r io r ib u s lin ea rib u s longe fa lc a to -a c um in a tis , te rm in a lib u s c o n fu e n tib u s tru n ca lis
b r e v ite r f s e is , la c in iis b id e n ta tis , r h a c h i n e rvisq u e su b tu s m in u te le p id o tis ; s p a lla 1 ; sp a d ic e sim p lici v e l 2 — 3-ram o so
r e fr a c to ; f o r i b u s m a s cu lis p o ly a n d r is , p e ta lis c o rd a tis a c u tis c d lyc em mu lto tie s su p e ra n lib u s ; ba c cis t r i - r a r iu s d istich is,
a n g u sto -o b lo n g is a c u tis ( 8— 1 0 "' a l t i s , ru b e n tib u s).
ARECA G RACILIS Roxb. Fior. Ind. HI. p. 619. — F r. Hamilton (Buchanan) Comment Herb. Amb. in Mem. Wem. Soc. V. 1824.
p. 310. — Griffith in Cale. Joum. Nat. Hist. V. p. 459.
Crescit in Indiae orient, fu v i i Brahmaputra dìtione inter 29* et 20® lat. bor., colles sylvaticos inhabitans. In Assam
prov. inferiore primus ad Goalpara le ft: Bu ch a n a n H am ilto n , in superiore, prope Kujoodoo et Ningram et in Kha-
siya inter Nunhlow et Naogong, nec non in M. Emodi promanioriis infra Darjeeling: G r i f f i t h et alii; iti Silhet:
F ra n e , de S i l v a ; in Chittagong et in Bengala orientali: R o x b u r g h . Floret per calidos menses, fructus maturat
Octobri. In Assam dicitur G irg o a ? J e n k in s ;: in Silhet: R am -G u a h (quod nomen, teste H am ilto n io l. c. a Ben-
gdlensibus quoque tribuitur A r e c a e t r ia n d r a e ) ; in Bengala: Gava-Supari.* R o x b u r g h .
Jam adjungimus species quasdam Blimxeanas, qiiarnm phrases, a cl. auctorc nobis communicatas atque, licet nimis mancas, in priore
harum plagularum editione transcriptas, ill. auctor postca in Rumphia sua auxit atque amplificavit Isquc locus crit exponendi rationcs, qui-
bus Seaforthiae genus pro tempore constituimus. Nos, dum genera Ptychospermae e t Pinaugae a cl. BLUME distincta in tra unum Setffor-
thiac coercita retinuissemus, non inconsiderate egisse, e t auctorum de characterum valore dissensio e t ipsa nativa videntur comprobare.
B. GRIFFITH enim, auctor sane gravis, in Arecae genere cum speciebus a cl. BLUME pro genuinis babitis e t alias posuit, quas hic e t
Pinangae suae e t /ù n tin e e t Oncospermae tribuit, unde quispiam facile intelliget, limites ipsam Arecam inter e t genera affinia (quibtis quo-
dammodo Seaforthia praeest) pro tempore difficiles designar!. Quodsi vero notas a cl. BLUME adliibitas, u t Pinangam e t Ptychosperrnam
distinguerei, accurate perpendas, eas aut dignitate poliere nimis relativa, aut de omnibus speciebus nondiun liquore, invenies. Ita florum dispos
ilo , qua orthostichae efficiuntur in Pinanga magis conspicuac, quam in reliquia Seaforthiis, pariterque spatharum numéros, stigmatis conditio,
rudimentoriim pisi il lari um in floribus masculis praesentia e t indoles, nisi simultane omnes obveniant,-ad genera firmiter stabil icuda vix valent.
Ovulorum insertio, ceteroquin in uno eoderaqite genere varia, e t albuininis conditio in multis speciebus adhucdum la ten t, unde pro gravissimo
discrimine nil maneret nisi calyx in Pinanga tripartitila, in Seaforthia v. Ptychosperma tripbyllus, cujus notae momentum, nisi habitu
e t fructu firmetur (uti in Euterpe e t Oenocarpo) vix sufficiat generibns distinguendis. Immo viro cl. BLUME, quum ccrtas species, albumine
aequabili, sarcocarpio pruriente e t spatiia multiplici conspicuas nomine Ptychospermarum describcrct, subiisse dnhitatio videtur, utrum
rcctc illi generi eas assignaverit, utrum potius in distincto Drymophloei Zippel, genere debuerint ordinari. Qua de re u t ipse dubitem,
tantum abest, u t vel nolira inficiali e t Arecae e t Seaforthiae, Euterpes, Hyophorbes, Dypsìs rei. affinia genera laborare permagna characterum
vacillatione, dum pleniorem cognitionis materiem afferat aetas. Quibus omnibus perpensis, tutius Visum e s t, species omnes polyan-
d ria e t ovario uniovulato (semper uniloculari e t uno carpidio constante1!) ab Areca distinctas in unum genus componere, cui Seaforthiae
nomen servamus, quia semen sulcatum, quale Ptychospermae nomen indicat, omnibus speciebus non conveniL Subgenera tamen, si quis
servare velit, alterimi Ptychospermae s. Spiranthae, alterum Euseaforthiae s. Orthostichanthae nomine distinguât, dum plura inno merini.
Species a cl. BLUME sub Ptychosperma descriptae, quac Drymophloei Zippelio, in te r genuinas Seaforthias e t Wallichias ambigentes, ulteriore
egent examine.
8. SEAFORTHIA KUHLII: (ORTHOSTICHANTHE) caudice mediocri aut subelato ( 18—25); frondibus pinna-
tisectis, r ha chide sublepidota; segmentis utroque latere IO—13, falcato-lanceolatis acuminatis simis, superioribus apice trun-
cato-fssis basique subaequali-cunealis ; spadicibus nutantibus, ramis crebris fastigiatis redis ; f ructibus (distichis) ellipsoi-
deis obtusis laevibus. Blume Rumphia II. p. 82. t. I l i sub P in a n g a .
ARECA OR YZ A E FORM IS , Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. I. p. 20. t 7. f. 2. .6. (non Rumph.) e t SEAFOR THIA OR Y ZAEFORM IS in
hujus plagulae edit, priore, uti Blume 1. c. p. 119 recto suspicatus est, hue pertinet, id quod fructus a Gaertncri filio cl. nobis
communicatus extra dubitationem posuit.
Areca globulifera, Lam. Encycl. I. p. 241 n. 4. Willd. Spec. Pl. IV. p. 596 n. 7 , quandoquidem secundum Rnmphii descriptionem et
iconem consti tu ta , nequaquam hue revocanda, est enim species hucusque o lisciva.
Fructus S. Kuhlìi nobis a cl. Kollmann nomine Arecae taxaliUt ex Java insula missus depictus extat tab. 158 fi VI. et quidem 1. bacca integra in perigonio,
2. eadem, carne verlicaliter aperta, 3. nucleus. — In Tab. Z.V. fig. IV. et V. frustum spadicis cum cicatricibus fructuum ab utraque facie repraesentant.
In sylvis humilioribus locorum montanorum Javae occidentalis, incolis B i n b i c n g , B i u k i n g aut R en d o u appellata:
K u h l (B lum e , K o llmann).
9. SEAFORTHIA SY LV E STR IS : (ORTHOSTICHANTHE) caudice modice elato (¿0) gracili; frondibus piti-
natisectis; rhachide furfuracea; segmentis utroque latere crebris lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimis, supremis praemorsis;
spatha 1 (ì); spadicibus e r e c to - p a t e n t ib u s , ramis (7— 9) d i s tic h is subfexuosis; calycum masculorum segmentis
lineari-subulatis longioribus quam pelala; fructibus (distichis) olivaeformibus obtuse umbonatis. Blume Rumphia II.
p. 85 t. 85. sub P in a n g a ( s y lv e s t r i ) ja v a n a (prius S e a fo r th ia in hit. et in hujus plagulae edit, priore).
Areca sylvestris, Lour. Flor. Cochinch. H. p. 568, quam antea hue citaveram, a d . Blume nomine Pinangae cochinchinetui* distinguitur.
Crescit in Javae provincia Bantam, locis montanis habitatis: R e in w a r d t, Van H a s s e lt, et in agro Preange-
rano: Blume. Incoine P o h o n h an jawar dicunt, et ejus fructus subinde pro vera Areca in usum vacant.
10. SEAFORTHIA CORONATA: (ORTHOSTICHANTHE) cdudice mediocri (1 5 -2 0 ';; rhachide glabra; frondibus
pinnatisectis; segmentis utroque latere crebris elongato - linearibus acuminatis, superioribus apice truncato - tnciso - den-
tatis; spa this 2; spadicibus primo arrectis dein nutantibus, ramis crebris rectiusculis, fo r ife r is distichis, fructifères
coarctato-fasciculatis; calycum polyandrorum segmentis triangulari-ovatis multo brevioribus quam pelala; fructibus ellip-
soideis stigmate discoideo coronatis. Blume Rumphia II. p. 83 t. 112. 113 sub Pin a n g a .
ARECA CORONATA, Bl. in litt, supra p. 179 n. 12. c t SEAFORTHIA MONTANA ejus in hujns plagulae edit, priore.
Crescit in insulae Javae sylvis aboriginibus, circa Megamendong, promontorium montis ignivomi Gedé: K u h l
et Blume.
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