Ptychococcus
(from ptyche, a fold, and coccos, a berry; in allusion to the wrinkled albumen). ORD. Palmoe. A genus of three species of Javan Palms, founded by Beccari, formerly included under Ptychosperma. It differs from that genus in the form of the fruit, which in Ptychococcus is obliquely attenuated into a beak at the apex, instead of being rounded. For culture, see Ptychosperma, on p. 247, Vol. III.
P. arecinus (Areca-like). A very beautiful, pinnate-leaved Palm, which, in its native forests, attains a height of 60ft. or more.