THE PALMS or SIKKIK. 13 



of Kunchinjmiga. The canes, though very pliable, arc soft and 

 nseless. The Lepcha name for this species is " Eunool." 



Tribus III, Coktphinejg. 

 LiviSTOKA, B, Br, 



L. Jenkinsiana, Griff. Calcutta Journ. of Nat, Hist. v. p. 334 ; 



Palms of British East India, p. 128, tab. 226 a, b. 

 Hab, In the moist tropical valleys of Sikkim, especially of the outer 



ranges. 



This is a scarce Palm in Sikkim j I have seen it only in the 

 ^alley of the Teesta and in the deep ravines near Sitong, the 

 loftiest mountain of the outer ranges of Sikkim. This Palm is 

 well known to the Lepchas, who call it ** Tulac-Myom." 



LicUALA, Thunb. 



L. PELTATA, Roxb. FL IndAi, p. 179; Griff. Palms of British East 

 India, p. 120, tab. 222; Mart. Palm. ii. p. 234, tab. 134-162. 



Hab. In the outer valleys of Sikkim, Hortulani hort. botan. Saha- 

 runporensis. 



This Palm has been found in Sikkim only by collectors from 

 the Botanical Garden, Saharunpore ; specimens procured by them 

 exist in the Calcutta Herbarium. It is quite unknown to the 

 Lepchas. 



Ph(enix, Linn. 



1. P. ACAULis, Roxb. Hort. Bengal, p. 73; Fl. Ind. iii, p. 783; Gr^ff. 

 Palms of British East India, p. 137, tab- 228. 



Hab. In dry tropical forests of Sal {Shorea robusta) and Pinus longi* 

 folia, in the valleys of the Great Rungeet and the Teesta. 



This Palm is called " Schap " by the Lepclias ; they eat its ripe 

 fruits, which, although very astringent, are not unpleasant to the 



taste. 



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2. P. UUPICOLA, T.Anders. Caudice elato, brevi; frondibus elon- 

 gatis, eleganter nutantibus, petiole compresso ; rachi trigona, com- 

 pressa ; pinnis flaccidis, Ilneari-ensiformibus, acuminatis, alternis vel 

 suboppositis, non fasciculatis, basi conduplicatis, supra basin planis ; 

 spadicibus fcemineis suberectis, compressis, glabris; spathis spadice 

 triplo vel quadruple brevioribus, lanceolatis, coriaceis, furfuraceis; 

 spicis terminalibus, fasciculatis, glabris, sinuosis ; fructibus oblongis, 

 glabris, apice mucronulatis, basi obtusis, calyce et corolla suffultis ; 



pulpa sparsa ; semlnibus laevibus, embryone dorsali. 

 Hab. In rupibus prseruptis siccis in valle fluminis Teesta ad altit. 



400-1500 pe 

 Palma gracilis. 



pollicum 



