430 CLXHI. PALMEX. (Beccari & Hook. f.) — [Nannorhops. 
i i le fl. inserted in the 
bracteate, the other pedicelled ebracteate. Stamens in the ma 1 
corolla-tube ; in the ermaph. fl. in its throat; anthers deeply poe 
narrowed into the style. Drupe globose ellipsoid or oblong, from the siz 
to a bullet. 
19. LICUALA. 
Low, rarely tall palms; stems aunulate. Leaves more or less Greg 
or flabellate, plicate, deeply partite; petiole usually spinous. 4 op as 
interfoliar, sheathed by tubular coriaceous persistent spat es per ie 
branched, glabrous tomentose or scurfy; Howers usually sma d aus di 
hermaphrodite; bracts and bracteoles obscure or 0. Calyx Suet 6, 
tubular, mouth 3-fid. Corolla-lobes coriaceous, valvate. uisi 
filaments subulate; anthers cordate. Ovary of 3 free or nearly ne: Wire 
l-ovuled carpels; styles filiform; ovules erect. Drupes sma a: dng 
minal. Seed erect, globose, free, ventral face often hollowe ialia at 
equable, embryo dorsal.—Species about 45, trop. Asia, Aus 
Pacific. 
There are several unnamed Burmese and Malayan-Peninsular spe 
Herbarium, which I fail to identify with any of the Indian ones d may be 
Beccari. I refrain from describing them, as they are solitary specimens, Heen 
the same as known Malayan island species, of which I have seen no spec 
J. D. H. 
cies in the Kew 
enumerated by 
1 331i 
A. Flowers 1-1 in. long. 
l. L. peltata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 179; leaf orbicular 12-80 pare 
petiole armed throughout with strong curved spines, spadix dn in. 
superposed branches tomentose and flowers tomentose. | TË Brit. 
Wern. Soc. v. 313; Grif. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 325; Pa i 298; 
Ind. 120, t. 222, Mart: Hist. Nat. Palm. 234, t. 162 ; Kunth Enum or Fl. 
Wall. Cat. 8617; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliii. 1. 20 i379 1637, 
ii. 527; T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 13; Gard, Chron. , 
fig. 350. 
the 
Sikkim HIMALAYA, Assam, the KHaAsIA HILLS, SILHET, BURMA and 
ANDAMAN IsLps. . variously 
Stems 8-15 ft., usually gregarious. Leaves 3-5 ft. diam., segmenti ath and 
connate, many-toothed at the apex, teeth 1-2 in; very variable 12 in. long by 
breadth, obtusely 2-fid; petiole 3-4 ft., stout. Spathes tubular, ei stout spadix 
2-3 in. broad, mouth irregularly toothed or lobed. Spikes of ta Iya campanu- 
distant, 6-10 in., pendulous, fulvous-tomentose ; flowers stipitate. Ca y coriaceous: 
late, silkily pubescent, shortly lobed. Petals 2—3 in. long, lanceolate, o rd. Jeed 
Fruit 4 in. long, ellipsoid, narrowed equally at both ends, orange- 
with the intruded hilar process dilated within. 
B. Flowers much less than i 
I. Spathes tubular, with entire or lacerate mouths. 
. ising É 
* Spadix with 8-10 superposed branched inflorescences arising 
special spathes. 
in. long. 
rom 
rit. 
2. L. paludosa, Grif. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 233; ayer og 
Ind. 118, t. 221, A, B, O; leaves flabelliform or orbicular T d-lobed, 
lateral segments deeply acutely 3-4-lobed, the rest truncately mo Bet 
petiole unarmed above, flowers minute glabrous, petals very $50 
Males. iii. 74. 
