434 CLXIII. PALMES. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [Licuala. 
tooth, mouth of spathe lacerate, spadix nodding compressed, branches 3 
simple subtomentose, flowers sessile, calyx campanulate pubescent, fruit 
very small pisiform. 
PERAK; at Semhi, King’s Collector (3028). . 
Closely allied to L. triphylla, but leaf-segments more numerous, mid-segment 
not petiolulate, and branches of the spadix simple. Fruit (dried) i in. diam.— 
T have seen nojflowers. J. D. H. 
** Snadix bearing a solitary simple or digitately branched inflorescence. 
13. A. Scortechini, Becc. ‘Males. iii. 192; leaves semicircular e 
17-partite, segments with long 2-fid teeth, mid-segments 9 lateral - 
nerved, spathes 2 acutely 2-keeled inflated above acute, spadix and fov 
fulvously pubescent, branches 4-5 filiform digitately branched, calyx 09- 
conico-campanulate truncate, petals pubescent striate, staminal cup 
toothed, ovary glabrous. 
PERAK ; Scortechini. 
Described from a single leaf and flowering spadix. 
14. L. Kingiana, Becc. Males. iii. 193; stem slender, leaves ssa 
semicircular 5-partite, segments broad obtusely obliquely toothed, b A 
broadest sessile cuneiform, petiole very slender, spathes 2, outer tu Mix 
acuminate split at the side, upper very narrow mouth lacerate, P ( 
terminating in a solitary dense-fld. spike, calyx campanulate airy; 
staminal cup 6-toothed, ovary glabrous. 
PERAK ; at Goping, Kunstler (471). nts all 
Stem about 5 ft. by 1 in. diam. Leaves 10-12 in. diam. ;_ Porn in 
cuneiform, many-toothed; teeth 3 A in., obtuse, entire or 2-fid; petiole 18- very 
armed from the lower third with small Straight or recurved spines. Spall. in.) 
slender, 1-3 in. diam., nearly glabrous. Spadia 6-10 in., erect, and sp ike (2 t not 
tomentose. Calyw irregularly lobed. Petals broadly ovate, finely pubes 
striate. Ovary turbinate, glabrous; style subulate. Fruit not seen. 
20. LIVISTONA, Br. 
Tall palms, trunk annulate. Leaves orbicular, flabellately plicate, det 
to the middle into 2-fid narrow lobes; petiole long, margins "cht 
Spadices interfoliar, long peduncled, erect, fruiting pendulous, +0 mm? 
panicled; spathes many, tubular, sheathing; flowers minute, 2-gex 
b- 
ovules basilar, erect. Drupes 1-3, globose oblong or ellipsoid ; style 50 o 
terminal. Seed erect, ventral face hollowed ; albumen equable; embry 
Oa 26 D; 
L. chinensis, Br, (L. sinensis, Mart. ;) Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 131, t. 2 
Wall. Cat. 8620, a Chinese and Tapana ge is cultivated in India, and mà. 
recognized by its reniformly flabellate leaves with long pendulous deeply bi 
divisions and the olive-like drupe. 
» S es 
l. L. cochinchinensis, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 242; le 
. D i do 
9-10 ft. diam. orbicular, lobes 2-partite, segments very long linear E L 
lous, tips filiform, drupe globose 4-2 in. diam. Bece. Males. M. "* 
