Tas. 7058. 
LICUALA Verront. 
Native of Borneo. 
Nat. Ord. Patmem.—Tribe Coryruex. 
Genus Licuata, Thunb. ; (Benth. et Hook. J: Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 928.) 
Licvata Veitchii; foliis amplis breviter petiolatis orbiculari-flabellatis con- 
vexis plicis innumeris leviter arcuatis lete viridibus ima basi rotundata, 
marginibus breviter fissis, segmentis 1-2 uncialibus oblongis obtuse 2- 
fidis, petiolo lamina multoties breviore depresso trigono supra concavo 
subtus carinato, ligula brevissima, marginibus crebre breviter spinosis, 
vagina brevi, spadice gracili elongato, spathis tubulosis viridibus breviter 
fissis, ramulis floriferis distantibus 2-3-pollicaribus laxifloris, floribus 
parvis sessilibus, calycis viridis lobis triangularibus, petalis triangulari- 
ovatis coriaceis apicibus inflexis, filamentis latis in nd cylindraceum 
truncatum connatis apicibus liberis subulatis, antheris parvis ovatis, 
ovario turbinato, stylo brevi subulato. 
LL. Veitchii, Watson in Gard. Chron. 1886, pt. i. p. 189 (nomen tantum), 
Pritchardia grandis, Veitch Cat. 1885, p. 54. 
A singularly beautiful Palm, from the close and regular 
folds of its large almost orbicular bright green convex 
leaves, which having short petioles form a compact crown 
on the top of the caudex. It was, according to Mr. Watson ‘ 
(l.c.), introduced by Messrs. Veitch, who distributed he 
under the impression that it was a species of Pritchardia. 
According to a note accompanying a dried leaf from 
Messrs. Veitch (sent to Kew, 1883), and preserved in the 
Herbarium of Kew, it is a native of Sarawak in Borneo, 
whence it was introduced by Mr. Curtis, then collecting 
for Messrs. Veitch, and now superintendent of the Bo- 
tanical Garden in Penang. a | 
The plant here figured was presented to the Royal 
Gardens by Messrs. Veitch in 1885, and flowered in De- 
cember, 1887. Being probably far from fully developed, 
the dimensions of the caudex, leaf, and petiole will pro- 
bably exceed in a fully grown plant those given in the 
following description. 
Duscr. Stem in the Kew specimen (about seven years 
old) very short. Leaves nearly two feet in diameter, 
May 1st, 1889. 
