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LICUALA. Schreb. gen. n. 1691. 
Calyx three-toothed. Corol three cleft. Germ supe- 
perior, three-lobed, three-celled. Cells one-seeded; attach- 
ment inferior. Style single. Stamina simple. Drupe one- 
celled, one-seeded. Embryo a little above the base on 
the: inside. 
1. L. peltata. R. 
Fronds. palmate, orbicular, peltate. Stipes armed. 
Drupe turbinate ; no nectary. 
This small palm is a native of the woody mountainous 
parts near Chittagong, which separate that province from. 
the Burma dominions ; it was brought from thence to the 
Botanic Garden at Calcutta by Mr, William Roxburgh, 
where it blossoms in November and ripens its seed in 
May. " 
. Trunk, in our young oot short, and ‘apuniy. em- 
braced by the base of the petioles, and a web of coarse, 
light brown fibres, down to the ground; in that state 
it is about as thick asa man’s thigh. eaves (fronds,) 
alternate, long-petioled, orbicular, peltate, smooth, di- 
Vided to the base into from twenty to twenty-five 
wedge-shaped, dentate-truncate, plaited portions; the 
superior two, or more, are much broader and longer, 
being composed of from ten to fifteen ribs, while the la- 
teral, and inferior ones are composed of from three to 
five only ; the apices of these ribs taper off conically, and 
have their points bifid, the breadth or length of the 
_ Whole leaf, for they are nearly the same size, from three 
to four feet. _Petioles or stipes spreading, three or 
four feet long, nearly triangular, having the two lateral 
edges armed with numerous, dreadful, strong, variously 
curved, smooth, dark brown, sharp spines, of different. 
Sizes ; toward the base channelled, stem-clasping, and. | 
finaly tied over each other, and round the trunk, Ag 
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