PALMAE. 55 LICUALA. 
thamas longarum petioli longi basi spinosi, segmenta angusta linea- 
ria paucinervia, subaequilatera, lateralia tandem bifida, intermedia 
paullo latiora 8—4-fida, laciniae angustae, acutae, segmentorum la- 
titudinem circiter longae, interiores bidentatae; spadix petiolos aequans, 
ramis florigeris bipartitis, sursum sìmplicibus, tomentoso-hirtulis, spa- 
thae albo-sericeo-hirtae. Licuala acutifida Mart. l. c.p. 237, tab. 
135, fig. 3—A4, tab. V. fig. 3. — Licuala spinosa Roxb. Fl. Ind, 
IL. p. 181 ezel. syn. Rumph. 
Indisch schiereiland; Poeloe Pinang, Singapore. 
Observ. Licuala peltata Roxb, FL Ind, II. p. 179, Mart. bc. 
p. 234, tab. 134, 162. in Archipelago vix occurrere videtur. 
6. Licuala elegans pr. Caudex 4-pedalis, frondium petioli ultra 
medium recurvo-spinosi 3 — 4}-pedales, lamina suborbiculata, ad ba- 
sin usque fissa in 20 fere segmenta angusta, intermedium reliquis sub- 
angustius, interiora 16 poll. longa lineari-cuneiformia recte, exteriora 
11 poll, aequantia oblique truncata, plicata, haec dentibus longiort- 
bus illa brevioribus terminata, chartaceo-membranacea, glabra, spadix 
7-pedalis, furfure pallide ferrugineo adspersus inferne subduplicatus, 
superne simpliciter ramosus, petiolis longior, drupae ellipsoideae 
aurantiacae. Licuala elegans Blume Rumphia. IL. p. 42, tab. 90. — 
A L. spinosa compage frondium teneriore, spadicis ramis oppositis 
caet. differt, 5 
Sumatra, in de boschachtige gewesten bij Palembang, Padang. 
Quid L. elegans mart. l. e.p. 236 e Celebes? 
7. Licuala penduliflora zipper. Caudex 15—25-cubitalis annu- 
latus, petioli 6—8-pedales trigoni, versus basin dilatatam horizon- 
taliter crasse et breviter spinosi, caeterum nudi, in frondis basi in 
ligulam transversam crassam callosam scarioso-marginatam expansi, 
lamina 3 pedum diametro ad basin fissa in segmenta 16 vel plura 
subumbraculiformi-expansa, ad latus utrinque decrescentia, elongato- 
cuneiformia, 1—2-pedes longa, (excepto intermedio 6—10 poll. 
lato) 3—4 poll. lata, media recte, lateralia oblique truncata, haec 
profundius quam illa dentata, dentibus bifidis, spadix 3—4-pedalis, 
dependens, ramosissimus, ramis alternis, in racemos diffusos sursum 
decrescentes filiformes divisis, furfure fusco evanescenti adspersis, flo- 
