1922.] PALMS. 31 



Licuala spinosa. Java, IMoluccas. 



A slender many- stemmed palm 10 to 15 feet in height with orbicular 

 leaves composed of many widely separated lobes from 15 to 18 inches in 

 length with obtuse many-toothed apices. Petioles bear brown hooked 

 spines and fibrous basal sheaths. The Howers and fruit are borne on 

 long erect spikes, the latter being about the size of currants, orange- 

 coloured when rips. 



Livistona altissima. Java. 



A very tall, erect, slender stemmed palm, exceedingly handsome 

 when carrying a good crop of scarlet berries. Leaves palmate, 

 strongly armed. 



Livistona chinensis. China and Japan. 



Height 50 to 60 feet with a grey trunk about 1 foot in diameter 

 surmounted by a crown of palmate leaves. The narrow pendant leaflets 

 are quite a characteristic feature of the plant and make it recognizable 

 for a long distance. The petioles are armed with retrorse spines which 

 are more strongly developed on young plants. The fruits about the 

 size of marbles are borne on arching branches. 



This palm is largely growji for decorative purposes. Fans are made 

 from the leaves. 



Livistona Jcnlxinsiana. Tolio Pa*'. Assam. 



An erect palm 30 to 50 feet high, with a trunk 8 to 12 inchs? in 

 diameter. Leaves palmate. Petiole armed with short hooked spines for 

 about half its length. The fruits of a deep blue colour contain seeds 

 about the size of marbles. 



In Assam the natives use the leaves for thatching and for making 

 the peculiar umbrella hats worn in that country. 



Martinezia caryotcefolia. New Granada. 



A slender stemmed palm 20 to 30 feet high armed with rings of 

 dark coloured spines, and bearing a few leaves on the summit. As it 

 ages it is of little decorative value. Leaves pinnate about 5 feet long, 

 the pinna; not so long as those of M. corallina, and with a broader lobed, 

 truncate apex. 



Martinezia corallina. Marbinique. 



A slender palm about 20 feet high, with stems thickly armed with 

 long, black, needle-like spines. Leaves pinnate from 5 to 6 feet in 

 length, with wedge-shaped leaflets 16 to 18 inches long, broadest at tlie 

 ape.< and bearing a few spines. Fruits globose, brillianL scirlet, about 

 the size of peas. 



Oreodoxa oleracea. Palmiste. Cabbige Palm. Native. 



A lofty palm with a perfectly straight, unarmed trank, sometime? 

 reaching as much as 180 to 200 feet high. Very handsame, much used 

 for avenu3 planting, the straight, grey tranks surmounted by the large 

 crowns of pinnate leaves give a noV.e effect. It is fiirly- couimDn 

 throughout Trinidal and T^ba^-o. The LmF bnd or "cabbage" may 

 bs eaten. 



