138 CXXXIH. PALME. [Keniia. 
N. S. Wales. Lord Howe’s Island, €. Moore, Fullagar. 
Muell. Fragm. 
vii. 100; Grisebachia Forsteriana, Wendl. and Drude, 1. c. 203; Howiea Forstervana, 
Beccari, 1. c.) or * Thatch or flat-leaved Palm,” with the segments hanging. The 
specimens as far as they go show no difference that I can discover in the male 
flowers and fruits, and the distinctness of the two whether as varieties or species 
emains to be ascertained. 
ft. long, the upper ones confluent at the base, all or most] jagged or 
toothed at the apex. Panicle of numerous slender pendulous spikes of 
and thiek, marked 
with the scars of the spatha and of 2 outer bracts, the primary branches 
very short and thick, the rhachis of the spikes slender, the notches 
very little immersed. Spatha and male flowers unknown. Female 
P 
erect. with an oblong oblique basal hilum, the testa free from the 
endocarp, the albumen not ruminate.—Hydriastele Wendlandiana, 
Wendl. and Drude in Linnza, xxxix, 209. 
N. Australia. Liverpool River, Gulliver. 
Queensland. Cape York, IV. Hill, Daemel ; Cape Sidmouth, Curdie. 
The Arnhem and Queensland specimens appear to belong to one species 
but it is possible that when better known they may prove to be distinct. 
5. K, Canterburyana, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 101 ; viii. 234.—A tal 
palm with a dense head of long pinnate leaves, the segments numerous, 
nearly equal and acuminate. Panicle branching into spreading spikes 
of about 6 in., the rhachis thick and flexuose, the notches not immersed 
and not close. Spatha unknown. Male perianth about 4 lines longs 
road and almost as long, inner ones ovate and rather shorter. Ovary 
thin more or less adhering to the endocarp, leaving the albumen reticu- 
: i i 1 $cep : Qan- 
N. S. Wales. Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore; Fitzgerald. “Umbrella Palm” 
6. K.? acuminata, Wendl. and Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 207.—O0)¥ 
known from a single leaf and a loose fruit. Leaf about 3 ft. long but 
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