144 CXXXIII. PALMA. 
8. CARYOTA, Linn. 
Flowers monecious in the same spadix, sessile in the notches of the 
long pendulous branches of the inflorescence, usually 2 males in each 
ed i " 
e genus consists of few species spread over tropical Asia, the only 
AR Se: extending over the Malayan Archipelago to the eastern provinces 
of East ` $ 
I G. 
inflorescence in our pecimens perfec 
ame: : 
with 1 perfect ovule. Fruit globular, i to 2 in. diameter.— Beccari 
Malesia, 70; C. obtusa, Griff in Cale. Journ. v. 480, Palm. Ind. 170, 
t. 236 bop Alert, P. Muell.; Wendl. and Drude in " 
xix. 221. 
Queensland. Cape York, Daemel, the fruits from A. Richardson. 
: are exactly the size of those of the true 0. # 
es fully out, and in that species the spadix according to Griffith attains 10 © 
9. LICUALA, Rumph. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, in a loose panicle, with sheathing bracts 02 
the main rhachis and peduncle. Outer perianth 3-lobed or 3-toothed; 
inner of 3 valvate segments. Stamens 6, the filaments united in a cup 
