146 CXXXIII. PALME. [ Livistona. 
Fruit obovoid-oblong. Perianth scarcely 1 line 
Petiole more or less aculeate on the edges. vim nne. 
lobes rather obtuse vu M de poen 
Petiole entirely un armed. Outer perianth-lobes sacute . . 2. L. inerm 
F nes glo rote lar. Perianth UT lines MORE Outer —— lobes ; 
. 3. L. australis. 
R. Br. Prod. 268.—Stems 4 to 6 ft. high (M 
10 4 "(Sohults). 15 ft. or tall (Gulliver). Leaves orbicular-cordate 12 
divided into narrow plicate segments t apering to a fine point, the 
thread-like bristles between c lobes varying from n early lin. to very 
minute or altogether md ; petiole much flattened, the acute edges 
be often intermixed wit "eger ones even as much as à in. long. 
General panicle very large and loose, the AD nes bero the 
flower, GA twice T in fruit. owers apiki 3 in little jet 
clusters alon s Inner perianth-segments scarcely 1 line 
long, the outer parinti about 1 as long with short broad rather obtuse 
lobes. Berry ovoid-oblong, obtuse, to 8 lines long, more or less 
contracted at th i blong, somewhat flattened. 
Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 239, 09, 110, 111; Wendl. and Drude it 
innæa, xxxix. 231; Z. Leichhardt, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 221. 
N. Australia. Arnhem's Land, R. Brown (no d prag baagi ; Albert Rivet 
M‘Adam Range, F. Mueller; Port Darwin, xpi n. 372; Port Essington, A 
strong ; Liverpool River , and Wood Island, Gui 
F. Mueller refers to this species a palm found by Giles in the so-called G en of 
Palms, Macdonnel Range, in the interior, but rag only ee I have seen looks rate 
a ege of L. australis. It cannot however be determined withou t flows 
or fruit 
2. L. inermis, R. Br. Prod. 268.— A moderate sized or tall pal? 
(14 to 30 ft.), with the ovoid-oblong fruits of L. humilis, but said t0 
differ in the petioles entirely without prickles and the sg A of the oute! 
perianth more acute.—Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 239, t 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Nias rhage i Bro I have seen x 
Bpectinen vf this and Martius appears only to ha * Known it from Bauer 
— Moses he Pao the general habit being bloc resented in in Flinde 
oyage in E. Bellew's Island, vol. ve 
a variety only of L. humilis. Ree s 172, UR rt 
. L. australis, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 241.— Stems attaini”é 
40 to S0 f. Déires : in a dense crown, orbicular in iawerip tt when 
fully out, 3 to 4 ft. diameter, divided to the tidie or lower 
narrow Dorim acuminate ove either entire or 2-cleft at the apes 
e, ni much branched, quite glabrous, the pri 
ecl thick, often angular, and ostai much curved and flexuos^ 
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