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single, spathes silvery scurfy, lowest 4 inches long lacerate, upper ones 

 shorter dilate, tips white hairy, rachis brown tomentose. Flowers 

 pedicellate, pedicel tV inch long tomentose nearly as long as the flower. 

 Calyx short broad campanulate with 3 broad sub-obtuse lobes. Corolla 

 short, petals lanceolate short acute. Staminal ring 6 lobed. Pahang : 

 Tanjong Antan (Eidley) ; Perak : Ulu Bubong (Kunstler 10205). Rare. 

 Endemic. 



9. L. acutifida, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm III. 236, t. 135, f. 3-4. 

 Griff. Calc. Journ Nat. Hist. V. 327, Palms Brit. Ind. 122, t. 222, A. 

 B. Wall. Cat. 8618. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. 433. Stem usually 

 very short. Leaf semi-circular, lobes 15 to 20 narrow linear 3-nerved 

 apex 3 -toothed teeth rather large blunt 12 inches long f inch wide, 

 median one not much larger, petiole slender back rounded edges sharp, 

 2^ feet long, thorny at the base only, thorns small sharp and black. 

 Inflorescence 15 inches long branches about 4 with 1 or 2 spikes 3 to 



5 inches long all silvery pubescent. Spathes shortly split silvery scurfy 

 pubescent, upper ones dilated upwards, lowest 4 inches long. Flowers 

 small on a small boss. Calyx short with 3 broad ovate lobes longer 

 than the tube deeply separate pubescent. Petals lanceolate acuminate 

 pubescent. Drupe very small orange. " Palas Padi." 



Penang : Hill (Ridley 7906) ; Malacca : Sungei Hudang (Good- 

 enough 13601). Endemic. 



10. L. modesta, Becc. Males. III. 195. Hook. fil. I.e. 433. Stem 

 2-10 feet. Leaf semi-circular lobes about 13, cuneate apex broad blunt- 

 ly 3 to 6 toothed, 7 to 13 inches long, 2 to f inch wide, terminal much 

 broader, petiole long nearly 2 feet slender back rounded edges sharp 

 thorns only at the base very few and small. Inflorescence 2 feet long 

 or less, peduncle flattened, branches about 3, with 1 to 4 dense-flowered 

 spikes 2 to 6 inches long. Spathes narrow deeply cleft on one side 

 papery, apex obtuse toothed, lowest one about 6 inches long covered 

 with silvery scurf. Rachis tomentose or thickly woolly. Flowers 

 sessile tomentose i inch long. Calyx cylindric cup-shaped pubescent 

 shortly 6 toothed. Petals short lanceolate pubescent. Staminal tube 



6 lobed. Style cylindric. Drupe " globosely obovoid about 2 inch long 

 pedicelled by the calyx." 



Perak: Kwala Kangsar (Ridley 3167), Larut Hills (Curtis 3529) 

 (King's Coll. 3243, 2420, 1983, 1951, 1945). 



This is distinguished from L. acutifida by its broader leaflets 

 stouter spikes and small sepals. Forests to 5000 feet. Endemic. 



11. L. triphylla, Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 352. Palms 

 British India 126, t. 225. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. 432. Almost 

 stem less, with but few leaves. Leaves with a strong net- work at the 

 base, petioles slender 15 inches long, thorns few and small at the base 

 only, leaflets 3 to 7 cuneate broadly crenate at the top, lateral ones 



