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of 3 slightly cohering wedge-shaped carpels, united by a very short 

 entire style ; stigma simple. (Fig. 19.) 



Fig. 19. — Licuala ffrandiSf'S. Wend]. 



1. Top of petiole and base of leaf blade 5. Petal. 



(nat. ^ize). 0. Starminal cup and stao- ens. 



2. Branch of panicle and flower. 7. Ovary. 



3. Flower spread open. 8. Ovary with the carpels disunited. 



4. Calyx cut open and petals in bud. All, except I, enlarged. (After J. D. Hooker) 



Easily distinguished from other species by the spathes not being 

 tubular. 



Habitat. — New Britain. 



Illustration. — The palm figured on Plate XXV is an old speci- 

 men growing in the Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya. 



The photograph was taken by Mr. H. F. Macmillan. 



(To be continued.) 



