354 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



Syst. Veg. II, 137 ; Roem. Schult. Syst. Veg. VII, 2, p. 1306, No. 2 ; Poir. 

 Encycl. Suppl. Ill, 482, No. 2 : Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. III. 239, t. 109, 110, 

 ]11; Wendl. «fe Drude in Linnfea XXXIX, 231. Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 

 146.— L. leichhardtii, F. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 221. 



Description. — Stems 4-15 feet high. Leaves orbicular-cordate 

 in circumference when fully out, with a radius of about 1^ foot, 

 deeply divided into narrow plicate segments tapering to a fine 

 point, the thread-like bristles between the lobes varying from 

 nearl}^ 1 inch to very minute, or altogether wanting ; petiole much 

 flattened, the acute edges more or less bordered by small prickles, 

 said to be often intermixed with larger ones even as much as ^ 

 inch long. General panicle very large and loose, the partial ones 

 between the sheathing bracts pyramidal and 8 inches to 1 foot 

 long, twice or three times branched, the ultimate branches or 

 slender spikes ^-1 inch long in flower, often twice that in fruit, 

 riowers numerous, in little sessile clusters along the spikes. Inner 

 perianth-segments scarcely 1 line long, the outer perianth about ^ 

 as long with short, broad, rather obtuse lobes. Berry ovoid-oblong, 

 obtuse, 7-8 lines long, more or less contracted at the base. Seed 

 oblong, somewhat flattened. 



Habitat. — Australia : Arnhem's Land, Albert Eiver, M'Adam 

 Kange, Port Darwin, Port Essington, Liverpool River, Wood 

 Island. 



Uses. — The wood, or the outer portion of the stem, is hard, and 

 of a light colour. The inner portion is soft and useless. 



Cultivation in Europe. — This palm is a handsome species for 

 decorative purposes, when young. 



LIVISTONA INERMIS, R. Br. Prodr. 268.— Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 

 Ill, 329, t. 145, 146.— Benth. Flora Austral, vol. 7, 146. 



Names. — 'Cabbage Palm': ' Partridge-wood." 



Description. — A moderate sized or tall palm, 14-40 feet high 

 and 12-15 inches in diameter, with the ovoid-oblong fruits of Jj. 

 Jmmilis, but said to differ in the petioles entirely without prickles 

 and the lobes of the outer perianth more acute. 



Bentham has the following note on this species : " I have seen 

 no'specimen of this palm and Martins appears only to have known 



