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it from Bauer's drawings which he copied, the general habit being 

 also represented in Flinder's Voyage in the view of Sir E. Bellew's 

 Island, Vol. II, p. 172. It may prove to be a variety only of L. 

 humilis." 



Habitat. Northern Australia. 



Uses. — The outer portion of the trunk of this tree is very hard, 

 beautifully marked and takes a good polish. In colour, it is light- 

 grey, streaked with a darker colour. 



Illustration. — Mr. Macmillan's photograph, reproduced on 

 Plate XXVII shows a group of palms growing in the Royal Bota- 

 nic Gardens of Peradeniya. Beginning from the left the picture 

 contains the following trees : 



1. Livistona chinensis, R. Br., of which only the crown and 



the upper part of the stem are visible. 



2. Livistona inermis, R. Br., at the foot of which is standing a 



Singhalese coolie. 



3. Livistona sp., the highest palm with torn leaves. 



4. ■ Hoioea Forsteriana, Becc, the slender but low palm quite 



in front with elegant pinnate leaves. 



5. Livistona olivaeformis, Mart., just behind Howea ; the 



crown alone is visible. 



6. Oreodoxa recjia. Mart., to the right of Howea ; the lichen- 



covered stem and the crown are visible. 



7. Arenga Wightii, Griff., quite to the right ; only the upper 



large leaves can be seen, which rise above Oreodoxa. 



LIVISTONA OLIVJSFOEMIS, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. Ill, 319.— Miq. 

 Anal. Ind. II, 5 ; Flora jSTederl. Ind. Ill, 59. — Saribus olivceformis, Hassk. 

 Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. IX, 176. 



Name. — Sadang Palm. 



Description. — A tree, 15-20 feet high. Leaves palmate-flabelli- 

 form ; petiole 5-6 feet long, semiterete, glabrous, with recurved 

 spines at the base, for the rest unarmed, with a whitish tomentum 

 on the underside when young ; lamina usually 44-5 feet long, 

 consisting of about 90 segments ; segments deeply bifid ; lacinise 

 linear, long-acuminate, pendulous, glabrous on both sides. Spadix 



