﻿20-1 S. Kurz — Enumeration of Burmese Palms. [No. 4, 



Hab. Frequent in the evergreen tropical forests from Arracan down 

 to the Andamans, and from Martaban down to Tenasserim. Fl. Fr. C. and 

 H. S. 



I entertain little doubt but that the Caryota so plentiful in the 

 Burmese jungles is Loureiro's (7. mitls, the more so as the same plant occurs 

 also in Siam. 



BOEASSUS, L. 



16. B. FLABELLiFORMis, L., Mus. Cliff., 13 ; Boocl)., Oorom. Fl., I, 

 50, U 71-72, and Fl. Iml., Ill, 790; Mart., Palm., 219, t. 108, 121, 162 ; 

 Miq., m. Ind. Bat., Ill, 45. {B. sp., Griff., Not. Monoc., 167). 



Hab. Frequently cultivated all over Burma, more especially, however, 

 in Ava and Prome ; along the sandy sea coast sometimes growing like wild, 

 but also in the dry Prome-district the palm is freely springing up in 

 jungles. Fl. March — Apr. ; Fr. Close of rains. 



Stan is the Burmese name of the palmyra. 



LicxiALA, Bumpli. 



17. L. PELTATA, Eoxl., Fl. Lid., II, 179 ; Mart., Palm., 284, t. 134 

 et 162 ; Griff., Palms, 120, t. 222 and in Mad. Gale. Journ., V, 324. 



Hab. Frequent in the evergreen tropical forests all over Burma from 

 Chittagong, Pegu, and Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans. 

 Fl. begin of C. S. ; Fr. H. S. 



Zaloon of the Burmese ; the Andamanese call it golol. 



18. L. PALTJDOSA, Griff, in Mart. Palm., 318 ; Macl. Gale. Journ. ^ 

 323 and Ind. Palm., 118, t. 221, A—G. 



Hab. Frequent in the tidal forests and in marine swamps along the 

 coast of the Andamans. Fr. Apr. May. 



19. L. LONGiPES, Griff, in Mart- Palm. ,S18 and in Macl. Gale. Journ., 

 V, 330 and Ind. Palm., 125, t. 224, A^B. 



Hab. Tenasserim, forests near Lainear, to the south of Mergui (Griff.). 

 Fl. nearly the whole year. 



Chamj^eops, L. 



20. Ch. Khastana, Griff, in Macl. Gale. Journ., V, 311 and Ind. 

 Palm., 134, t. 227, A—B. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the drier hill and pine forests of Martaban, 

 and probably also in the Ava hills, at 4000 to 6500 feet elevation. 



It remains to be shewn how this species differs from Gh. Martiana, 

 Wall., which is said to have yellow lepidote fruits. 



LivisTONA, B. Br. 



21. L. SPECIOSA, n. sp., Pis. XIII and XIV. 



A lofty simple-stemmed palm, 50 to 70 feet high, the trunk 40 to 60 feet 



