528 PALME. [ Licuala. 
netted-fibrous ; pinnz variously connate, the upper ones usually by 
10-15, the lower ones by 3-5 only, the apices almost truncate 
and broadly and shortly 2-toothed, those of the lower pinne fal- 
eately produced and bluntish 2-lobed ; flowers yellowish, rather 
large, sessile, in yellowish tomentose naked spikes arising distantly 
from the axillary, erect-nodding, slender peduncle, the latter covered 
with tubular spathes fugaceously downy while young; calyx 
almost bell-shaped, about 4-4 in. long, shortly and broadly 3- 
toothed, silky pubescent outside, twice as long as the calyx, the 
lobes lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the calyx; ovaries trun- 
cate-turbinate; drupes ovoid, the size of an olive, supported by the 
persistent leathery corolla and calyx, orange-coloured, smooth, 1- 
seeded, the pericarp fleshy. 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical forests all over Burma from Chittagong, 
Pegu, and Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.—F. begin. of C.S.5 
Fr. H.S.—s.—SS. = SiS. Metam. 
2. L, paludosa, Griff—An evergreen gregarious palm, (12— 
15+4—8+ }-1), all parts glabrous, the trunk annular ; leaves pal- 
mately fan-shaped, plaited, 2-3 ft. in diameter, the petiole 1-2 ft. 
long, slender, on the margins sparingly armed with short re- 
curved spines, the sheaths splitting into strong, brown, netted fibres ; 
pinne linear-cuneate, united by 3-8, each terminating in 2 con- 
verging, blunt, short lobes; flowers small, sessile, in naked spikes 
arranged in simply branched, shortly tomentose, partial spadices, 
which arise from the rather slender, long, erect-nodding spadix, the 
peduncle covered with tubular slightly scurfy spathes ; calyx cup- 
shaped, shortly 3-lobed, about a line long, shortly tomentose; 
corolla hardly longer than the calyx, shortly and densely tomentose 
outside, the lobes short and triangular ; berries obversely ovoid, 
the size of a pea, supported by the small tomentose perianth, 
smooth, l-seeded, orange-coloured. 
Has.—Frequent in the tidal forests and in inundated marine swamps along 
the coast of the Andaman Islands.—Fr. Apr.-May.—1.--SS. = Sal. 
3. L.longipes, Griff—An evergreen almost stemless palm, 
otherwise of considerable size, all parts glabrous; leaves 3-4 
across, palmately fan-shaped, plaited, the petioles stout, 4-5 ft. 
long, on the borders from } their length downwards armed with 
stout, horny, conical prickles, the sheaths dividing into leathery 
netted fibres; pinne 20-22, united by 2-3, otherwise free to the - 
base, obliquely cut at the apex, and here unequally 2.4-lobed, the 
lobes irregularly toothed, the terminal pinne connate by 4-5, 
cuneate, truncate with 8-11 short, broad, 3-cleft lobes; flowers 
small, green, sessile, in rather stout spikes, forming a robust, mu! 
branched, scurfy, pu 
braced by short tubular spathes which are greyish chaffy W 
bescent panicle-like spadix, the peduncle em- 
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