434 CLXiii. PALME*. (Beccari & Hook, f.) <[Lieuala. 



tooth, mouth of spathe lacerate, spadix nodding compressed, branches 3 

 simple subtomentose, flowers sessile, calyx oampanulate pubescent, fruit 

 very small pisiform. 



PekaK; at Semhi, King's Collector (3028). 



Closely allied to L. triphylla, bat Ifeaf-segments more numerons, mid-segment 

 not petiolnlate, and branches of the spadix simple. Fruit (dried) i in. diam. — 

 I have seen no^flowers. J. B. S. 



** Spadix hearing a solitary simple or digitately branched inflorescence. 



13. Xi. Scortechini, Becc.iMales. iii. 192; leaves semicircular sab 

 17-partite, segments with long 2-iid teeth, mid-segments 9 lateral 1-3- 

 nerved, spathes 2 acutely 2-keeied inflated above acute, spadix and flowers 

 fulvously pubescent, branches 4-5 filiform digitately branched, calyx ob - 

 conico-campauulate truncate, petals pubescent striate, staminal cup 6- 

 toothed, ovary glabrous. 



Pebak ; Scortechini. 



Described from a single leaf and flowering spadix. 



14. Zi. l^ingiSLiiSL, Becc. Males, iii. 193; stem slender, leaves small 

 semicircular S-partite, segments broad obtusely obliquely toothed, median 

 broadest sessile cuneiform, petiole very slender, spathes 2, outer tubular 

 acuminate split at the side, upper very narrow mouth lacerate, spadix 

 terminating in a solitary dense-fld. spike, calyx campanulate hairy, 

 staminal cup 6-toothed, ovary glabrous. 



Pbbak ; at Goping, Knnstler (471). 



Stem about 5 ft. by 1 in. diam. Leaves 10-12 in. diam. ; segments all 

 cuneiform, many-toothed; teeth j-^ in., obtuse, entire or 2-fid; petiole 18-20 in., 

 armed from the lower third with small straight or recurved spines. Spathes very 

 slender, \—^ in. diam., nearly glabrous. Spadix 6-10 in., erect, and spike (2-4 in.) 

 tomentose. Calyx irregularly lobed. Petals broadly ovate, finely pubescent, not 

 striate. Ovary turbinate, glabrous ; style subulate. Fruit not seen. 



20. ZiIVISTONA, Br. 



Tall palms, trunk annulate. Leaves orbicular, flabellately plicate, split 

 to the middle into 2-fid narrow lobes ; petiole long, margins spinous. 

 Spadices iuterfoliar, long peduncled, erect, fruiting pendulous, loosely 

 panicled ; spathes many, tubular, sheathing ; flowers minute, 2-Bexual. 

 Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Gorolla 3-lobed, coriaceous, lobes valvate. 

 Stamens 6, filaments subulate, united in a ring ; anthers cordate. Ovary 

 of 3 nearly free carpels ; styles short, free or coherent, stigmas minute ; 

 ovules basilar, erect. Drupes 1-3, globose oblong or ellipsoid ; style sub- 

 terminal. Seed erect, ventral face hollowed ; albumen equable ; embryo 

 dorsal. — Species about 13, tropical Asiatic and Australian. 



Ii. chinensis, Br. (L. sinensis. Mart. ;) G-riff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 131, t. 226 D • 

 Wall. Oat. 8620, a Chinese and Japanese species, is cultivated in India, and may be 

 recognized by its reniformly flabellate leaves with long pendulous deeply bipartite 

 divisions and the olive-like drupe. 



1. Zi. cochinchinensis, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 242 ; leaves 

 9-10 ft. diam. orbicular, lobes 2-partite, segments very long linear pendu- 

 lous, tipa filiform, drupe globose ^-f in. diam. Becc. Males, iii. 69. L. 



