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Martius' Palms, where the necessarily minute examination 

 can only be expected ; but probability is in favour of their 

 belonging to C. umbraculifera. If this is the case, the aesti- 

 vation of the corolla, and shape of the ovarium will assist the 

 specific distinction. 



LICUALA. 



Rumph. Hb. Amb. 1. p. 44. t. 9. Thunb. Nov. gen. p. 70. 

 Linn. Gen. PL ed. Schreb. 2. p. 774. ed. Spreng. p. 149. No. 

 1300. Jussieu. Gen. PL p. 89. Gartner. Sem. et. Fruct. 2. 

 p. 268. t. 139. Syst. Veg. ed. Sch. 7. p. 77. No. 1490. 

 Roxb. Ft. Ind. 2. p. 179. Icones. Suppt. 3. t. 79. Mart. 

 Progr. p. 9. No. IV. Palm*, p. 234. t. 134, 135, 162. Endl. 

 Gen. PL p. 252. No. 1755. 



Char. Gen. — Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthium utrum- 

 que tripartitum. Stamina 6, filamentis (a corolla liberifactis) 

 in annumul saepissime coalitis. Drupa (unica maturescens) 

 monosperma. Albumen cavitate ventrali. Embryo dorsalis. 



Habitus. — Palmae Asiae orientalis et archipelagicae inco- 

 laejfrutescentes, inter dum subacaules. Caulis ut plurimum an- 

 nulatus, interdum basibus petiolorum persistentibus induratis 

 exasperatus. Folia pinnato-flabelliformia ; petioli saepissime 

 secus margines aculeis corneis conicis saepius aduncis armati ; 

 pinnae cuneijormes, apice plus minus truncatae, lobatae, lobis 

 bifidis. Spadix (initio siliquaeformis) spicatim vel panicula- 

 tim ramosus. Spathae tubulosae, ore obliquo bilobo. Flores 

 solilarii, bini vel terni, saepe extus pubescentes. Ovarium 

 vertice exsculptum. Carpidia apicibus cohaerentia. Drupae 

 miniatae vel rubrae. 



54. (1) L. spinosa, trunco 8-12-pedali annulato vel aspero, 

 petiolis per totam longitudinem armatis, lamina orbiculari-reni- 

 formi, pinnis sub 18, lateralibus oblique praemorsis 3-4-lobis 

 obtuse bipartitis, terminali 10-11-lobo, intermediis 3-5-lobis 



