ooQ The Palms of British East India. 



Descr — A miniature Palm. Trunk 3-5 feet high, rather slender- 

 er than that of the preceding. Petiole, rete and ligula much the 

 same as those of the preceding. Lamina of the same size as the 

 preceding, flabelliform ; pinnce about 16, linear-cuneate, tricarinate, 

 the lateral ones obliquely and unequally 3-4 toothed or lobed, the 

 central one 4-lobed, the two inner lobes bifid, the rest 3-lobed 

 with the central lobe bifid ; all the divisions obtuse. 



Spadices about equalling the leaves, in some of the specimens 3 

 feet long, nodding, quite smooth, as are the spathes, which have acute- 

 ly bipartite points. Branches distant, adnate to the spadix high up. 

 Spikes several on one branch (except the uppermost ones), quite 

 smooth, slender, 2-3 inches long, spreading. 



Flowers also smooth, rather distant, on short articulated stalks ; 

 Jower ones in pairs. Calyx cup-shaped, with three very short teeth. 

 Corolla deeply tripartite, three times longer than the calyx, seg- 

 ments linear lanceolate. Filaments (free) subulate from a broad 

 base, rather long. Anthers ovate. Pollen ovate, 1 -plicate. Ovarium 

 obovate oblong, of three carpella adhering nearly to the middle. 

 Ovula solitary, erect, anatropous. Style filiform, rather shorter 

 than the ovarium. Stigma subsimple. 



Fruit about the same size as that of L. acutifida, but obovate. 

 Seed of the same shape, the intrant process is rather larger than 

 in the preceding. 



I first met with this on Mount Ophir ; subsequently I have 

 received specimens from the same locality from my collec- 

 tor E. Fernandez. It is closely allied to the preceding, 

 (Penang Lawyer,) from which indeed the leaves are scarcely 

 distinguishable, except by the broad sinuses of the lobes 

 and their more obtuse points. The smooth inflorescence 

 and flowers, however, at once distinguish it from both that 

 species and L. pumila, Blume. I am not aware of its stems 

 being used for walking sticks. 



59. (6) L. longipes, (n. sp.) subacaulis, petiolis (4-5 pedali- 

 bus) triquetris apicem versus inermibus, lamina orbiculari- 



