The Palms of British East India. 333 



except the lateral one on either side emarginate ; those of the ter- 

 minal one being the shortest and about 12 in number. 



Spadix (fruit-bearing) nodding, cernuous, scarcely a span long, 

 smooth, except the spike bearing part, which is scurfy-pubescent. 

 Spathes smooth, bipartite. Branches four, lowermost dichotomous. 

 Spikes about an inch long, marked with the scars of a few flowers. 

 Berries about 5 on the largest spike, sub-distichous, red, the size 

 of a pea, seated as it were on a short stout stalk (the tube of 

 the calyx,) and surrounded at the base by the spreading cordate- 

 ovate acuminate segments. Seed like a small pea. Intrant process 

 curved, so that its upper part becomes nearly horizontal. Embryo 

 subcentral. 



The stature and leaves of this will at once distinguish it. 

 In the teeth of the pinnae it approaches L. pumila, and especi- 

 ally L. longipes. 



It appears to be distinguishable from very young plants of 

 L. spinosa by the longer petioles, and less deeply toothed 

 pinnae. The perianthium also does not appear to be pubes- 

 cent, and the fruit is pisiform. 



LIVISTONA. 



R. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. ed. 2da. 123. Sijst. Veget. 

 ed. Schult. 7. No. 1491. p. 1307. Mart. Progr. Palmar, p. 

 10. Palm. 102 (part, sub nom. Coryphae rotundifoliae) 109, 

 (part) 110, 111, 135, 145, 146. Endl. Gen. PL p. 252. No. 

 1754. 



Livistonia, Gen. PI. ed. Spreng. p. 283. No. 1465. 



Saribus. Rumph. Hb. Amb. 1. t. 8. 



Char. Gen. — Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthium utrum- 

 que tripartitum. Stamina 6, filamentis e corolla liberifactis 

 distinctis, (basi dilatatis). Ovaria 3, apice cohserentia. Styli 

 connati. Stigma subsimplex. Drupa (unica maturescens) 

 monosperma. Albumen cavitate ventrali. Embryo dorsalis. 



