334 The Palms of British East India. 



Habitus. — Palmse Asiae orientalis et australis, saepius ar- 

 boreae, perennantes. Foliorum petioli saepius armati; laminae 

 segmenta profunde bipartita t inter dum acuminatissima pen- 

 dula, later alia longiora. Rete copiosum. Spadices axil- 

 lares, paniculatim ramosi ; pedunculis spathis vaginantibus 

 ohtectis. Flores minuti, albidi t glomerulati. Drupse saepius 

 inaequilaterales, glaucescenti-azureae. 



Discrimina vera inter Licualam et hoc genus ponuntur tan- 

 turn in foliis palmatim flabelliformibus, filamentis in annulum 

 liberum vix coalitis et baccis azureis. Fructus structura in 

 utroque eadem. 



61. (1) L. Jenkinsiana, (n. sp.) 20-30-pedalis, petiolis 

 pertotam fere longitudinem armatis, lamina (foliorum) reni- 

 formi-flabelliformi diametro extremo 5-6 pedali subtus glauco 

 pruinosa, segmentis 75-80 obtuse bilobis, lateralibus sub- 

 1J pedalibus centralibus duplo longioribus, calyce rotunde 

 et membranaceim 3-dentato, fructibus subreniformi-rotundis 

 magnitudine globuli sclopeti. 



Hab. — Gubro Purbut, Upper Assam, in flower March 

 1836. Common throughout Assam, but most plentiful in 

 the Nowgong district, Major Jenkins. Toko Pat of the 

 Assamese. 



Descr.* — A Palm 20-30 feet high, with a thick round crown. 

 Trunk in diameter 6-7 inches, rough towards the apex from the 

 adhering bases of the petioles. Leaves 6-7 feet long. Petiole chan- 

 nelled above, armed almost to the summit ; ligula cordate. Lamina 

 reniform flabelliform, greatest breadth 5-6 feet, length from the apex 

 of the petiole 3-3^ feet, divided into about 76-80, obtuse, bi-lobed 

 segments, of which the extreme lateral ones are the deepest, being 

 18-inches long, while the central ones are scarcely half that length, 



* Partly from living plants observed at Gubroo, partly from specimens received 

 from Major Jenkins. 



