336 The Palms of British East India. 



kees,) and the roofs of khel boats, also for making the pe- 

 culiar hats, or rather umbrella-hats (jhapees) of the Assa- 

 mese. For all these purposes the leaves are admirably 

 adapted from their lightness, toughness, and durability." 



It has been therefore deemed not inappropriate to con- 

 nect with it the name of the present Commissioner of Assam, 

 whose name is so honourably and inseparably connected with 

 that of the Province under his controul. To this constant 

 contributor the Botanic gardens are indebted for a number 

 of seeds, now vegetating, and for a number of young plants. 



62. (2) L. spectabilis, (n. sp.) procera, petiolis per totam 

 longitudinem armatis, foliis orbiculari-peltatis diametro ex- 

 tremo 9-10-pedali, segmentis circiter 90 profunde bipartitis, 

 laciniis in filis longis pendulis acuminatissimis, calyce ad 

 medium tripartito, baccis subrotundis globuli sclopeti mi- 

 noris magnitudine. 



Hab. — Solitary in the low littoral tracts, adapted to rice 

 cultivation, Malacca. Penang. Mr. Lewes. Malayan name. 

 Sardang. 



Descr. — A lofty palm, 50-60 feet high. Trunk smooth or 

 armed towards the base with the hard persistent bases of the petioles. 

 Crown ample, round. Petioles obtusely triangular, armed along 

 the margins with very stout, conical, subulate, compressed, generally 

 recurved thorns. Lamina orbiculari-peltate, 9-10 feet across, 

 plaited deeply, divided into about 90 divisions. These are ensi- 

 form, deeply bi-lobed. the segments being gradually acuminated 

 into flat pendulous threads. The central divisions reach to 2 feet 

 from apex of the petiole, while the outer ones reach almost to the 

 petiole itself. The length of their segments is 2^-3 feet, those of 

 the central divisions extending to about a foot from the base.* 



* The long diameter of the leaf is about 6 feet, the cross diameter about 8 feet. 

 The lateral divisions almost reach to the base, and their secondaries again do the 

 same, about 4 feet long. The intermediate reach to about lg foot from the base, 



