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does not give a good idea of the crown of the garden speci- 

 mens, being too large and too thick, and without any old 

 leaves hanging down. The representation of the inflores- 

 cence is probably quite wrong. 



64. (2.) C. khasyana, (n. sp.) trunco mediocri, petiolis 

 per totam longitudinem denticulato-scabris, fibrillitio e fibris 

 erectis regidiusculis, lamina reniformi-flabelliformi profunde 

 60-65 partita, laciniis induplicatis bilobis vel bipartitis lobis 

 centralium brevibus obtusis recurvis, spadice (fructus) bipe- 

 dali, ramis primariis tribus, spathis subternis (basilaribus % 

 rameo 1,) pedunculum communem omnino tegentibus, fruc- 

 tibus oblongis livido-caeruleis. 



Hab. — Khassya hills : on precipices at Moosmai and 

 Mamloo, alt. 4000 ft. ; not observed in flower or fruit. 



Descr.* — A palm of moderate height, (the specimen measures 

 9-10 feet,) the trunk 5 inches in diameter in the thickest parts, 

 obscurely annulate. Under the crown, which is thick, is an oblong 

 mass (2 feet long) of flattened bases of petioles, and their retia which 

 are of stiff fibres. 



Leaves about 3^ feet long : petiole 18 inches long, with irregular 

 denticulate margins : lamina flabelliform reniform, (so is the entire 

 part of the leaf) 2 feet long by 3J feet wide : divisions about 65, the 

 lateral ones shortest, 12-14 inches long, but the deepest divided, 

 (viz. to within 5-6 inches of the apex of petiole) linear, their segments 

 1^-2 inches long, narrow, acute ; central ensiform reaching to within 

 10-12 inches of the apex of the petiole, about 16 inches long, shortly 

 and obtusely bilobed, segments about J inch long with recurved 

 points; intermediate divisions also ensiform, about 18 inches long, 

 their segments narrower and deeper than those of the central. Young 

 leaves covered with thick, white, paleaceous tomentum. 



* Entire ? specimen of a trunk and crown, and two fruit-bearing spadices : these 

 have been unnoticed since the return of the Assam Deputation in 1836. Seeds 

 since received have germinated. 



