42 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



nate tips setaceous ; petiole slender 20 inches lon£ nearly 

 thornless. Spadix slender, much branched. Spathes 

 split striate cuspidate dark brown, the two basal ones 

 three inches long-, upper ones slightly dilate cuspidate. 

 Branches many long- slender with many very long and 

 slender sinuous spikes 1 to 2 inches long, lengthening to 

 4 inches in fruit. Bracts at the base of the branches 

 linear narrow caducous. Flowers very small globose ; 

 sepals rounded gibbous. Petals similar. Staminal crown 

 with 6 subulate teeth. 



Selangor limestone rocks at the Kuala Lumpor caves 

 (8285 of my collection), Lankawi Islands, (Curtis). 



This charming palm, the Serdang Batu of the Lankawi 

 Islands, is probably the smallest species of the genus. 

 It is remarkable for its very short thick stem densely 

 covered with brown fibres, the remains of old leaf sheaths. 

 The inflorescence is also very small for the genus. It 

 grows on the limestone rocks of the Selangor caves from 

 the lower part to the top of the cliffs. 

 Licuala longepedunculata, n. sp. Stem 2 to 8 feet tall, 1 to 1J 

 inch through, leaves 4 to 5 feet long orbicular, lobes 6 

 or more narrowed at the base and broadened upwards 

 with broad blunt teeth 15 to 1G inches long and 3 inches 

 across at the tip, deep green, petiole slender not thorny. 

 Inflorescence slender 3 feet or more long, peduncle broad 

 flattened at the base, quite glabrous over 2 feet long, 

 sheaths distant long, spikes 3 inches long, in <fours. 

 Flowers scattered over ^ inch long, rachis moderately 

 stout, calyx urn-shaped sessile not lobed. Petals 

 lanceolate obtuse. 



Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray 254) (King's Coll. 

 8148). I only know this species from the above men- 

 tioned collections. Beccari labels it "Z glabra, foliis 

 latioribus," but it is certainly very distinct from L. glabra. 

 L. (Perici/cla) paniculata, n. sp. Leaf large, lobes 2-J feet long, 

 rather narrow, with short teeth ^ inch broad. Inflores- 

 cence panicled wide-spreading 3 feet long, spathes 6 not 

 split, the lowest 8 inches long -J inch wide, upper part 

 reddish, upper spathes shorter dilated upwards. Branches 



Jour. Straits Branch 



