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In the Catalogue of New South Wales timbers for the Paris Exhibition of 1855, 
we have, under number 189, " Limstona inermis, Dwarf Palm, diameter in inches, 1-2; 
height, G-10 feet. Pretty species of Palm, common in the Cedar brushes, from Brisbane 
Water northerly; much in reqiiest for walking canes." 
In the Catalogue of the London Exhibition of 1862 the identical exhibit is labelled 
(under the number 213) " Arcca sp., Walking Stick Palm, used for walking-sticks. In 
Cedar brushes from Brisbane (Water) northerly." 
Bentham's note on the Palm is : 
L. iiic.rmis, R.Br., Pro:!. 2-'iH. A moderate si;;od or tall palm (11 to 30 feet), with the ovoid-oblong 
fruits of L. h'tmilts, but said t<> differ in the petiole* entirely without prickles, and the lobes of the outer 
perianth more acute. Marl. fii*t. .\rt'. I'tih/i, iii, 23), t. 145. 1 15. 
A 7 . Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. I have seen no 
specimen of this Palm and Martins appears only to have known it from Bauer's drawings 
which he copied, the general habit being also represented in Flinders' Voyage in the 
View of Sir E. Bollew's Island, vol. ii, p. 172. It may prove to be a variety only of 
L. humilis. 
3. L. Leichhardtii F.v.M. 
In his " S sleet Extra-tropical Plants " Mueller took the opportunity of naming 
the North Australian Ean Palm, Livistona Leichhardtii. 
He says : 
Under this name might be combined L. iiic.rmis and L. huinilis (ft. Brown), neither name applying 
well to this finally tall palm with thorny leaf-stalks. The author of this work, as well as Dr. Leichhardt, 
saw it far inland in dry, open, not mountainous, regions aho ; nevertheless, it may need a moister clime 
than the following species. (1885, p. 202.) 
Mr. Nicholas Holtze informs me that the leaves are eaten by horses in the 
Northern Territory. 
4. L. Muelleri Bail. 
This is the L. humilis R.Br. var. of Bailey in Queensl. Agric. Journ. ii, 130, 
and is described in his " Queensland Flora," p. 1G83 (1902). It is a small Palm (trunk 
7 or 8 feet), only recorded from Cairns so far, and known as " Bel-em-buna," by the 
aborigines. 
5. L. Bentliami Bail. 
Described in his " Queensland Flora," p. 1683. It is a tree of about 50 feet, 
and native of Cape York Peninsula. It is known as " Dre-amberi " by the Batavia 
River blacks. It is included under L. humilis var. by Bailey in Queensl. Agric. Journ., 
ii, 130. 
It is evidently the same plant as the following, referred to as L. humilis by 
Dr. Roth. 
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