CLVI. PALMACE^ 
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\Phoenix. 
swamps in the north. Bindings, Lumiit. Province Wellesley, 
Prai; Krian. Kedah, Yan; Alor Sta. Perils, Kanga (Ridley). 
Disirib. India, Siam, Andamans. Native jumte: Korma. 
14 . CORYPHA, Linn. 
Tall stout unarmed palms, dying after fruiting. Leaves orbicu¬ 
lar, very large, multifid; petioles long, thorny. Spadix terminal 
erect, very large, panicled. Spathes many, tubular. Flowers 
small, bisexual. Calyx cupular, trifid. Petals connate below, 
ovate acute. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit of i to 3 fleshy 
drupes. Seeds globose. Albumen equable. Species 6, tropical 
Asia. 
(i) C. elata Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 176; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 428; 
Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 214. 
Stem 60 to 80 ft. tall, smooth, 1-5 ft. through. Leaves 8 ft, 
across, orbicular with 50 or more acute lobes; petioles thorny to 
the top, about 6 to 12 ft. long, thorns black-pointed. Spathes 
numerous. Spadix large, dense, decompound. Flowers small, 
yellowish white. Fruit globose, dull green, pulp orange, i in. 
through, on a pedicel *12 in. long. Hab. Common in open country 
in the north. Kedah, Alor Sta. Perils, Kanga (Ridley). Disirib. 
India, Burma, and probably Malay isles. 
I believe this species to be Roxburgh’s C. elata, but I have not seen a 
flowering spadix. 
15 . LIVISTONA, Br. 
Tall palms with a stout smooth trunk. Leaves large, orbicular, 
plicate, split halfway into linear lobes; petiole stout, edge thorn3^ 
Inflorescences very large, much-branched, axillary. Flowers 
bisexual, minute. Calyx cup-shaped, 3-lobed. Stamens 6, connate 
in a ring. CarpcF 3, nearly free. Drupes elliptic or globose, 
albumen equable, cpecies 16, Assam, Malaya, China, Australia. 
Stem 60 ft. tall, smooth . . . . . (i) L. cochinchinensis 
Stem 30 ft. tall, covered with brown fibre; .sepals 
not gibbous . . . . . . . (2) L. tahanensis 
Stem 3 ft. tall, 6 in. through, covered with brown 
fibre; sepals gibbous . . . . • (3) L. rupicola 
(i) L, cochinchinensis Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 242; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 166. L. spectabilis Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 130, /. 236. 
Stem 60 ft. tall or more, 8 in. through, smooth, grey. Leaves 
orbicular, 10 ft. wide, lobes long narrow, tips filiform pendulous; 
petioles long and stout, 2 in. through at base, thorns very large, 
recurved, -5 in. long. Spadices 4 to 5 ft. long, much-branched. 
Flowers sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, minute. Drupe globular, 
light blue, ‘5 in. long. Hab. In rice-fields and forests. Malacca 
(Griffith). Selangor, Jugra (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Batang Padang 
valley. Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam and all the rice- 
