CLVI. PALMACE^ 
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Licuala.'\ 
Inflorescence short slender. 
Flowers pedicelled; calyx broad, cam- 
panulate.(9) L. Kunstleri 
Flowers sessile; calyx short, lobes broad . (10) L. acutifida 
Flowers sessile; calyx cylindric, hardly 
lobed; petals acute . . . . (n) L. modesta 
Inflorescence of 2 or 3 very slender branches. (12) L. Wrayi 
Leaflets 3 to 7 cuneate, central one 
petioled; flowers very small . . (13) L. triphylla 
Leaflets ii to 16 sessile linear; flowers 
sessile . . . . . . (14) L. pusilla 
Leaflets 10 to 17 sessile linear; flowers 
pedicelled.(15) L. Scortechinii 
Inflorescence of i to 3 thick woolly spikes. 
Spikes simple . . . . . (16) L. Kingiana 
Spikes 3.(17) Ij. lanuginosa 
§ 2. Pericyclus. 
Inflorescence lax panicled . . . . {18) L. pauiculata 
(1) L. paludosa Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 233; Palms 
of Brit. hid. 118, t. 221; Ridl. Mat. ii. 160. 
Stems several, 10 to 20 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Leat 
orbicular, 7- to 9-lobed, lobes 2 ft. long, 4 in. wide, blunt, toothed; 
petioles thorny at base. Spadix 3 to 6 ft. long. Spathes 6 in. 
long or more. Panicles 6 to 8 in. long, with 6 to 8 branches; rachis 
pubescent. Flowers turbinate. Calyx campanulate, irregularly 
split at top, glabrous. Corolla lobes ovate, glabrous. Staminal 
ring adnate to petals. Fruit globose, red, *25 in. through. Hah. 
In watery places in forest. Johor, Hadji Senawi near Batu Pahat. 
Malacca (Griffith) on Pulau Besar; Tanjong Kling. Muar, Sungei 
Segal (Fox). Bindings, Lumut. 
(2) L. patens Ridl. Journ. Roy. /I5. Soc. S. Br. 81, p. 202. 
Stem 10 ft. tall, 3 to 5 in. through. Leaf 2 to 3 ft. across; 
leaflets linear, obcuneate, 21 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, teeth 4, broad, 
acuminate; petioles 6 to 8 ft. long, sparsely thorny at base, back 
round, edges sharp. Spadix 3 to 4 ft. long. Spathes 10 in. long 
or less, flattened, lacerate. Branches of spadix of about 16 spikes, 
8 in. long, rather slender, with distant flowers; rachis puberulous. 
Flowers sessile, obconic. Calyx campanulate, ribbed, silky hairy. 
Corolla glabrous, short. Hab. Mountains. Perak, Gimong Bubu 
at 2500 to 4000 ft. altitude (Kunstler, Wray). 
(3) L. spinosa Wurmb. Verh. Genootsch; Ridl. Mat. ii. 160; 
Griff. Palms of Brit. hid. 119; Bl. Rumphia, ii. 39, i. 82, 88. 
Bushy palm with many stems, 5 to 15 ft. tall, 2 in. through. 
Leaf orbicular; leaflets 18, linear-obcuneate, 12 in. long, 1-5 in. 
across, top erose; petioles 3 ft. long, thorny the whole length. 
Spadix erect, 4 to 6 ft. long; spathes silvery with lanceolate point, 
13 in. long; panicles several, hairy, twice or thrice branched. 
Flowers -12 in. long. Calyx cylindric, hairy, lobes ovate. Corolla 
white, pubescent, lobes ovate-lanceolate acute. Drupes oblong, 
orange, -25 in. long. Seed globose. Hab. In dry open places. 
