CLVI. PALMACE^ 
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Liciiala.l 
Spadix horizontal or depressed, 2 ft. long, branches simple; spathes 
brown, pubescent, 4 in. long, mouths lacerate; rachis thickly red- 
tomentose. Flowers crowded, sessile or nearly so. Calyx cup¬ 
shaped, lobes ovate pubescent. Petals triangular, yellow. Drupe 
ellipsoid, rose pink. Hab. Common in woods in the south. Singa¬ 
pore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Negri 
Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Batu Caves, Perak, Sunkai (Kunst- 
ler). Kedah, Yan (Ridley). Disirib. Sumatra. 
(8) L. longipes Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 330; Palms of 
Brit. Ind. 125, i. 234; Ruil. Mat. ii. 162. 
vStemless or almost so. Leaves orbicular; leaflets 14 to 18 in. 
long, 3 to 4 in. wide at top, erose crcnulate, about 8 to 20; petiole 
over I ft. long, stout, thorny for two-thirds of its length. Spadix 
5 to 24 in. long, stout, branches stout, 3 in. long, spreading, 5 or 6 . 
on a peduncle. Spathes dilate. Flowers crowded, *12 in. long. 
Calyx cylindric, base broad, lobes short ovate. Fruit globose, 
•5 in. through. Seed globose. Hab. Common in woods on the 
hills to about 2500 ft. altitude. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Gunong 
Pantai. Malacca, Mt. Ophir, lower slopes (Griffith); Ayer Panas 
(Goodenough). Negri Sembilan, Tampin; Gunong Angsi. Selan¬ 
gor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills. 
(9) L. Kunstleri Becc. in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 433; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 162. 
Stem 4 ft. tall, 4 to 5 in. through. Leaves large, 15-lobed, lobes 
about 18 in. long, over i in. wide; midlobe much larger, little 
erose, teeth of side-lobes i to 2 in. long; petioles slender, 3 ft. long, 
thorny for 2 ft., thorns large. Spadix i ft. long. Spikes 3, not 
branched; spathes silvery scurfy, lowest lacerate, 4 in. long. 
Rachis brown-tomentose. Flowers pedicelled, pedicel nearly as 
long as flower tomentose. Calyx short campanulate, lobes blunt. 
Petals lanceolate acute. Hab. Woods and forests. Pahang River, 
Tanjong Antan. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Kelantan, 
Chaning (Ridley). 
(10) L. acutifida Mart. Hist. A^at. Palm. iii. 236, /. 35, figs. 3-4 ; 
Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 122, t. 222A, b ; Ridl. Mai. ii. 163. 
Stems 3 to 4 ft. tall or less (said to be sometimes 15 to 20 ft. 
tall). Leaves semi-circular, lobes 15 to 20, narrow linear, 3-toothed 
and nerved, teeth blunt, i ft. long, -75 in. wide; mid-one hardly 
bigger; petioles slender, 2-5 ft. long, base thorny. Spadix 15 in. 
long, branches 4, tomentose, lower ones 3-spiked, spikes 2 to 4 in. 
long. Spathes silvery pubescent, lowest 4 in. long. Flowers small 
on a boss. Calyx cup-shaped, hairy, lobes short. Petals lanceolate 
acute, pubescent. Drupe very small, orange, pea-shaped. Hab. 
Hill woods. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Goodenough). Penang 
Hill (Wallich, Lewis and all collectors), common to about 3000 ft. 
altitude. Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Native names : Palas 
Padi; Palas Tikus. 
