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[Ltcuala. 
I have never seen this palm with a stem over i ft. tall. Lewis states 
it is 15 to 20 ft. tall, and it is generally considered to have been the original 
” Penang Lawyer.” 
(11) L. modesta Becc. Males, iii. 195; Ridl. Mat. ii. 163. 
Stem 4 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves semi-circular, lobes 13, obcuneate 
linear, broad, 3- to 6-tootlied at tip, 7 to 13 in. long, *5 to *75 in. 
wide, midlobe much broader; petioles 2 ft, long, thorns at base few, 
small. Spadix 2 ft. long, branches 3 of two or three rather slender 
pale scurfy or tomentose spikes 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers remote. 
Calyx tubular, silvery, lobes short acute. Petals pubescent, long 
acute. Drupe globose-ovoid, -5 in. long, pedicelled. Hab. Local, 
forests to 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Kwala Kangsa; Thaiping 
Hills (Kunstler, etc.). 
Near L. acutifida, but leaflets broader and more cuneate. Spikes much less 
tomentose, often merely scurfy, slender, lax. 
(12) L. Wrayi Ridl. Joum. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 201. 
Palm 5 ft. tall. Leaves 7-lobed, central leaflet obcuneate, 
14 in. long, 4 in. wide at tip, teeth blunt, -25 in. long, side leaflets 
narrower linear; petioles triquetrous, 3 ft. long, thorny half-way. 
Spadix-peduncle 22 in. long, basal sheath 10 in. long, papery, 
two shorter ones above with lanceolate acute limbs. Inflorescence 
3 in. long, woolly. Spikes 5 terminal, crowded towards top, 3 in. 
long; rachis thick, woolly. Flowers white, sessile, on small tuber¬ 
cles. Calyx -12 in. long, cylindric, base dilate, lobes irregular, 
pubescent. Petals lanceolate-acuminate, nearly as long, glabrous. 
Staminal ring free from corolla. Hah. Mountains. Perak, Gunong 
Bubu (Wray); Gunong Hijau (Curtis). 
(13) L. triphyUa Griff. Calc. Joiirn. Nat. Hist. v. 352; Palms 
of Brit. Ind. 126, /. 255; Ridl. Mat. ii. 163. (Fig. 211, p. 29.) 
Almost stemless with few leaves. Leaflets 3 to 7, broad 
obcuneate, crenate at top, 8 in. long; petioles slender, 15 in. long, 
thorns few, basal; sheaths of fibre-network. Spadix very 
slender, 8 in. long or less, branches 6, tomentose, *5 to i in. 
long. Spathes i in. long. Flowers minute, about 12, remote, 
sessile. Sepals ovate acute tomentose. Petals white. Drupe 
pea-like, red. Hah. Woods in low country. Singapore, Changi. 
Johor, Panchur. Muar (Fox). Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith); 
Chabau. Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Burkill); Pahang, Tahan River. 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Dindings, Gunong Tungul. 
Perak, Sunkai and Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
var. integrifolia Ridl. l.c. A dwarf form, i ft. tall. Leaves 
entire obcuneate ovate crenulate, 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 
2 in. long, unarmed. Spadix 3 in. long. Hah. Pahang River, Lubok 
Pelang. Native names : Palas Rewang; Palas Tikus; Gurcheng. 
(14) L. pusilla Becc. Males, iii. 194; Ridl. Mat. ii. 164. 
Stem 6 in. tall or less. Leaflets ii to 16, narrow linear, tips 
truncate with one long tooth and some short blunt ones, 9 in. long, 
