30 CLVI. VALIIACEJE [Licuala, 
*75 in. wide; petioles *18 in. long, slender triquetrous, thorny at 
base. Spadix g to 18 in. long. Spikes 2-branched or simple, 
1-5 in. long, slender (in flower), pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 
base narrow, irregularly split, pubescent. Corolla pubescent, 
lobes ovate. Drupe pea-like, red; rachis thicker. Hah. Hill woods. 
Pahang, Tahan River woods. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Sunkai and 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(15) L. Scortechinii Becc. Males, iii. 192; Ridl. Mat. ii. 164. 
Leaves semi-circular, lobes 12 to 17; leaflets 6 in. long, linear 
obcuneate, teeth broad, bifid; petioles slender, 18 in. long. Spadix 
18 in. long or less, slender, branches i or 2, pubescent, 4 to 6 in. 
long. Spathes oblong-linear, upper one with a long limb. Calyx 
obconic, stalked, pubescent, teeth 6 obscure. Petals pubescent. 
Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
(16) L. Kingiana Becc. Males, iii. 193; Ridl. Mai. ii. 165. 
Stem 5 ft. tall, i in. through. Leaves about 7-lobed; leaflets 
3, central broad, 6 in, long, 3 in. wide, shortly blunt-toothed, 
lower two or three, only -5 in. across and 4-5 in. long; petioles 6 in. to 
2 ft. long, slender, base thorny. Spadix 8 in. long, with i or 2 
dense erect silvery woolly spikes. Spathes 2 or 3, glabrous cuspi¬ 
date, 4 in. long. Flowers numerous, crowded, sessile. Calyx 
cup-shaped, irregularly^ split, silvery hairy. Buds globose. Hah. 
Local in mountain forests. Perak, Bujong Malacca; Giinong 
Kelcdang; Sungei Sipnit; Goping (Kunstler). 
(17) L. lanuginosa AhV//. Journ. Roy. .-is. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 203. 
Stem short; leaflets linear, teeth short broad, 6 to 11; 13 to 
24 in. long, I to 1-5 in. wide; petioles i ft. long, -25 in. through, 
thorny halfway. Spadix i ft. long, densely silvery woolly, branclies 
2 or 3, spikes stout, 2 in. long. Spathes .silvery woolly lacerate. 
Flowers numerous globose, sessile. Calyx cylindric, 6-lobed, dense 
hairy. Petals ovate-lanceolate, silky. Drupe globose, .5 in. 
through, red. Hab. Hill forests, south and east. Johor, Gunong 
Pulai; Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Labong Endau (Evans) panicle 
branches more numerous. 
(18) L. paniculata Ridl. Journ. Roy. Hs. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 42, 
Mat. ii. 165. 
Leaf large, leaflets 2*5 ft. long, narrow, *25 in. wide, teeth short. 
Spadix 3 ft. long, much-branched, panicled. Spikes long and slender, 
5 to 7, glabrous or scurfy, 7 in. long or less. Spathes 6, lowest 
8 in. long, -5 in. wide. Flowers scattered, sessile, -12 in. long. 
Calyx cylindric glabrous, irregularly lobed. Petals ovate acute. 
Hab. In forest. Rare. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Ridley). 
18 . TEYSMANNIA, Miq. 
Stem usually short. Leaves very large, obcuneate, paddle¬ 
shaped, entire, upper edge notched; petioles long, thorny at base. 
