14 BR. SnOKTT ON BRAXCHEB PALMS IN S. INDIA. 



Folia fere lO-pedalia. Pinnce 1^-pedales, utrinque virides, nitida?, ^-1 

 une.latae. Spadix fcemineus3-4-pedalis, 1| unc. latus, glaber, com- 

 pressus, viridis. Spicce erectae, 1 pedemlongje. Spathm 1 pedem longse, 

 2| unc. lata;, erectae, fulvaj. Fructus | unc. longus, nitidus, flavus. 



This species is distinguished from all others of the genus bj 

 its long slender stems without adherent petioles, except imme- 

 diately under the old fronds, by the soft delicate foliage, like the 

 leaves of tlie Cocoa-nut, and the elongated, mvich- flattened spa- 

 dices, bearing a few fasciculated spikes on the sharp edges near 

 the apes. I have seen this Palm only on the steep (almost iu- 

 accessible) sandstone cliffs at the exit of the Teesta from the 

 hills into the plains. The Lepchas are apparently unacquainted 

 with this Palm ; but those to whom I showed it called it " Schap," 

 the name given to Phoenix acaulis. 



Grriffith apparently found this species in Bhotan and in the 

 Mishmi hills ; but he has not named it, and has given only a 

 meagre description of tlie fronds. This Palm is evidently re- 

 ferred to in the 'Journal of Travels/ at p. 4G, as a '' Phoe- 

 nicoidea,^ discovered at Laee Pani in the Mishmi hills; and 

 at p. 200 of the * Journal of the Mission under command of 

 Captain Pemberton to Bootan/ the plant is styled " an ele- 

 gant Palm-tree, Jiahitu Gocos^^ abounding on the higher preci- 

 pices in the valley of the Duranga, near Dewangiri. A short de- 

 scription of the fronds is given at p. 205 ; and the height of the 

 Palm is said to be that of a moderate Areca. 



Note by Dr. T. Thomson. 



The 



without names, but with numhers. It may be convenient to indicate the names 



given to them in Dr. Anderson's paper. 



Calamus No. 3=0. montanus, T. Ayid 



6 = C. inermis, T, And, 

 9=C. leptospadix, Gnf. 



Calamus No. 10= C. schizospathus, Griff, 



ll = C.flagellLim, G^r/f. 



On Branched Palms in Southern India. 

 By John Shoe^t, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



[Read June 18, 1868.] 



The most extensively distributed Palms in Southern India are 

 the Palmyra, or ^^ JBora^sus JlabelUjbrmisj*^ and the Cocoa-nut, or 

 '\Cocos nuciferai^ but of the several genera, the '"^ Hyphcene 

 Tliebaica^^ or Doum-palni, alone has a branched stem, the di- 

 vision being dichotomous or in pairs ; but there are excep- 



