404 oam, PALMES. (Beccari & Hook. f.) 
* Spathes many; flowers symmetric ; stigma in the fruit terminal, 
Male calyx tubular, Stamens 6. Albumen equable . . . 10. Wu 
Male calyx cupular. Stamens many. Albumen equable . 1 L pido ` 
Male sepals 3. Stamens many. Albumen equable. . . . 12. ARENGA. 
Male sepals 3. Stamens many. Albumen ruminate. . . 13. CARYOTA. 
** Spathes 2; flowers unsymmetric; stigma in the fruit basilar. 
vg mi . Albumen 
Ten minate. Stamens 3 or 6, extrorse, "ËTT 4. ORANIA. 
ANOMALOUS GENUS. 
Male fl. in catkin-like branches of a drooping androgynous NIPA 
spadix ; fem. capitate at the apex of the spadix . . . . 15. NIPA. 
Trise II. Phoenicese. Leaves pinnatisect; leaflets with "dag 
sides. Spadices interfoliar; spathe solitary. Flowers dicecious. embryo 
of 3 free carpels, one only ripening. Seed ventrally grooved; 
usually dorsal. 16. PHOENIX. 
Tare III. Coryphew. Leaves flabelliform, orbicular or cuneifir™ 
plaited, lobes or segments with induplicate sides. Spadices intes LV ol 
spathes many. Flowers usually bisexual. Ovary entire or 3-lo de Pith a 
1-3 smooth earpels. Fruit smooth, except Pholidocarpus. See 
small hilum; raphe ventral. 
* Stigma in the fruit basal. Albumen equable. 
Ovary 3-lobed; style short, Embryo apical. . . . . 17. CoRYPHA. i 
Ovary 3-celled; style subulate. Embryo dorsal . . . . 18. NaNNORHOP 
** Stigma in the fruit terminal. Albumen equable ; embryo dorsal. 
Ovary of 3 trigonous carpels ; style filiform. . . . . . 19. LICUALA 
Ovary of 3 globose carpels ; styles 3, free or coherent . . 20. LIVISTONA. 
*** Albumen ruminate; embryo basal. 
D Us. 
Fruit small, smooth»... .. . ....... 2L TRACHYCAR S 
bruit large, tuberculate or tessellate 22. PHOLIDO 
D 
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.TmiBE IV. Lepidocarpese. Leaves pinnatisect, leaflets weier? 
plicate sides. Spadices interfoliar or terminal; spathes usua M imbri- 
Ovary l-3-celled. Fruit clothed with reflexed shining closely 
: | . except 
cating appressed seales.— Leaves copiously and strongly armed, 
Metroxylon. 
* Polycarpic palms, flowering annually. 
t Leaflets acuminate, quite entire, nerves parallel. 
Stem elongate. Spathes tubular, persistent . ED . 23. CALAMUS. 
Stem elongate. Spathes cymbiform or open, deciduous . . 24. DxMONOB 
Stem short or 0. Spathes many, persistent . 25. ZALacca. 
HOPS. 
. 7 late. 
tt Leaflets rhomboid cuneate or oblanceolate, toothed ; nerves flabel 
SIA. 
Stem short or 0, Spathes many persistent 96. KORTHAL 
. A D D D e . vs. 
Stem scandent, Spathe s itary, deciduous > | | l l l 97. CERATOLOP 
