Tas. 5762. 
CARYOTA Cuminel. 
Mr. Cumings Wine-Palm. 
Nat. Ord. Patan=.—Moneacra PoLyanprRia. 
Gen. Char. Flores monoici in distinctis spadicibus, spathis aliquot basi- 
laribus completis cincti, sessiles, bracteolati. Maso. Caly« 3-phyllus, 
foliolis ovatis imbricatis. Petala 8, oblonga, valvata. Stamina plurima, 
filamentis brevissimis basi in urceolum connatis ; anther lineari-oblonge. 
Fem. Calyx maris. Petala imbricato-convolutiva. Staminwm rudimenta 
0. Ovariwm 3-loculare, stigmatibus 3 depressis connatis. Bacca 2-locu- 
laris, 2-sperma. Semina plano-convexa, albumine cartilagineo ruminato ; 
embryo dorsalis.—Palme Indicw, caudice annulato. Folia 2-pinnata, 
pinnulis premorsis. Spadices magni, fastigiato-ramosi. Baccw pisiformes. 
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Caryora Cwmingii ; trunco mediocri basi parce sobolifero, foliis bipinnatis, 
5-6-pedalibus, vaginis glabris, petiolo tereti glabro, rachi superne et 
rachibus partialibus sparse nigro-furfuraceis compressis subquadratis 
superne sulcatis, pinnulis subcoriaceis sessilibus elongato-dimidiato- 
rhombeis extrorsum grosse eroso-dentatis, spadicis ramis pedalibus, 
floribus masculis } poll. longis, antheris elongato-linearibus apice 
2-lobis. 
Caryora Cumingii, Loddiges ex Mart. Hist. Palm. ii. p. 159. 
This plant has for many years been cultivated in the Royal 
Gardens as the Caryota Cumingii, which was introduced 
by the late Hugh Cuming from Singapore some twenty 
years ago. The authority of the specific name appears to be 
the late Messrs. Loddiges, by whom the plant was first raised, 
and probably presented to these Gardens. It is alluded to 
in Martius’s great work, and defined there by a short descrip- 
tion transmitted by De Miquel, which, however, like all 
specific diagnoses of Palms, does not suffice to identify the 
species: so difficult is it to express the characters of these 
noble trees; nevertheless, so far as it goes, the description 
MARCH Ist, 1869. 
