( 2734, 2735, 2736, 2737,2738 ) 
Loporcea SecueLttarum. Dovste, or 
SEYCHELLES-IsLAND, Cocoa-Not. 
SHRI bisik 
Class and Order. 
 Dracra Monapetpuia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Patm. ) 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Spadix basi spathaceus, sanieatedecle Amentum 
cylindraceo- -elongatum, squamatum intra substantiam flo- 
riferum. Flores in massam subreniformem  arctissime 
distiche imbricati, numerosi. Calyx triphyllus. Corolla 
tripetala. Stamina numerosa, basi monadelpha. 
Fam. Spadix basi spathaceus, vaginato-squamosus ; squa- 
mis erosis, flores remotiusculos gerens. Calyx triphyllus. 
Corolla triphylla. Germen late ovatum, inferne triloculare. 
Stigma sessile, minutum, trifidum. . Drupa fibrosa, nuce 
bi- triloba, di- trisperma ? . 
Specific Character and Rynenyme: 4 
Loporcea Sechellarum. 
L,. eer. Labill. in Gage Mus. v.9. p. uo, he + 8 
pr st. Veg. v. 2 5 is 
L. Se a Porat Syn. PL. v. 2. p. 630. 
Cocos maldivica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. v.. 2. p. 569. wW ld. 
Sp. Pl. v. 4, p. 402. at 
Parmer de V’Isle Praslin, vulgairement appellé ¢ 
de Mer. Sonnerat Voy. de la Nouvelle Guinée, ‘ip. 4. 
eee, 4.5.6.0 4. 
, cc ‘ocus maldivicus. “Rumph. Hist. Amb, v. 6. p- 240. t. 81. 
Des ‘The Trunk of this ‘beautifil i rises COM 
emir to an elevation of a or  saaty peek, , ane ometimes 
