328 E2vaTMEEATiON OF [PahnucetB, 



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An apparently larger form of this {Ar, alba, Eumph., Miq., baud "\Yilia.) occurs 

 sparingly in native gardens, but it is said to have been introduced and not to be in- 

 digenous to the island. The seeds of both kinds are used by the natives as a masti- 

 catory with Betel. 



2. A. concinna, Thw. ; inermis, caudice tenui, siniplici, annulato; 

 frondihus paucis, pinnatisectis, subglabris; segmeyitis Mc^ti^, vaWe 

 acuminatis ; tenninalihus brevioribns, plus minus confluentibua, trun- 

 catis, apice dentatis ; spadice ramoso ; Jlorihus ut in A. CatecJm dispo-. 

 sitis ; MASC. : 6-andris ; petalis ovato-Ianceolatis, quam sepala rotun- 

 dato-oblonga fere 3-plo longioribus; ovarii rudimento trigono-elavi- 

 formi; F(EM. : cZmj^a fibrosa, subfusiformi, umbonata ; alhumme v^xm\• 

 jiato.— " Areca BlcJcsonii, Eoxb. ?" Moon's Cat. p. 66.— c.p. 620. 



Hab. Porests in the Hclgara and Pas-doon Corles. ^ JNom. vulg. 

 " Laina-terri-gass." 



Caudex 8-12-pedalis, viridis, 1^-1-1 poll, iu diam. Frondes circiter 7, 3-3| 

 ped. lougffi (cxcL basi vaginante 16 poll, longa) segmentis niedns 2 ped. longis, '^^ 

 poll, latis. Lrupa sesquipoUicaris, flavo-rufcsceus. , tii ^ s u * 



Apparently closely allied to A. j)umila, Blume, Rumph. t. 99 (hand Mart ), but 

 the male flowers of the present plant are biserial, not uniserial as described m liluine s 

 species. The Cinghalese chew the albumen of the seeds with their Betel. 



2. PTYGHOSPERMA, Labilb, Miq. 



Sect. Spirantlia, Miq. 



1. P-rupicola, TIiw. ; inermis ; caudice elato, simpliei, annulato; 

 frondibus subglabris, pinnatisectis, segmentis lanceolatis, oblique acumi- 

 natis, terminalibus plus minus confluentibus, prsemorso-dentatis, nervo 

 medio superne prorainenti, subtus squamoso ; flor. masc. :^ 12-andna ; 

 j)€talis acutls, quam sepala rotundata obtusa 4f-5-plo longioribus -, ovarii 

 rudimento parvo; floe. rcEM. : ^f^aZf? ^e^'aZi^que rotundatis, obtusis, 

 ovario rotundato, acuminato ; stigmatihus minutisslmis ; gvuIo pendulo. 

 — " Caryota mitis, Willd.P" Moon's Cat. p. 65.— c.p. 2732. . 



Hab. Eocky places in forests of the Southern and Central Provmced, 



at no great elevation. Nom. vulg. " Dotaloo-gass." 



Caudex 30-40.pedali3, 4-5 poll, in diam. Frondes 6-8-pcdales, basi vaginante 

 15 poll, longa. Spathie completm 2, acumluatie, est erne parcc furfuraceai, exienoT 

 crista acuta, % poll, lata marginata. Sjindix valde ramosns, pallide ochraceus, pms 

 minus rufesceiis, sesquipedalfs, pedunculo brevi. Dmpa fibrosa, parum carnosa, su - 

 spba^rica, \ poll, in diam., abrupte obliqucque acuminata, Semen pendulum, aiDH- 

 mine ruminato, coccineo-varicgato. . , ^ 



The seeds of this are used by the Cinghalese with their Betel, as a substitute lor 



those of the Areca Cateclni. 



ONCOSPERMA 



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4-7-nis, 4-7 



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spiraliter) dispositis, apicibus dependentibus ; spathis spadiccq^e^^ 

 mxhm,— Caryota horrida, Moon s Cat. p. 64 (baud Willd.)— c.p. ^; 

 Hab. Forests in tbe Central Province, up to an elevation ot o 

 feet. Nom. vulg. " Kattoo-tittool." 



Caudex 30-40-pedalis vel ultra, 5-6 poll, in diam., aculeis numcrosis nigns com- 

 nreasis flexilibus Datentibus armatns. Frondes (excl. basi vacinante externe turtucact 



