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EJ^TTMERATION OF lPalmace(B. 



TRIB. IV. COCOINM, Mart. 



8. COCOS, Linn. 



1 C. nucifera, Linn. (Roxb. PL Cor. i. p. 52, t. 73 ; Fl. Ind. iii. p. 



4; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii. p. 64, cum syn.)— cp. 3744. 



Hab. Commonly cultiyated tlirougkout the warmer parts ot the 



island. Norn. vulg. " Pol-gass. 



The value of this tree is 9 

 observations on the subject. 



TRIB. V. LEFIBOCARYINE.^, Mart 



9. CALAMUS^ Linn. 



Norn. vulg. *'\Vaiwel. 



j> 



1. C. longisetus. Griff. Palms of British India, p. 42, tt. 189, A,B. 

 (Martins, Gen. et Sp. Palm. p. 332 : Miq. El. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 114.) 



CP. 2373. . 



H.vB. Hantani District, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 



2000 to 3000 feet. 



Flantafcetn.: Flores secus ramulos spadicis per paria (1 masc, 1 hermaph.) dis- 

 positi. Brupa obovata (includ. rostro obtnso 2 liu. longo), pollicarisj squamis inajus- 

 ciilis, in 5 vcl 6 spiris, ochraceis, margine fuscis. 



Closely allied to C, erectas, Roxb. (C. schizospathiis, GrKT. 1. c. p. 41), of whieh I 

 have specimens from Er. Hooker, but besides the differences pointed out by Griffith 

 in the work quoted, the rostrum of the fruit in the present species is longer and its 

 scales larger and fewer than in C. erectus. 



2. C. rudentum, Lour. (Willd. Sp. PL ii. p. 203; Eoxb. PL Ind. iii. 

 p. 776.) — Palmajuncus alhus, Rumpli. AmLoin. v, p. 102, t. 53. — CP. 



2874. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. '* Ma-walwel." 



3. C. Roxburghii, Griff. 1. c p. 55, t.-112,— C. Rotang, Eoxb. 1. c. 

 p. 777 {non Linn, neqtte Willd, nisi par tim), — CP. 3388. 



Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



4. O. gi-acilis, Eoxb, L c. p. 781 ; Griff. 1. c. p. 61, t. 196, cum syn 



CP. 2334. 



Hab. South of the island. 



'Frondislawinm latitudiiie vahlc varia, secus rachii\ fascieulatic vel nonnunquanifla- 

 bcUatim apicalea. Spadlees masculi 3-5-pollicurcs; Flores plus minus couferti. 

 Spad.fmm. nondum vidi. 



5. C. tenuis, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 780 ; Griff. L c. p. 57, tt. 93, A, B, C. 



C. mojioicus, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 789? — CP. 2335. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island, not very uncommon. 



Tota planta, froudium laminis exccptis, plus minus fugnci-ferrugineo-furfuracea. 

 Spadices masc, supradecompositi, raviulis jlorigcrh brcvibus, rccurvis, paucitloris. 

 Flores distichi, conferti. 



6. G. delicatulixs, Thw. ; frondis ?«/«/?n5numerosis, fequidiatantlbus, 

 Ilneari-lanceolatis, valde acuminatis, margine et utriuque ad ncrvos 

 longiuscttle ^Q{\gQv\^\racJiide fugaci-ferrugineo-furfuracea, carina aculeis 

 uncinatig armata ; spadicihus masculis valde elongatia, fiUfonnibus, dc- 



