922 CLXXXVIL PALME. [Phonicec. 
conniventia ; stigmata sessilia, uncinata ; ovula erecta. Fructus oblongus, teres, 1-spermus, 
stigmatibus terminalibus, pericarpio carnoso, endocarpio tenuiter membranaceo. Semen 
erectum, lin blongum, teretiusculum v. pli , ventre profunde longitudi- 
naliter sulcatum, hilo basilari, albumine corneo ; embryo dorsalis v. subbasilaris.—Palm:ze 
inermes, sub les v. caudicibus gracilibus v. robustis ssepius cwespitosis brevibus v. elon- 
gatis, erectis v. declinatis, superne basibus persistentibus foliorum tectis. Folia terminalia, 
patenti-recurva, inzqualiter pinnata, tis subfasciculati; Ibiequidistantil 
pes las Mora 
B: 
v. j 
ng: : iis rigidis basi lata insertis marginibus in- 
tegerrimis basi v. per totam longitudi duplicatis, rhachi lateralit p bifa- 
ciali dorso convexa, petiolo plano-convexo ;»pissime pinnis abbreviatis rigidis spi 5 
vagina brevi fibrosa. Spadices swpius plures, erecti, v. fructiferi nutantes v. penduli, 
ped lo valde |p , ramis interd bumbellatis; spatha completa, elongata, 
basilaris, compressa, anceps, coriacea, ventre et demum dorso fissa; bractes interdum 
obsoletze. Flores mediocres, flavi. Baccmo crocem, brunnez v. atre. 
it 
Species ad 12, Asi et Africz tropiez et subtropieze incole. — Mart. Hist. Nat. Palin. iii. 257, 320, 
t. 120, 124, 136, 164. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. 954. Gaertn, Fruct. 1,0. 9. Lam. Illustr. t. 893 
(Phoniz et Elate). Dict. Sc. Nat. t. 26,26. Rozb. Cor. Pl. i. t. 74, iii. 0. 273. Griff. in Calc. Journ. 
Nat. Hist. v. 344; Palm. Brit. Ind. 136, £. 128, 128 A, 129 A, B. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 62 ; Palin. 
Archip. Ind. 14, 26. Brandis, For. Fl. 553. Del. FI. Egypt. t. 62. Turpin in. Mém. Mus. Par. iii. 
t. 15. Jacq. Collect. Suppl, t. 15; Fragm. t. 24, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 18. JDrude in 
Bot. Zeit. 1877, 638, t. vi. f. 27 ad 33. 
Tarsus III. ConvrHEx. 
81. Corypha, Linn. Gen. n. 1991. (Taliera, Mart. Progr. Palm. Fam. et Gen. 10. 
Gembanga, Blume in Flora, 1825, 580, 678.)—Flores parvi, hermaphroditi, in ramis spadicis 
terminalis y idalis paniculatim ramosi sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, minute bracteati. 
Calyx eupularis, 3-dentatus v. 3-lobus. ^ Petala 3, basi in stipitem solidum contracta, 
late ovata, acuta, incurva, subvalvata v. imbricata. Stamina 6, filamentis dilatato-subu- 
latis basi petalorum late adnatis; antherze ovato-cordatz, dorsifix:e. Ovarium trigono- 
ovoideum, 3-lobum, 3-loculare, in stylum brevem subulatum contractum, stigmate simplici 
v. 9-dentieulato ; ovula in loculis basilaria, erecta. Fructus e carpellis 1-3-globosis 
l-spermis, stylo basilari, periearpio carnoso. Semen globosum v. oblongum, erectum, 
hilo basilari, testa membranacea, rapheos ramis ab hilo divergentibus ad situm embryonis 
convergentibus, albumine sequabili solido v. cavo; embryo verticem versus seminis.— 
Palme elato», inermes, monocarpicz, caudice robusto annulato. Folia terminalia, maxima, 
orbicularia, ad medium in lacinias perpluri lineari-l latas flabellatim fissa, laciniis 
vernatione induplicatis, rhachi 0, ligula parva, petiolo elongato robusto superne concavo 
marginibus spinosis, vagina fissa. Spadix solitarius, ingens, erectus, paniculatim ramosis- 
simus. Spathz plures, tubulosee, pedunculum et ramos vaginantes ; bracteole obsoleto. 
Flores virides. Fructus diametro cerasi. 
Species ad 6 enumeratee, Asie tropicze et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Mart. Hist. Nat, Palm. 
iii. 231, 318, 7. 108, 127. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. 236. Gertn. Fruct. i.t. 7 (semen inversum depictum). 
Lam. Illustr. t, 899. Blume, Rumph. ii. 57, t. 97, 98, 105. Roxb. Cor. Pl.t. 205, 266. Griff. in 
Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 313 ; Palm. Brit. Ind. iii. £. 220 D, E, F, App. xxiii. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
ii. 49. Kurz, For. Fl.ii.524, H. Wendl. et Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 226. 
82. Sabal, Adans. Fam. Nat. ii. 495.—Flores hermaphroditi, ramis spadicis elongati 
panieulatim ramosi. solitarii, sessiles, bracteati et 9-bracteolati, perianthio post anthesin 
immutato. Calyx cupularis, inzqualiter 3-lobus, basi truncatus. Corolla profunde 3-loba, 
tubo brevi, lobis ovato-oblongis acutis concavis marginibus infra apices valvatos tenuibus 
imbricatis. Stamina 6, filamentis subulatis basi dilatatis in annulum tubo corollm 
adnatum connatis ; antherce late ovato-cordate, dorsifixsee, Ovarium 3-gonum, 3-loculare, 
in stylum columnarem validum 3-gonum attenuatum, stigmate truncato ; ovula in loculis 
