Dorasse».] OLXXXVIL PALMJE. 939 
Tarsus V. BoRASSEAX. 
116. Borassus, Linn. Gen. n. 1220. (Lontanus, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 21, t. 8. -)—Flores 
dioici; d parvi, in foveolis ramorum spadicis si ramosi i 
dense congesti, receptaculo basi foveoli adnato 2-seriatim. secundi, bracteis squamosis 
immixti ; fl. 9 magni, in ramis spadicis simpliciusculi robusti sparsi, solitarii v. 2-ni, bracteis 
suits involuti, Fl. d: Perianthium glumaceum. Sepala 3, anguste lineari-cunei- 
formia, apice inflexa truncata, libera, imbricata. Petala sepalis inclusa, basi in stipitem 
elongatum connata, obovato-spathulata, concava, patentia, imbricata. Stamina 6, fila- 
mentis brevissimis subulatis; anthers, magne, oblongs, basi bifida affixz. —Ovarii 
rudimenta e setis3. Fl. 9 masculis multoties majores, globosi, perianthio crasse carnoso 
post anthesin inordinate aucto. jepala, reniformia, imbricata. Petala consimilia sed 
minora, convolutivo-imbricat dia 6-9, basi petalorum inserta. Ovarium 3-gono- 
globosum, 3- (rarius 2-4-) tane integrum v. 3-4-partitum ; stigmata sessilia, recurva ; 
ovula basilaria, . erecta (ab Bpiod — basilaris erecta antitropa, Griff.) | Fructus 
magnus, ibglob iculatus, 1—3-pyrenus, pericarpio tenuiter carnoso, 
.pyrenis ol tis a dorso pressi s osseis extus densissime fibrosis, intus processubus 2 
inkrusis; apice »pertusise iiontem. pyreno f late oblongum, vertice 3-lobo, testa 
sequabili corneo cavo ; embryo apicem versus seminis. 
—(Palma elata, inermis, eaudice robusto annulato sig v. altius incrassato, interdum 
Bus versus furcato v. pauci-ramoso. Folia terminalia, ampla, palmatim flabelliformia, 
dtifida, laciniis induplicatis apice 2-fidis, marginibus levibus, rhachi brevi, ligula 
SUE atn rigida, petiolo spinoso, vagina brevi. Spadices magni, ad basin ramorum spathis 
incompletis vaginati, d' ramis floriferis solitariis v. 2-3-nis crassis cylindraceis bracteis 
multiseriatim dense imbricatis foveolas floriferas eflicientibus vestitis ; 9 crassi, subtor- 
*tuosi, pauciflori. Flores d taculo sul i inserti, ci iim evoluti, uno post 
alterum e foveola egredientes. Fructus brunnets, 
Species 1, Africze tropicze incola, in India late culta, v. in provinciis ostia versus fluminis Indus 
.forsan spontünea. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 219, 318, 4. 108, 121, 162, KuntA, Enum. PL. iii. 221. 
Lam. Illustr. t. 898. .-Brandis, For. Fl, 644. Kurz, For. Fl. ii. 681. .Rozb.. Cor. Pl. i. £71, 72. 
Griffith, Notul. ii, 107. JDrude in Bot. Zeit. 1877, 638, t. 0, f. 6 ad 9. 
117. modoicea, Labill. 4n Ann. Mus. Par. ix. 140, t. 13.— Flores dioici, d parvi, 
in foveolis spadicis i terfoli is conferti, bracteoli is immixti ; fl. 9 
meer un cem spadicis robusti spori; solitarii Ne bini, bracteis latissimis cincti. EL. T 
pala 3, linear , apice truncata inflexa, imbricata. 
Petala epalia: inclusa, in stipitem elongatum basi connaía, obovato-spathulata, concava, 
patentia, imbricata. Stamina 24-36, filamentis in columnam brevem connatis ; anthere 
lineares, basi bifida aflixc, erectze, apice incrassatee, obtuse.  Ovarii rudimenta 01. Fl9 
globosi. Perianthium crasse coriaceum, post anthesin inordinate auctum. Sepala orbicu- 
laria, lata, latissime imbricata. Petala ilia sed minora, convolutivo-imbricata, 
Ovarium ovoideum, 3-rarius 2-4-loculare ; stigmata 3, sessilia; ovula . . . Fructus 
maximus, oblique obovoideus, 1- v. imperfecte 2-3-locularis, pericarpio CrASsO dun carnoso, 
eS crasso osseo extus fibroso in longitudinem profunde 3- rarius 4-6-lobo. Semen 
arcte adh testa tenui, albumine corneo zsquabili late cavo ; embryo 
í basilaris, sinum spectans.—Palma elatis inermis, eaudice solitario robusto Roxio: Folia 
. terminalia, ampla, ovato-cordata, palmat plicat ltifida, laciniis indupli- 
catis, rhachi valde elongata, e supra Bono yo marginibus inermibus, vaginis brevibus 
demum ad medium fissis. Spadices plurip e fissuris extrusi, basi ramisque 
spathis incompletis vaginati 4 rami floriferi maximi, oylindracei, trunciformes, e bracteis 
latis 3 9 crassus, subtortuosus. 
.Flores 4 in receptaculo subreniformi basi foveole adnato cireinnatim evoluti, uno post 
alterum e foveola egredientes. Fructus pedalis et ultra, olivaceus, endocarpio ateyrimo. 
