82 Dr. Francis HaMirTow's Commentary 
Breynii, Sebe, et Kempferi. Enc. Meth. ii. 231. (excluso 
Sebæ synonymo Sup. ii. 425. in observatione.) Willd. Sp. 
Pl. iv. 844. Brown Nov. Holl. i. - in observatione. Hort. 
Kew. v. 409. 
I have only further to add, that in the figures the rings on the 
stems are represented more regular and deep than I have ever 
observed on the growing plant, which has probably prevented 
Dr. Roxburgh (Hort. Beng. 71.) from quoting them. 
Katou INDEL, p. 15. tab. 22—25. | 
. In India this is the most common Palm. The names Katou 
Indel, Tamara do Muto, and Wild Dandel Boom imply its being a 
kind of Date; and the resemblance between it and the Date- 
palm brought from Arabia is so great, that, except by the fruit, I 
could not distinguish the one from the other: but I did not see 
the flower of the Arabian plant. "The fruits are very different in 
quality, but not more so than those of the Crab-apple and Pippin: 
yet the flower of the Katou Inde! differs so much from that of 
the Phenix dactylifera, at least as this is described by Linnaeus, 
that he considered it as belonging to a different genus; for its 
flower has six stamina and three germina, while Linnæus be- 
lieved that the Date had three stamina and one germen ; and it 
is still thus described in the Hortus Kewensis and by Willdenow : 
but M. Lamarck (Enc. Meth. ii. 261.) observes that the Phenix 
dactylifera has six stamina. He indeed describes it as having 
only one germen ; but he has perhaps been led to do this from 
no more than one coming to maturity, as is the case also in the 
Katou Indel. 
Neither Commeline in his note, nor Plukenet (Alm. 276.), 
seems to have been aware of the strong resemblance between 
the proper Date-tree and the Katou Indel, which they call Palma 
sylvestris 
