86 Dr. Francis Hamizrow’s Commentary 
species to be distinct. In the mean time I shall describe the 
Katou Indel, so that those who have an opportunity may com- 
pare the description with the Phenix dactylifera. For an ac- 
count of the uses to which the Katou Indel is applied, I may 
refer to my Journey to Mysore (i. 54, 56, 393; iii. 320.). 
Caudex arboreus, diametro pedali, 10—20 pedes altus, teres, 
rudimentis stipitum imbricatis undique exasperatus, indi- 
visus. Frondes plures terminales, confertz, patentes, pin- 
nate. Pinne sparse, 6—8 hinc inde approximatis squar- 
rosæ, decurrentes, lanceolatæ, integerrimæ, acute, glabræ, 
nervis pluribus longitudinalibus striatæ, rigidæ, ima parte 
complicata in rachim insertæ ; inferiorum nonnullæ sub- 
trigonæ, canaliculatæ, mucronato-pungentes. Stipites ad 
foliola brevissimi, basi dilatato amplexicaules. Rachis tri- 
gonus, latere inferiori convexo ; superioribus, quibus pinnæ 
adnascuntur, planis. Stipule intrafoliaceæ, fibris decus- 
santibus intertextæ. 
Flores dioici. 
Masculine arboris : 
Spadiz axillaris, solitarius, erectus, palmaris, planus, levis, trun- 
catus, ultra medium extra tectus spicis plurimis in capitu- 
lum hemisphzricum magnitudine capitis humani congestis. 
Pedunculi glabri, angulati, flexuosi. Flores glabri, nitidi, 
albidi, sparsi, magni. 
Calyx concavus, tridentatus. Petala tria, ovata, acuta, rigida, 
patentia, angulata, calyce multo longiora. Filamenta sex, 
brevissima, receptaculo carnoso parvo inserta. Anthere 
filiformes, spirales, petalis breviores. 
Fœmininæ arboris : | 
Spadix tectus spicis plurimis, longissimis, erectis, simplicissi- 
"i glabris, flexuosis, angulatis. Flores plures, sparsi, ses- 
siles. | 
Calyx 
