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Calyx monophyllus, ore:tridentato cyathiformis. Petala tria, 
subrotunda, in globum ore patulo convoluta. Germina tria, 
oblonga. Styli subulati. Stigmata acuta. 
Drupa, vel potius forte bacca (germinum duobus abortivis), so- 
litaria, ovata, Dactylo Arabico dimidio minor, flava, mollis, 
carnosa, calyce persistente infra cincta. Corter membra- 
naceus, tenuissimus. Caro crassiuscula, dulcedine quadam 
austera. 
I may here observe that, besides the Katou Indel, I have seen 
in India three other species of the same genus; one of them a 
small tree, and the other two without stems. Of these last, one, 
which I have already mentioned, is common in all the hills of 
India south from the Ganges, and is what Dr. Roxburgh ( Hort. 
Beng. 73.) calls: Phœnix farinifera; and T think that this is 
probably the Hin Indi of the Ceylonese, and the Palma dacty- 
lifera minor humilis sylvestris fructu minore of Parkinson, Pluke- 
net, and Burman. Inthe North of India this is called Palawat ; 
and its leaves, which are not so rigid as those of the other spe- 
cies, are bruised and twisted into ropes. Fts fruit is supported 
on a stem almost as long as the leaves ( frondes). 
The other dwarf Phenix is found in the more elevated plains 
on the north side of the Ganges, where the soil contains much 
clay, and in the dialect of Bengal is called Janggali Khajur ; 
and it is, I presume, what Dr. Roxburgh (Hort. Beng. 73.) calls 
Phenix acaulis: Either the Phænir acaulis or P. farinifera, there 
can be little doubt, is the same with the P. pusilla: of Gærtner 
(De Sem.i. 24. t. 9.). The plant found on the north side of the 
Ganges is the smallest, and therefore the most suitable for the 
name pusilla; but then Gærtner procured the seeds from Cey- 
lon, where it is probable that the plant of Southern India is 
alone known. He describes, however, only the fruit ; and from 
that 
