88 Dr. Francis HAMILTON’s Commentary 
that only the species, I suspect, cannot be fully determined ; 
which probably induced Dr. Roxburgh to give new names to both 
plants, although it is probable that his P. farinifera is the P. pu- 
silla of Gærtner. I shall here give a description of the Phenix 
acaulis, or Janggali Khajur of the Bengalese. 
Radia fibrosa, crassa. Caudex nullus. Stipites plures cum sti- 
pulis congesti in bulbum imbricatum vix extra terram emer- 
gens, rigidi, brevissimi, trigoni, subtus convexi.  Frondes 
pinnatæ, rarius ultra cubitum longe. Pinne hinc inde 
3—5 approximatis squarrosæ, ima parte complicata in ra- 
chim insertæ, lineares, nudæ, nervis longitudinalibus paral- 
lelis striatæ, rigidæ, apice spinescentes, inferioribus bre- 
vissimis. Rachis communis trigonus. Stipule geminæ, 
laterales, maximæ, membranaceæ, margini stipitis utrinque 
longitudinaliter adnatæ, nervis intus reticulatæ. 
Flores dioici. 
In masculina arbore : 
Spadi« erectus, e terra exsertus, ramis simplicibus confertis an- 
gulatis multifidus. Spatha membranacea, marcescens, vagi- 
nans, indeterminate dehiscens. Flores duri, angulati, lutei. 
Calyx minutus. Petala tria, rigida, oblonga, acuta. Filamenta 
nunc tria tunc sex, brevissima. Anthere oblongæ. 
In foeminina arbore : 
Inflorescentia ut in masculina, sed spadix vix apice e terra emer- 
gens. Flores virides, squama rigida parva adpressa bracteati. 
Calyx monophyllus, crassus, truncatus. Corolla rigida, laciniis 
ovatis obtusis adpressis trifida. Germina tria, ovata; quo- 
rum duo semper abortiva, cito marcescentia. Stylus vix 
ullus. Stigmata acuta. | 
Bacca oblonga, acuta, nigra, carnosa, mollis, dulcis, pollicem 
transversum vix longa, calyce multo major. Semen ob- 
: longum, 
