790 DIOECIA HEXANDRIA, Ferriola. 
of any person having such a staff. The longer ones serve 
for rafters to their houses, and the leaves for thatch. 
BORASSUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1689. _ 
| Male spathe universal, many-leaved. Perianth three- 
leaved. Corol three-petalled. Female spathe as in the male. 
Perianth, or corol, or both, from eight to twelve-leaved. 
Germ superior, three-celled; cel/s one-seeded, attachment 
interior. Drupe three-seeded. Embryo in the apex of the 
perkpam, 
a flabelli ifornis. Willd, iv. 800, Corom, pl. i, N. 71 
and 72. 
_ Lontarus domestica. Rumah. Amb, i, t. 10.Gert, Fruct, 
aL. i. 3. 
_ Carimpana, Rheed, Mal. i,t. 9. the female tree; mail oe 
part 10. the male... > 
_ Sans, Tala, See Asiat, eg iv. p. ‘Sil. 
# _ Beng. Tal. 
Eng. Palmyra. ! 
\, Teling. Patoo-Tody, the name of the male tree, and Peuty 
or ‘Nama-Tody, the female. Common all over India, It flow- 
ers in the hot season in Bengal, and the seeds ripen in August, 
FERRIOLA. R. 
. ~ Mane. Calyx and corol three-cleft, FEmaAte, Calyx 
and. corol three-cleft. Germ superior, three-celled; cells 
two-seeded ; attachment superior; style single. Berry from 
one to three-seeded. Embryo inverse, amply furnished with 
BRST: 
B. buxifolia, Willd. iv, p. 798. R. Corom. pl. i iN. 45. 
-Trumbilli, that is Iron wood, of the Tamuls, . gh 
__ Pishinna of the Telingas, 2 A 
- Among the Circar mountains this grows tobea small tree, 
