PALMALS. 38 PALMS, 
Unarmed ; stem tall ; leaflets broadly linear, plaited, acuminate, the upper 
confluent, wedge-shaped, preemorse ; fruit ovate. 
Habitat. All over the East Indies, 
Quality. Fruit astringent ; narcotic. 
Uses. Nuts chewed, with lime and the leaves of Chavica (Piper) Betel ; yield Catechu 
by boiling. 
Sacuerus. Rumphius. 
1. S. saccharifer Blume, Arenga saccharifera Labill.—(The Gomuto Pau. 
emarginate, auriculate, white or silvery beneath; branches of 
spadix long, clustered, pendulous ; fruit yellowish. 
Habitat. The tropical parts of Asia. 
Quality. Yields a saccharine fluid abundantly ; also Sago. 
Uses. 1s a great source of Palm wine, The central bud or “ cabbage” eatable. 
Fig. 70.—Sketch of Areca Catechu. 
