PALMALS, 8 9 
PALMS. 
Cocos. Linneeus. 
oad —— Flowers at the base of the branches female, the others 
he ary simple, 3-celled. Fruit a coarse, fibrous, one-celled 
rupe, two cells becoming abortive. 
1, C. nucifera Linneeus.— 
(The Cocoa Nut Tree.) 
Fig. 72. 
Stem very tall, unequally ring- 
ed; leaves spreading ; AW yet, A HORAN 
leaflets linear-lanceolate, eA 4 DS 
acuminate ; drupes very ) 
large, ovate, bluntly 3-cor- 
nered. 
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Habitat. Tropical islands everywhere ; 
but only near the coast. 
Quality. Root narcotic ; fruit oily ; stem 
starchy. 
Uses, The nutsa universal article of food; 
kernel yields oil ; roots chewed ins 
of Areca ; abounds in a saccharine 
fluid, from which Palm wine is made. — 
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Evzis. Jacquin. 
iets a Branches of inflorescence unisexual. In the males the _ i 
e = Sealieg. tag dry ; the petals membranous, lanceolate. Ovary 
iT gistncene: ruit an angular 1-seeded drupe, with a fibrous oily rind. — 
neensis Linneus.—(The Om Pata.) Fig. 7 3. a ere 
Fig, : 
ig. 71.—Sketch of Saguerus saccharifer ; 72. Sketch of Cocos nucifera. 
