THE MOXOCOTYLEDOXES 



20 CI 



Fig. 1 990. — Trachycarpus exceha. Bunch of fruits. 



bution to the last. C. cerifera has its leaves coated with wax which may be 

 removed by shaking. It was formerly used for making gramophone records 

 and for candles. It is known as the Wax or Carnauba Palm, and is a native 

 of Brazil. 



Livistona has twenty species distributed between India and Australia. 



II. Borassoideae 



Spadix simple or with a few thick cylindrical branches. Flowers 

 diclinous and dimorphic, invested with bracts, the female much larger than 

 the male. Gynoecium a trilocular ovary forming one-seeded drupes. 

 Leaves fan-shaped, induplicate. 



I. Borasseae. Characters as in sub-family. Hypliaene, Borassus, 

 Lodoicea. 



The genus Hyphaene, containing fifteen species, occurs in Africa. It is 

 one of the very few genera in which the stem is branched and practically 

 the only Angiosperm which is dichotomous. H. thebaica is the Doum 

 Palm of the Nile valley, whose thick mesocarp has the flavour of ginger- 

 bread. There is only one species of Borassus, B. flabelliformis, the Deleb 



