614 MONOECIA HEXANDRIA. CoCOS. 



COCOS. Schreb. gen. N. 1692. 

 Male calyx three leaved. Corol three-petalled. Fila- 

 ments, calyx five-leaved. Corol three-petalled. Germ su- 

 perior, three-celled ; cells one seeded ; attachment superior. 

 Stigma three-Iobed. Drupe coriaceous. Embryo in the 

 base of the pcrisperm. 



C. nucijera. Willd. iv. 400. Corom. pi. i. N. 73. 



Unarmed. Fronds pinnate ; leaflets plaited, nuciform. 



Tenga. Rheed. Mai. i. t. 1 , 2, 3, 4. 



Calappa. Riimph. Amh. i. t. 1, 2. 



Neriula. Asiat. Res. w.p. 312. 



Sans. Narikela, Narikelee. 



Hind. Nary el, or Nariel. 



Beng. Narikel. 



Cocos Nucifera. Linn. 



Teling. Nari KjulMm, or Kobri-Ch«<lioo. 



Tani. Tenga. 



This tree is two well known to require a description ; its 

 generic character, that of the East Indies I mean, (that of the 

 West Indies may be different,) differs a little from the de- 

 scription of the last edition of the Genera plantarum, viz. 

 Sclireherh. 



Spatlie universal, axillary, cyllndric, oblong, tapering- 

 equally towards each end, bursting longitudinally its whole 

 length ; texture somewhat woody ; perfectly smooth on the 

 inside,slighlly striated lengthways on the outside, from two to 

 three feet long. Spadix nearly erect, very branchy, flexuous. 

 Branches thereof simple, flexuous, bowing a little. Malij 

 FLOWERS numerous, above the female ones, approximated, 

 !!iC8sile. C«Z»/a:; three-leaved, leaflets small, broad-cordate, firm, 

 fleshy. Petals three, as in the Genera plantarum. Female 

 FLOWERS generally one, though sometimes there is one near 

 the base of each ramification of the spadix, and accompanied 

 by a male flower on each side. Calyx inferior, five-leaved, the 



