Areca. monoecia hexandria. 015 



exterior two small, and may be called bractes. Corol tiiree- 

 petalled, if five are allowed ("or the calyx, cordate, smaller 

 than the inner three leaflets of the calyx, of a firm leathery 

 texture, concave, and not expanding, except in a trifling- de- 

 gree, unless force be used. JSTectary a thin orange-colour- 

 ed ring surrounding the base of the germ. Germ somewhat 

 conical. Style none. St'ujma small, immersed in the apex of 

 the germ slightly three-lobed. 



The nut is well described and delineated by Gcertner. Of 

 this valuable, and very elegant tree, there are several varie- 

 ties, if not distinct species, cultivated near the shores of India. 

 They do not thrive at any distance from the sea. Flowering 

 time the hot season; the nuts ripen about the close of the 

 rains, or beginning of the cool season in October or Novem- 

 ber. The uses of this tree and its produce are numerous, and 

 well known. 



ARECA. Schreh. gen. N. 1696. 

 Male calyx three-parted. Corol three-petalled. Female 

 calyx three-leaved. Coro/ three-petalled; weciar?/ six-tooth- 

 ed. Germ superior, one-celled, one-seeded; altachmenl '\i\- 

 ferior. Drupe coriaceous. Seed single, ruminate. Embryo 

 in the base of the perisperra. 



1. A. catechu. Willd. iv. 524. Coram, pi. i. N. 74. 



Trunk straight, and slender, from forty to fifty feet high. 

 Fronds pinnate ; leaflets compound, linear, opposite, prte- 

 morse. Spathe erect, ramous. Male floivers hexandrous. 

 Seed of a roundish conic form and obtuse. 



Areca faufel. Gart. Fruct. i. 19. t. 7./. 2. 



Pinanga. Riimph. Amb. i. 1.4. 



Caunga. Rheed. Mai, i. 5. 8. 



Sans. Goovaka. 



Guvaca. Asiat. Res. iv. p. 312. 



Pers. and Hind. Soopara. 



