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boats, and they owe tlicir tmoyaiiry to the materials that form tlicir sides, wliicli arc 

 the steins of tlie edibli' Zalai'ra. These steins are as liglit and of tlie eousisteiicy of 

 corli, for which they are often substituted, and the Sehings are skilful in unitinp; 

 them tojjether to serve instead of planks, so as to make an unecjualled sea-bout, that 

 floats on the waves like a swan." 



KoicrnALsiA, B/iime. 



Seandent palms. AJhnmen ruminate. Flowers dioecious, solitary, within a sealo- 

 like bract, and enihrai-ed by - bractlets, Tinited in a eup formiuj; a terete catkin or 

 spike. Corolla tripartite. Drupes 1-seeded, densely covered with rigid, imbricate 

 retrorse scales. 



K. scAPniGKRA, Mart. E.S.P. All over the Andamans. 



Spines on the petioles almost straight, 3—1 lines long. Drupes obovoid, A inch long. 



K. LACixiosA, Mart. E.S.P. Tenasserim. 



Spines on the petioles short, reflexed. Drapes turbinate, the size of a small pea. 



f f Flotrer.1 dintirhoHs {reri/ rarely yrurioiiili/ unilateral). Seandent, often lo/ti/ 

 palms, very rarely erect. 



Plectocomia, Bliime. 

 Flowers in small naked racemes or spikes, hidden by the di'~ticlionsly imbricate 

 spathes, and arranged in long tail-shaped pauieled catkins ; Di<ecious. IMale 

 flowers in pairs. Stamens 6. Females solitary. Calyx and corolla 3-parted. Drupes 

 densely covered with reflexed imlu'icate shining scales, 1-seeded. Lraces piuuute, 

 the rachis terminating in a whip-iiko tendril armed with recurved thorns. 



P. MACUOsTAcnrA, Kz. E.G. Tenasserim. Eithoko llangc at oOOO feet. 



All parts glabrous, the petiole and rachis s])iny. Spines straight, up to ?,- inch 

 long. A lofty climber, distinguished from P. ehnyata, EL, by its larger flowers and 

 more densely imbricate si)uthules. 



Calamus, Linnaus. 



Flowers solitary in the spathules, forming panicles, polygamously dicecious. 

 Calyx and corolla tiiiiartite. Stamens G. Drupe covered with retrorsely imbrieato 

 scales, 1-seeded. Arillus watery, white or rosy, often edible. Evergreens, known 

 as ' rattans.' 



* Flowers usually sessile, spathes persistent, all tubular or fattened, not from a 

 tiihilar base. Albumen usually hoinoyenenas. 



f Drupes sessile, i.e. t/ie periiinth mure or less spreading and adhering to the base 

 of the fruit. Spathules of the spikes much imbrieated, the exserted part cymbifurm, 

 shorter than broad, truneate. 



I Seales of fruit without a eonspiraous appendage. 



A rinncc equidistant, no leaf tendrils. 



C. AHBORESCKXS, Gritf. Tree furests in marshy spots, Pegu. 



Duu-oung (Kiirz). 



A stoloniferous, gregarious, erect, tufted rane. Finnic wliite beneath. Leaves 

 6-8 feet long, non- flagellate. 



C. EREcrrs, Koxb. Tree forests of Chittagong and Pegu. 



Theing (Kurz). 



Low tufted, ifrtAimi-like palm, all parts glabrous. Leaves uniformly green, and 

 8-12 feet long. 



A A Pinna fascicled or interruptedly approximate. 



C. FASCicuLATcs, Koxb. All over Burma and the Andamans. 



Kyeing-kha (Kurz). 



