800 CXXXTIII. PALlSr.!. 



Leaves siinjily pinnate ; leaflets induplicate, without 



midrib; flowers dia?ciou8 1. PiiCENrx. 



Leaves siirjily pinnate, linear or lanceolate, with 

 midrib and reduplicate sides, the terminal leaflets 

 often conlliient as a plaited limb. 



Spadix androgynous, on the stem below the leaves ; 

 clusters of 3 flowers, 1 male between 2 females, 



all fdong the spike; stamens numerous 2. Pinanga. 



Spadix from the leaf-axils; leaflets prs&morse, 



auricled ; stamens oo 3, Arenga. 



Leaves twice pinnatisect, the segments very obliquely 

 diniidiate-flabelliform ; spadix axillary, followed 

 progressively downwards by alternate male and 



female spadices 4. Caryota. 



Fruit clothed with reflexed, shining, closely appressed, 

 imbricating scales ; leaf-rhachis or spadix or sheath 



produced as an armed ilagellum 5. Cai-amus. 



Leaves flabelliform, fan-like or orbicular. 



Spadix axillary, from among the leaves; flowers poly- 

 gamous 6. Nannorriiops. 



Spadix terminal ; flowers hermaphrodite ; monocarpic 



palms flowering once and then dying 7. Corypha. 



1. PHCENIX, Linn. 



Tall trees or low shrubs, the entire stem or the upper portion only 

 closely covered by the more or less rhomboid bases of the petioles ; 

 stems"^ occasionally branched. Leaves pinnate; leaflets entire, linear, 

 folded longitudinally and attached obliquely with their folded bases to 

 the woody common petiole, the lowest pinnae often transformed into 

 spines; midrib 0, but a slender nerve on either side of the fold; main 

 nerves longitudinal, parallel ; common petiole semiterete or flat, often 

 widening at the base into a sheath, which frequently expands into a 

 mass of tough reticulate fibres. Flowers dioscious, small, yello\Aish, 

 coriaceous, on usually several branched axillary (interfoliar) erect or 

 drooping spadices. Spathe basilar, complete, coriaceous. Male 

 fLOWERS : Sepals 3, connate in a cupidar 3-toothed calyx. Petals 3, 

 obliquely ovate, valvate. Stamens 6 ; filaments short, subulate ; anthers 

 erect, dorsifixed. Pistillode minute or 0. Female flowees : Sepals 3, 

 connate in a globose accrescent calyx. Petals 3, rounded, imbricate. 

 Staminodes 6, free or connate in a 6-toothed cup. Carpels 3, free; 

 ovules erect ; stigmas sessile, hooked. Fruit oblong, terete, 1-seeded, 

 with a terminal stigma, a fleshy pericarp and a membranous endocarp. 

 Seed obloug, ventrally grooved ; albumen uniform or subruminate ; 

 embryo dorsal or subbasilar. — Distiuh. Asia and Africa ; species 

 about 11. 



Tall palms ; stems from l.^-fiO ft. high. 



Stem slender, 3U-50 ft. high ; leaves 7-12 ft. long ; fruit orange- 

 yellow 1. P- Ki/lvcsfris. 



Stem very stout, 15-20 ft. high; leaves 3-5 ft. long; fruit 



brown 2. P. robusfa. 



Low palms with very short stems, often stemless. 



Stem very short or ; fruiting peduncles short ; bases of leaves 



thickened and decurrent on the common petiole 3. P. acaulh. 



Stem i-10 ft. higii ; fruiting peduncles long ; bases of leaves 



not thickened and not decurrent on the common petiole 4. P. hnmilis 



var. pedunculata. 



