810 CXXXTIII, PALMjE. 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 525 {cappar'm). Areca calapparla, 

 Bluiue, Rhuiiiph. v. 2 (1836) t. 100, fig. 2. Areca cocoides. Griff, in 

 Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 5 (1845) p. 454, & Palm. Brit. E. lud. (1850) 

 p. 15U, t. 230, B. — Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Veen. Rdm-supdri. 



WallicMa caryotoides, Roxb. Cor. PI. v. 3 (1819) p. 91, t. 295. A 

 stemless or short-stemmed palm with pinnatisect leaves, a native o£ 

 Chittagong and Birma, sometimes grown in gardens. The leaves are 

 4 ft. long, iu tufts from the rhizomes ; leaflets fasciculate on the lower 

 part of the petiole, cuneate, lobed, the lobes large prsemorse. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 419 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 525 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1094 ; Brandis, Ind. Trees (1906) p. 655. 



Eyphcme iJiehaica, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. v. 3 (1836-1850) p. 225, 

 tt. 131-133. The Down Palm of Upper Egypt, from which it extends 

 to the equator. Stem terete, 10-30 ft. high, dividing into 3 or 4 

 branches above the middle. Leaves fan-shaped. When seen from a 

 distance against the sky the upper part looks like the letter W. The 

 tree was, according to Graham, introduced into Bombay by Nimmo iu 

 1828, and again by Maccullough in 1837. It is not very attractive as a 

 garden plant, but there are several specimens in the public park at 

 Baroda and at Poona, while there is a fine tree at JSewree in Bombay. 

 The pulp of the fruit is edible. "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 526, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 524. Hyplicme coriacea, Grab. 

 Cat. p. 224 {not of Gaertn.) : Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 95. 



Livistona chhiensis, E. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 268. A handsome palm, 

 a native of China and Japan, with a stout obscurely annulate trunk 

 20-30 ft. high, and large fan-shaped leaves with long pendulous 

 bipartite divisions, on usually long petioles armed with short recurved 

 spines and rising from a network of brown fibres. The length of the 

 petioles depends on the position in which the plant is gro«n, being 

 longer in slight shade than in the open. Flowers white, with an 

 unpleasant odor {Griffith). Fruit-bearing spadix nodding, with sub- 

 secund branches. Fruit a dull-blue olive-like drupe. The palm is 

 commonly grown in gardens and does well with ordinary border 

 treatment if watered freely during dry weather. FI. B. I. v. 6, p. 434 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 526, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 525 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1091. Livistona mauritiana. Wall, iu Voigt, 

 Hort. Suburb. Calc. (1845) p. 641 {nomen nudiim). 



Oreodoxa rer/ia, II. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. v. 1 (1815) p. 305. A 

 fine palm with pinnate leaves 4-6 ft. long, leaflets 6-15 in. long and 

 neai'ly 1 in. broad, a native of Cuba. The lowest pinna is often 

 produced into a long pendulous whip 3-5 ft. in length which in medium- 

 sized plants furnishes an easy means of identification. Fully developed 

 avenues of this palm are among the chief ornaments of the Botanical 

 Gardens at Culcutta and at Peradeniya (Ceylon), and good specimens 

 may be seen in the A^ictoria Gardens, Boml)ay, and at Poena (Woodrow). 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 05; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 525. 



