BORASSUS. 167 
Fruit rather large, elliptico-oblong, base rather deeply de- 
pressed, apex 3-lobed, with a large disc which is perhaps the 
remants of a style? colour between, green and yellowish 
striated. 
BORASSUS. 
Borassus. 
Spathæ plures foliaceo-striatæ, incompletæ, spadix ramosus, 
ramis bi-tri spadicose. Spadiculz cylindraceæ, squamis latis 
subconnatis centro emarginatis vel sinugeris arcte imbricatæ. 
Foveolæ profundæ, ex angulo superior, florigeræ. 
Nodus floriger gyratus, alabastris interior et inferioribus 
scrotinis. 
Flores subbiseriati, bracteati glumacei. Sepala 3, cuneata 
concava subunguiculata. Cor., longe pedicellat. (pedicello 
subito evoluto ? imbricata, З petala, petalis cuneatis concavis, 
patentia. 
Stam. 6, biseriata, serie externe petalis ања Anth. 
magne biloculares, longitudine dehiscentes. Rudim. fem. o. 
Spadicule feeminez, ratione masculi, pauciflore, bracteis 
latissimis 2 vaginant. 
\ Fl. inferioribus binatis reliquis solitariis. 
Bractez (vel calyx) subternz 
Cal. 3-sepalus ; corolla tipda, but there is no distinction 
whatever between the series, all are glumaceous, rough, and 
imbricated, the inner series is the largest, and prettily stalked, 
and veined towards the edges. 
The Ovary has the base surrounded by 6 barren stamens, 
the filament is broad at the base, and united into an annulus. 
The ovarium is the size of a large apple, terminated by a bi- 
lobed stigma, with 3 chinks near the apex, indicating the lines 
of composition; substance very thick fibrous and fleshy, 
tough, with 3 cells. 
