112 l8. PALMAE 



12. Flowers monoecious, in cymes on the primary branches of tlie lateral 



spadices ; cymes consisting of one female and several male flowers. — 

 Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. They furnish cane for plaiting- 

 work and for the manufacture of various utensils. (Under Calamus L.) 



Oncocalamus Mann & Wendl. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, in pairs on the branches of the 



spadices 13 



13. Spadices lateral. Spathes none. — Species 5. West Africa to the upper 



Nile. They furnish cane for plaiting- work and for the manufacture of 

 various utensils. (Under Calamus L.) 



Eremospatha Mann & Wendl. 

 Spadices terminal. Spathes tubular i^ 



14. Seed flattened, with a thick raphe. Leaves with a short stalk and narrow 



segments.- — Species i. West Africa to the upper l^ile. They furnish 

 cane for plaiting-work and for the manufacture of various utensils. 



(Under Calamus L.) Ancistrophyllum Mann & Wendl. 



Seed roundish, deeply grooved, kidney-shaped in transverse section. Leaves 

 with a rather long stalk and rather broad segments. — Species 2. West 

 Africa. They furnish cane for plaiting-work and for the manufacture cf 

 various utensils. (Under Ancistrophyllum Mann & Wendl. or Calamus 

 L.) Laccosperma Mann & Wendl. 



15. (8.) Fruit a drupe ; endocarp very hard, with 3 pores. [Tribe COCO- 



EAE.] 16 



Fruit a berry ; endocarp membranous, rarely woody. [Tribe ARE- 

 CEAE.] 17 



16. Flowers sunk singly in deep pits of the spadix-branches. Spadices uni- 



sexual, with 2 deciduous spathes. Stamens united high up. Fruit 

 rather small ; pericarp spongy outside ; pores towards the top of the 

 stone. — Species i [E. guineensis L. oil-palm). Central Africa. The 

 stem and the leaves furnish wood, fibre, vegetables, and wine ; the fruits 

 are edible and used for making oil. [Subtribe elaeidinae.] 



Elaeis Jacq. 

 Flowers inserted singly or in gioiips of three in shaUow pits or notches of 

 the spadix-br arches. Spadices bisexual, with a woody, persistent 

 spa the. Stamens free or imited at the base. Fruit large ; pericarp 

 fibrous; pores towards the base of the stone. — Species i (C. nucifera L., 

 coco-nut-palm). Cultivated and sometimes naturalised on the shores 

 of the tropics. The stem and the leaves furnish wood, fibre, tanning 

 materials, vegetables, wine, and medicaments ; the fruits are edible and 

 yield oil, fodder, and a drink. [Subtribe attaleinae.] Cocos L. 



17. Leaves with long prickles. Spadices branched ; spathes 2 or more, com- 



plete. Corolla of the female flowers imbricate in bud. Ovary i-celled, 



with a laterally affixed ovule. Stigmas 3 18 



Leaves without prickles 23 



