Cycas.'] < YCAIMCKJK. 11 ,"> 



GUI. CYCADACE^l. 



One genus, Cyras, including four Indian species. C. Rumphii, Miq. ; Beddome 

 ccxxvii; Kurz ii. 502. (C. circiintii.^ \Villd. ; IJoxb Fl. Ind. iii. 714). Vern. Mongtain, 

 Burin., is an evergreen palm-like tree, with a thick, cylindrical, simple or branched 

 trunk, found in tin- coast forests of South Tenasserim and the Andaiiians and oft. m 

 cultivated in South India. The wood yields a quantity of sago or starch, and the 

 stem exudes a resin which is used to cure ulcers. C. circinalis, Linn.; Beddome 

 ccxxvii. (C. sphcerica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 747). Vern. Orasmaro, Cuttaclc, is found in 

 South India and Ceylon. The seeds are ground into flour and used for food in time 

 of scarcity. C. siamensis, Mid. ; Kurz ii. 503, is a low stemless, palm-like tree, 

 common in the Eng and dry forests of Prome, and yielding a whitish gum. 



1. C. pectinata, Griff.; Kurz ii. 503; Gamble 84. Vern. Thakal, 

 Nep. 



An evergreen, simple-stemmed, palm-like tree. Bark in horizontal 

 folds, with diagonal clefts,, making- diamond-shaped bosses. Wood 

 yellowish white, in narrow wedge-shaped plates, arranged in nearly 

 concentric rings and separated by white tissue, which, like the central 

 pith, is full of starchy granules. 



Sikkim, Eastern Bengal and Burma, often in sal or eng or pine forests. 

 It yields a coarse sago, which, with the fruits, is eaten by the hill people in Sikkim. 

 There is some doubt about the identification of this species, which may prove to be 

 new. 



Ibs. 



E 2439. Chenga Forest, Darjeeling, 1,000 feet . . . .54 

 E 877. Bajasun Forest, Darjeeling Terai . . . . . 



II. MONOCOTYLEDONS. 

 ORDER CIV. ZINGIBERACE^. 



An Order scarcely containing any woody plants with the exception of Raven id a 

 madagascariensis, Sonn. ; Kurz ii. 504, an evergreen tree, allied to the plantains, 

 with a thick woody stem and distichous plantain-like leaves cultivated in gardens 

 in Bengal and Burma. To this Order belong the Plantains, of which there are many 

 wild forest species ; the Ginger (Zinaiber officinale, Roscoe) and the Cardamoms plant 

 (Elettaria Cardamomum, Maton.) 



ORDRK CV. PALMJE. 



A large and very important Order of trees, shrubs or climbers, found almost alt 

 over India from the most moist to the most arid zones and containing many of the- 

 most important economic plants. 



They belong to 7 Tribes, viz. 



Tribe I. Borassine;o .... Horassus. 



II. Coryphineie .... Corypha, Chameerops, Livistona, 



Ltenala. 



III. Phocniciuete .... Pha>ni.r. 

 IV. ArecineiB WaUichia, Cari/ota, Areca, Ben- 



tinciria, Arenga. 



,, V. Oocoineie . . . . Cocos. 



VI. Lepidocaryinea3 .... Calamus, Plci-tocomia, Korthal- 



v/a, Zalucca. 

 VII. Nipinese ..... Nipa. 



