358 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



linear, spadix with 4 to 8 branches, sepals subulate, nearly 

 equalling the petals, stamens 20 to 30, fruit ovoid or oblong. 

 W. Ghauts (#.), but not in -- or &- 



3. CARYOTA. 



C. urens. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets triangular, spadices 

 long, pendulous, berry size of a nutmeg. Bhirli mhdd ; the 

 fruit ardhisupdri. 



Jungles in the Konkans and Ghauts. Hotter parts of India (#.) 

 This is a lofty and very noble palm, the great hanging clusters of 

 flowers and fruit being very noticeable. It is one of the species 

 called Sago palm. 



4. PHCENIX. 



1. P. sylvestris. Wild date. Petiole spinous, leaflets one 

 or two feet long, fruit yellow. Sindi, Khdjur. 



H. has "cultivated throughout India, wild in the Indus valley," 

 but it certainly has all the appearance of being wild throughout N. 

 Konkan and Guzerat. G. calls it the wild date. 



" P. dactylifera, the true date, Khurmd, Kdrik, has been introduced 

 into Simla and N.W. India'* (H.); but he makes it and P. sylvestris 

 very close together. 



" The date palms rustled not, the peepul laid 

 Its topmost boughjs against the balustrade." Whittier. 



* 2. P. acaulis. Stem 6 to 10 inches in diameter, densely 

 clothed with sheaths and bases of petioles ; petiole a foot or 

 more long, with many spines, fruit elliptic oblong, bright red 

 to blue-black. 



Common on the Ghauts (_D.) ; not in 0. 



Notwithstanding the specific name, D. speaks of trees 6 or 8 feet 

 high, and H. speaks of the stem. 



5. CALAMUS. 



Note. This genus, which produces rattan canes, London calls the 

 connecting link between palms and grasses, having the inflorescence 

 of the former, and the habit of the latter. 



* 1. C. pseudotenuis . Stem slender, leaflets many, spathes 

 flattened, spadix 2 or 3 feet long. 



W. Ghauts (H.). Not in D. or (?.. 



* 2. C. rotang. The common rattan. Stem jointed, climbing 

 to a great extent, enveloped in the thorny sheaths of the leaves, 

 leaves 18 to 36 inches long, leaflets sessile, the margins with 

 minute prickles ; fruit small, pale. Bet. 



