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FAX-LEAVED PALMS 



Ptychoraphis augusta. Nicobar Islands 

 P. singaporensis. Malaya 

 Ptychosperma Macarthurii. Trop. 



Australia 



P perbreve. Fiji 

 Raphia Hookerii. Trop. Africa 

 R.~ Rufh'a. Madagascar 

 Rhopaloblaste hexandra. Moluccas 



Roscheria melanochaetes. Seychelles 

 Scheela excelsa. Brazil 

 Synechanthus fibrosus. Guatemala 

 Veitchia Johannis Fiji 

 Wallichia caryotoides. Burma, etc. 

 W. densiflora. Himalaya 

 Zalacca edulis. Malaya 



FAN-LEAVED PALMS. 



Bismarckia nobilis. Madagascar. 

 Borassus flabellifer. Palmyra Palm. 



India & Africa i 

 Brahea nitida. Mexico 

 tChamaerops humilis. S. Europe & N. 



Africa j 



Copernicia cerifera. Carnauba Wax- 

 palm. Bra/il i 

 Corypha umbraculifera. Talipot Palm. 



Ceylon & S. India | 

 tErythea armata. California. 

 Hyphaene thebaica, Doum Palm. 



(One of the few branching palms) \ 

 Trop. Africa j 

 Latania Commersonii Mauritius and 



Bourbon 



Licuala elegans. Sumatra 

 L. gracilis. Java 

 L. grandis. Pacific Islands 

 Licuala peltata. Assam, Burma, etc. 

 L. spinosa. Malaya 

 Linospadix Micholitzii. Malaya 

 Livistona altissima. Java 

 L. - australis. Australia 

 L. chinensis. China and Japan 

 L. Hoogendorpii. Java 

 L. humilis. Australia 

 L. Jenkinsiana Assam 

 L. olivaeformis. Java 



L. rotundifolia. 

 L. subglobosa. 



Lodoicea sechellarum. "Double Coco- 

 nut," or " Coco-de-mer." Seychelles, 

 Phoenicophorium sechellarum. (=Steven- 



sonia grandi flora}. Seychelles 

 Pritchardia aurea. Fiji 

 P. Martii. Sandwich Islands 

 Pritchardia pacifica. Fiji 

 tRhapis flabelliformis. China and Japan 

 tR. humilis. China 

 Sabal Adansonii. " Dwarf Palmetto." 



S. United States 

 S. Blackburniana. Bermuda 

 S. filament osum. Jamaica. 

 S.- glaucescens. Trinidad 

 S. palmetto. Palmetto Palm. 



S. United States 

 tSerenoa serrulata. " Saw Palmetto." 



S. United States 



Stevensonia grandiflora. Seychelles 

 Teysmannia altifrons. Sumatra, Perak, etc. 

 Thrinax argentea. West Indies 

 T. barbadensis. Barbados 

 T. excelsa. Jamaica 

 T. parviflora. W. Indies 

 tTrachycarpus (Chamaerops) Fortunei. 



China 

 Verschaffeltia splendida. Seychelles 



CEYLON INDIGENOUS PALMS. 



Those marked * are endemic, i.e., confined to Ceylon. 



Botanical and Vernacular Names. 



Natural locality. 



Areca Catechu. Betel-nut ; 



" Puwak" S. " Kamukai" T. 

 " Lena-teri" S. 



. concnna. 



Borassus flabellifer. Palmyra ; 



"Tal" S. "Panai" T. 



Moist low-country 



Dry region 



Descriptive notes. 



Stems straight, slender, 



3050 ft. high. 

 Stems straight, slender, 



812 ft. L pinnate. 

 Fan-leaved palm, 6070 



ft. high. 



S.-^Sinhalese. 7'.=Taniil. 



