86 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentanj 



species to be distinct. In the mean time I shall describe the 

 Katou Indel, so that those who have an opportunity may com- 

 pare the description with the Plianiv (hicti/lifera. For an ac- 

 count of the uses to which the Katou Indel is applied, I may 

 refer to my Journey to Mysore (i. 54, 5Q, 393 ; iii. 320.). 



Caiidex arboreus, diametro pedali, 10—20 pedes altus, teres, 

 rudimentis stipitum imbricatis undique exasperatus, indi- 

 visus. Frondes plures terminales, confertœ, patentes, pin- 

 natee. Finnœ sparsae, 6 — 8 hinc inde approximatis squar- 

 rosœ, decurrentes, lanceolatœ, integerrimœ, acutœ, glabrœ, 

 nervis pluribus longitudinalibus striatae, rigidœ, ima parte 

 complicata in rachim inserts ; inferiorum nonnullaî sub- 

 trigonae, canaliculate, mucronato-pungentes. Stipites ad 

 foliola brevissimi, basi dilatato amplexicaules. Rac/iis tri- 

 gonus, latere inferiori convexo ; superioribus, quibus pinnse 

 adnascuntur, planis. Stipulœ intrafoliaceœ, fibris decus- 

 santibus intertextœ. 

 Flores dioici. 

 Masculinee arboris : 



SpadLv axillaris, solitarius, erectus, palmaris, planus, lœvis, trun- 

 catus, ultra medium extra tectus spicis plurimis in capitu- 

 lum hemisphœricum magnitudine capitis humani congestis. 

 Pedunculi glabri, angulati, tlexuosi. Flores glabri, nitidi, 

 albidi, sparsi, magni. 

 Calyx concavus, tridentatus. Petala tria, ovata, acuta, rigida, 

 patentia, angulata, calyce multo longiora. Fi lament a sex, 

 brevissima, receptaculo carnoso parvo inserta. Anthera 

 filiformes, spirales, petalis breviores. 

 Fœminina; arboris : 



Spadiv tectus spicis plurimis, longissimis, erectis, simplicissi- 

 mis, glabris, tiexuosis, angulatis. Flores plures, sparsi, ses- 

 siles. 



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