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Cah/x monophyllus, ore tridentato cyathiformis. Petala tria, 

 subrotunda, in globum ore patulo convoluta. Gennina tria, 

 oblonga. Styli subulati. Stigmata acuta. 



Driipa, vel potius forte bacca (germinum duobus abortivis), so- 

 litaria, ovata. Dactylo Arabico dimidio minor, flava, mollis, 

 carnosa, calyce persistente infra cincta. Cortex membra- 

 naceus, tenuissimus. Caro crassiuscula, dulcedine quadam 

 austera. 



I may here observe that, besides the Katoti Indel, I have seen 

 in India three other species of the same genus ; one of them a 

 small tree, and the other two without stems. Of these last, one, 

 which 1 have already mentioned, is common in all the hills of 

 India south from the Ganges, and is what Dr. Roxburgh {Ilort. 

 Bciig. 73.) calls Phccnix farinifera; and I think that this is 

 probably the Hin Indi of the Ceylonese, and the Palma dacty- 

 lifera minor humilis sylvestris fructa minore of Parkinson, Pluke- 

 net, and Burman. In the North of India this is called Palawat ; 

 and its leaves, which are not so rigid as those of the other spe- 

 cies, are bruised and twisted into ropes. Its fruit is supported 

 on a stem almost as long as the leaves (frondes). 



The other dwarf Phœniv is found in the more elevated plains 

 on the north side of the Ganges, where the soil contains much 

 clay, and in the dialect of Bengal is called Janggali Khajur ; 

 and it is, I presume, what Dr. Roxburgh {Hort. Beng. 73.) calls 

 Phœnix acauUs. Either the Phoenix acauUs or P.farinifera, there 

 can be little doubt, is the same with the P.pusilla of Ga?rtner 

 (De Sem. i. 24. t. 9.). The plant found on the north side of the 

 Ganges is the smallest, and therefore the most suitable for the 

 name pusilla ; but then Gartner procured the seeds from Cey- 

 lon, where it is probable that the plant of Southern India is 

 alone known. He describes, however, only the fruit ; and from 



that 



