200 82. PALM^. [Areca. 



usually 3-bracteate. Flowers hermaphrodite, uuisexual or polyga- 

 mous. Perianth of 6 segments in two series, those of the fertile flower 

 often persistent in fruit. Stamens 6, rarely 3 or more, anthers 

 versatile. Ovary of 3 carpels, free or united ; stigmas 3, usually 

 sessile, undivided ; ovules 1-2, erect in each cell. Fruit a 1-3-celled 

 drupe or berry or 3 distinct drupes or berries, often 1-2 aborted ; 

 pericarp smooth, rough or retrorsely scaled. Albumen ruminate or 

 even, solid or hollow. 



Erect shrubs or trees. Fruit without scales. 



Leaves pinnately divided. 



Pinnte linear lanceolate, finely acuminate, upper connate and 



2-cleft. Riijc fruit orange-yellow, f^'ced 1 inch Areca. 



Pinupe obliquely dentate at apex. Ripe fruit purple, seed 2 inches. Actinoriiytis. 



Pinufe linear, aiiricled at base unequally hilobed at apex Arenga, 



Leaves bipinnate ; pinnte wedge-shaped, erose, toothed. Fruit 



fleshy, 2-seeded Caryota. 



Leaves pinnate ; pinnae rigid, linear ; petiole spinous Ph(enix. 



Leaves pinnate ; petioles with a fibrous base. Fruit very large. 



Albumen with a large cavity ... ... Cocos. 



LeaN es fan-shaped. 



Fruit globose. Albumen horny. 



Flowers bisexual. Embryo ajjical. A lofty palm ... ... Corypiia. 



Flowers polygamous. Embryo dorsal. A branched tufted palm. NAN^fORIIOPS. 

 Flowers dioicous. Fruit large, albumen cartilaginous ... ... BoRAssns. 



Climbing shrubs. Fruit with retrorse scales Calamus. 



ARECA, Linn. 



Stems simple, annulate. Leaves pinnate, unarmed. Spathes 

 solitary. Spadices branched, lax, pendant. Flowers monoicous, 

 on the same inflorescence, sessile. Male flowers many, minute. 

 Sepals 3. Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 3 or 6, filaments short, 

 anthers linear. Female fl., much larger than the males. Calyx of 

 3 sepals, imbricate. Petals 3, imbricate, tips valvate ; perianth 

 accrescent. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule erect. Fruit ovoid ; albumen 

 ruminate, embryo basilar. 



A. Catechu, Linn. Sp. PI. 1189 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 405 ; Brandis 

 For. PI. 551; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 95. Supdri or betel- 

 nut palm. Pm}*^, M. ; adiki, K. Cultivated throughout the presidency, but 

 nowhere so abundantly as in the southern talukas of North Kanara (Sirsi 

 and Siddapur). Fl. R. S. Fr. C.S. 



ACTINORHYTIS, H. Wendl. 



Stems stout, annulate, unarmed. Leaves pinnate. Spathes 2 

 caducous. Spadix shortly peduncled with pendulous, flexuous 

 branches. Flowers monoicous on the same spadix, near the base two 

 males with a female between, above solitary or twin, bracteate 

 males. Male flowers many, minute. Sepals 3, imbricate. Petals 3, 

 valvate. Stamens 21-30, in fascicles ; anthers linear, versatile. 

 Female flowers much larger than the males. Perianth accrescent. 

 Sepals 3, imbricate. Petals 3, imbricate, valvate at the tips. Ovary 



