Actmorhytis.'] 82, palm/E. 201 



1-cellocl, ovulo 1 , pondulous. Fruit large, ellipsoid; pericarp fleshy 

 fibrous ; endoearp crustaceous, albumen ruminate. 



A. capparia, Wcndl. vt Drude in Linno3a XXXIX. 184 ; Areca 

 cocoides, GrUY. Palms. Brit. ludiu, JiJO. t. 230. J3, Itdmsu2)dri, K. Planted 

 throughout North Kduara in supuri gardens of the Haiga Brahamins, 

 probably introduced along with the supari, said to be indigenous in 

 the islands of tho Malay Archipelago. Fl. C.S. Fr. ripe ngxt C.S. 



ARENGA, Labill. 



Stems simple, erect, covered with the remains of the fibrous 

 leaf-sheaths. Lca^•es pinnate,, white beneath ; pinntc 1-2-auriclcd 

 at the base. Spatli^s manj', basilar. Spadices interfnliar, large, 

 panicled. Males and females usually solitary and on separate 

 spadices. Male fl. Sepals 3, imbricate in bud. Petals 3, valvate. 

 Stamens indefinite. Female fl. Perianth of the male, accrescent. 

 Staminodes many or 0. Ovary 3-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit obo- 

 void, 2-3-seeded; stigmas terminal. Albumen not ruminate. 



A. Wightii, Griff, in Calc. Jour. Nat. Hist. V. 475; Fl. Br. I. 

 6. 422. On the Ankola taluka ghats of North Kanara, common on the 

 Mushki ghat at about 1,500 feet elevation, in moist forests, grega- 

 rious • but very local ; very common on the ghdts near the Falls 

 of Gairsoppah in evergreen forests. Male flowers strongly scented. 

 Fl. C.S. Fr. K.S. 



CARYOTA, Liuu 



Tall palms with the trunk naked or sheathed. Leaves bipinnate, 

 pinnules wedge-shaped, erose-toothed. Spathes 3-.5, incomplete, 

 tubular. Spadices interfoliar, peduncled with many pendulous, 

 slender branches. Flowers monoicous, a female between two males. 

 Male fl. Sepals 3, imbricate in bud. Corolla 3-partite, valvate. 

 Stamens numerous, connate at the' base ; anthers linear, basifixed. 

 Female fl. Sepals as in the male. Petals imbricate in bud. Ovary 

 3-celled ; stigma 3-lobed, ovules erect. Fruit globose, 1-2-seeded. 

 Albumen horny, ruminate. 



C. urens, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 187 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 422 ; Dalz & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 278 ; Brandis For. Fl. 550. MMr palm. Birhj onhdr, 

 Vern. ; haini, K. ; blrli, M. Common, in evergreen forests throughout 

 the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. Fr. throughout the yaar. 



PHCENIX , Linn. 



Shrubby or tall palms. Stems covered with the bases of the 

 petioles, or rarely annulate. Leaves pinnate, pinnae entire, lowest 

 transformed into long spines, petiole with afibrous am plexicaul sheath. 

 Spathe complete, coriaceous. Spadices branched, erect or drooping. 

 Flowers dioicous, small, sessile, coriaceous. Male fl. Calyx cupular, 

 3-toothed. Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6 or 3, rarely 9. Female 



