202 82. PALM^. [Phcenix. 



fl. Calyx of the male, accrescent. Petals 3, imbricate ; staminodes G, 

 or a C-toothed cup. Ovaries 3 ; stigmas sessile. Drupe 1-seeded. 

 Albuinen with a longitudinal furrow, horny, not ruminate, 



Lar^e trees. Leaves witli alternate and opposite rigid pinnte. 



Fruit small, yellow ... , P. sylvestris 



Stems slender, short or 0. Pinnse fascicled. Fruit black. Stem 0. 



Spadix peduncle very short P. acaults. 



Stems short, 8-10 feet, rather slender. Fruiting spadix long 



pedunelcd ••• P.hwniUs. 



P. sylvestris, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 787; Fl. Br. I. 6. 425 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 278 ; Brandis For. Fl. 554. Wild date palm. Shindi, 

 Jchajiir, Vern. ; icMl, K. Very common in moist ground throughout the 

 dry districts of the presidency, usually along the banks and in the beds of 

 streams and water-courses, certainly indigenous. Fl. Jany.-Feb. Fr. ripe 

 June. 



P. acaulis, Buch. ex. Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 783 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 426 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 278 ; Brandis For. Fl. 555. Common on the 

 ghats, Dalz. There is a bulbiform stemmed palm which I cannot distin- 

 guish from the next species, common on the Sirsi tdluka ghats. Fl. O.S. 

 Fr. ripe May- June. 



P. humilis, Royle. 111. 394, 397, 399 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 426 ; vsir.peduncu. 

 lata, Becc. Fl. Br. I. 6. 427. Common on the ghats of North Kinaxa, 

 Fl. C.S. Fr. ripe May, June. . Leaflets made into mats. 



COCOS, Linn. 



Tall palms with annulate stems. Leaves pinnate, petioles 

 amplexicaul with a fibrous base. Spathe simple, woody. Spadix 

 paniculate. Flowers monoicous, sessile, bracteate, male flowers 

 numerous on the upper branches. Male fl. Calyx of 3 sepals. 

 Petals 3, valvate in bud. Stamens 6 ; anthers erect. Female fl. 

 Sepals 3, imbricate, with 2 bracts at the base. Petals 3, smaller 

 than the sepals. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded with 6 staminodes. 

 Fruit 1-seeded, mesocarp woody-fibrous. Albumen fleshy, oily, with 

 a central cavity. 



C. nucifera, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 614 ; Brandis For. Fl. 556 : 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.279. Cocoanut palm. Narel, Vern. Tenghia, K. 

 Planted throughout the presidency, and cultivated extensively along the 

 sea-coast. Fl. throughout the year. Fr. ripe 9-10 months after 

 flowering. 



CORYPHA, Linn. 



Tall, stout, annulate palms, dying after flowering and fruiting. 

 Leaves large, orbicular, flabellateiy multifid ; petiole spinous. 

 Spathes many, tubular. Spadix an immense terminal panicle. 

 Flowers small, clustered, bisexual. Calyx cupular, 3-fid, Petals 3, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 0, equal, anthers dorsifixed. Ovary 

 3-lobed, 3-celled. Drupe usually solitary. Albumen horny. 



