Coryp/ia.] 82. palm^. 203- 



C. umbracuUfera, Liim. Sp. PI. Ed. II. 1C57;F]. Br. I. G. 428 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. ',»4; Bi-andis For. Fl. 549. Talipat palm. 

 Tali, i>hri-faU, K. In the; moist forests of the Kunita and Honavar talukas 

 of North Kanara, covering extensive areas near Gairsoppah and Yena, 

 also on the Yellapur ghats, sometimes planted in gardens near the sea- 

 coast. Flowers at about the age of 40 years and dies down afterwards. 

 The horny globose seeds (bdjurlxit) are made into necklaces and buttons 

 and.exported to the Persian Gulf ports from North Kanara. Segments of 

 the leaves are used for writing on. 



NANNORHOPS, IT. Wendl. 



A gregarious^ tufted palm with prostrate brancliing rhizomes or 

 stems. Leaves Habeilate, rigid, plicate, segments 2-fid. Spathes 

 tubular, sheathing, fepadix interfoliar, much branched. Flowers 

 polygamous. Calyx tubulai-, 3-lobed. Corolla 3-partite, segments 

 valvate. Stamens in herm. Fl. 6, in male about 9. Ovary trigonous. 

 Fruit an ovoid or subglobose berry, varying in size from i to 

 ^j in. in diameter. Albumen horny with a central cavity. 



N. Ritchieana, H. Wendlc in Bot. Zeit. 1879, 148 ; Clmmcerops 

 BHchiediui, Griff. ; Brandis For. Fl. 547. Ph<trra, Snid. Sind on dry arid 

 hills, usually stemless, sometimes, however, fonns. a stem 6-8 feet high; 

 Fr. ripe H. S. 



BORASSUS, Linn. 



Lofty, simple-stemmed palms. Leaves palmately fan-shaped ; 

 petiole spinously serrate. Spathes several,- incomplete. Spadix 

 wi-th a few branches. Flowers dioicous, bracts large sheathing 

 coriaceous. Male 13. in cylindrical catkins. Calyx and corolla 

 3-divided. Stamens tj. Female fl. solitary within the scales of the 

 catkin. Calyx of 3 sepals. Petals 6, imbricate. Staminodes 6, 

 connate in a ring round the ovary. Ovary usually 3-celled ; 

 stigmas sessile. Drupe large, containing 2-4, obcordate, fibrous, 

 pyrenes. Albumen horny, turning hollow. 



B. flabellifer, Linn. ; B. ilahdUformls, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 790 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 544; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 278. Palmyra tree. Tad, 

 tamar, M. Planted throughout the presidency and Sind. Fl. Mch. Fr. 

 May. 



CALAMUS, Linn. 



Scaudent, rarely erect palms. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect, 

 rachis often produced into an ai'med flagellum ; sheath armed, 

 produced into a ligula, with or without an armed flagellum. Spathes 

 tubular or open, persistent and passing into bracts and bractcoles. 

 Spadices axillary, usually elongate, sometimes produced into a 

 flagellum. Flowers polygamo-dioicous, solitary Avithin the spathules. 

 Male fl. Calyx cupular, 8-toothed. Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6. 

 Female fl. Calyx of male. Corolla tubular below, 3-fid, valvate. 



