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A. — Stamens 6 — 



1. Fruit 1-5-2 inches, smooth, orange or scarlet ... A. catechu. 



2. Fruit 1^ inch, umbonate, reddish yellow ... A. concinna. 

 B. — Stamens 3 — ■ 



1. Fruit 1 inch, narrowed at both ends ... A.nagensis. 



2. Fruit the size of an olive, tip truncate ... A.triandra. 



ARECA CATECHU, L. Spec. PI. 1189 ; Roxb. Corom. I, p. 54, t. 

 75 ; Flor. Incl. Ill, 615 ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. Ill, 169, t. 102 et 149 ; 

 Kunth Enum. Ill, 184 ; Blume Rumph. Ill, 65, t. 102 A et t. 104; Griff. 

 in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 1.35 ; Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 147 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. Ill, 8 ; Kurz For. Fl. II, 536 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 

 421 ; Scheff. Arec. 9 ; Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. 1, 144, t. I. V, 

 III, f. 2. — Fifel et Ftifel, Avicenna L. I, c. 262. — Avellana indica, Serapion 

 •c. 136 ; Garcia ab Horto Aromat. I, c. 25. — Areca, Ramtisio 1588, 1, p. 160. 

 F. p. 312 B.— Faufel, Lobel Stirp. Observ. 1576, p. 641 ; Ckis. Exot. 1605, 

 p. 187, Obs. p. 641. — Areca. s. Faufel s. Avellana indica, versicolor, Park. 

 Raii. Hist. II, p. 1363. — Palma areca s. Bonga minor, Camell. Luzon apud 

 Raii Hist. Ill, p. 45. — Palma arecifera, Pluk. Almag. p. 275, excluso icone 

 t. 309, f. 4. — Areca faufel, Gaertn. Fruct. I, 19, t. 7, f. 2. — Areca hortensis, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 568.— Caunga, Rheede Hort. Mai. I, p. 9, t. 5-8.— 

 Pinanga, Rumph. Amb. I, p. 26, t. 4. 



Names of the tree :• — -English: Betel* nut palm, areca nut palm, 



areca palm, betel nut tree, betel palm, cashoo nut tree, 



catechii palm, catechu tree, drunken date tree, faselnut, 



faufel nut tree, pinang palm. 

 French : Arec, arec cachou, arec de I'lnde, areque, arequier, 



noisette d'Inde. 

 German : Arecapalme, Arekapalme, Betelnusspalme, Betel- 



palme, Katechupalme, Catechupalme, Kaupalme, Pinang- 



palme. 

 Names of the young leaves. — English : Palm cabbage. 

 French : Ohou palmiste. 

 German : Palmkohl. 

 Dutch : Palmkool. 

 Names of the fruit. — English : Areca nut, betel nut, Indian nut. 

 French : Aveline d'Inde, aveline des Indes, noisette d'Inde, 



noisette des Indes, noix d'Arec, noix de betel, pinangue. 

 German : Arecauuss, Arekanuss, Arekasamen, Bandwurm- 



niisse, Betelnuss, Indianische Nuss, Indianische Haselnuss, 



Katechunlisse Pinangnuss. 

 Butch : Arecanoot, areeknoot, betelnoot, pinang, pinangnoot. 



* The name Betel or Betle is Malayan in orig'in and simply means " a leaf ", and 

 •came to English through the Portuguese Betre. 



( " By these and other names was originally meant Piper Betel leaf — the Pan — 

 though subsequently these and many other names were appropriated to the nut 

 or to the special preparation of leaf, nut, lime and spices ready to be chewn. This 

 was first designated bira (vira) viti in Sanskrit ; but ultimately became pan, the 

 pawn or pan-supari of modern writers-" — Watt). 



