THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON. 

 Habitat. — Canary Islands. 



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Fig. 5. 



Male flowers of Phcenix canariensis (4x ). (After Beccari. j 



2". SABALE.E. 



Polygamous. Several or numerous half-complete spathes or such 

 as cover only the peduncle of the spadix, often also on the branches 

 of the panicle. Leaves fan-shaped, induplicate. 



Distribution. — The Sabalece have, after the Arecinece, the 

 greatest geographical distribution : 



On the eastern hemisphere : Ghamcerops L., Tr achy carpus 

 Wendl., Bhapis, L., Gorypha, L., Nannorhops Wendl., Licuala 

 Thunb., Livistona, R. Br., Pritchardia, Wendl. Seem, Theysmania, 

 R. f. Zoll. 



Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Asia, south of the northern 

 limit of the region of palms including all the islands from Ceylon 

 to the Sandwich Islands, north and east coast of Australia to the 

 south coast (37^° S. Lat.). 



On the western hemisphere : Sabal, Adans., Bhapidopyllum, 

 Wendl., Acanthorrhiza, Wendl., Trithrinax, Mart., Brahea, 

 Mart., Serencea, Hook, f., Golpothrinax, Wendl. Griseb, Brythea, 

 S. Wats., Gopemicia, Mart., Thrinax L., Grysophila, BL. 



America, from the northern limit of the palms to almost the 

 southern limit (36° N. Lat. — 32° S. Lat.), but are not found in the 

 tropical region of the Amazonas. 



