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regius, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 140.) b Cuba, in the vicinity of Havannah. 

 Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 

 Areca, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, j>. 13, No. 1345 ; — Endl. gen pi. \.p. 247.) 



1. Catechu, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 139 ■,—Roxb. Coram. l,t.76;fl. ind. 

 Z,p. 615 ;— y. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 225 — A. Faufel, Gurtn.fr. \,p. 

 19, t. 7,f. 2;—Rheed. I, t. 5, 6, 7,8;—Rumph. 1, t. 4.) ^?1 Gooa. 

 Betel-nut. palm, b Native place unknown. Commonly cultivated all 

 over India. Fl. small, white, fragrant. H. S. ; fr. Aug. and Sept. 

 The Betel-nut is remarkable for its narcotic and intoxicating power. 

 A kind of spurious Catechu is prepared from it. (Ainslie.) 



2. Dicksonii, Roxb. {Jl. ind. 3, p. 616.) b Mountains of Malabar. In 

 H. C. G. Fl. ? The poorer people use the nut as a substitute for the 

 common Betel-nut ; but no other part of the tree is turned to any use- 

 ful purpose. (Roxb.) 



3. triandra, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 617.) ^•T tSFl Bun-gooa. b Chitta- 

 gong. Fl. minute. May to January ; fr. April. 



4. gracilis, Roxb. {Jl. ind. Z, p. 619 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 225.) 

 ?t5T ^^ Ram-gooa. b S. Concan. Chittagong. Silhet. In H. C. G. 

 Fl. Feb. and March ; fr. R. S. 



Seaforthia, R. Rr. {pr. p. 267 ; — Spreng syst. 2, p. 563, No. 1990 ; — 

 Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 247.) 

 1. elegans, R. Br. (/. c. ; — Spreng syst- "2, p. 623 ) b Tropical N. Hol- 

 land. Introduced in 1839. 



Harina, Buch. {Mem. Wern. soc. 5, p. 312; — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 248.) 

 1. caryotdides, Buch. {I. c Wallichia {not DC.) caryotoides, Roxb. Ca- 

 rom. 3, t. 295. — Wrightia {not R. Br.) caryotoides, Roxb. Jl. ind. 3, 

 p. 621.) 5 Chittagong. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



Arenga, Labill. {Mem. d'instit. 4, p. 209 -.—Endl. gen. pi. 1 , p. 248.) 

 1. saccharifera, Labill. (Borassus Gomutus, Lour. — Saguerus Rumphii, 

 Roxb. Jl. ind. Z, p. 626. — Gomutus v. Saguerus, Rumph. 1, t. 13.) 

 b Moluccas. Sunda Islands. Cochin China. Malay Islands, &c. Fl. 

 <f' largish, yellow-purple, $ very small, H. and R. S. ; fr. Feb. This 

 palm yields sago, sugar, palm-wine, and from the black horse-hair- 

 like fibres, surrounding the petioles of the leaves, very good cordage 

 and cables. In Java and Baleyn, it is employed for making sugar. 

 Its sap is boiled down to syrup, and allowed to concrete, but it al- 

 ways retains some degree of moisture. The best is of a yellowish- 

 colour, the inferior kinds, called saccharum nigrum, which are blackish- 

 coloured, are commonly mixed with the muscovados of the ctme. 

 The tree itself is highly desirable for cultivation in low situations near 

 the coasts of India. One of the trees cut down in H. C. G. yielded 

 about 150 pounds of good Sago meal. {Roxb. Royle.) 



Caryota, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 563, No. 1992; — Endl.gen.pl. \,p. 

 248.) 

 1. urens, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 623 ; — Roxb. Jl. ind. 3, p. 625 ; — J. Grah. 



