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737. ARECA. x. Monoecia Hexandria. 
Said to be the Malabar or Malyalum name latinized. Gaert: Fruct. 1. ¢. 
7. Lam. Fil. ¢. $98. 
1595. A, Carecuu. L. Rox. Flora. Ind, 3. p. 615. Caunga. Rheed. Mal. 
1. ¢.5 to 8. Rumvph, Amb. 1. ¢. 1 to 4. Rox. Cor. Pl. 1. t. 75. Goovaca. 
Asiat. Res. 4, p. 312. A> faufel. Gaert. 
Foflee-sooparee—The Betel nut palm. A very handsome and graceful 
tree, commonly cultivated. 
1596. A. GraciLis. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 619. A small species, wild in 
S.Concan. N. The Cabbage palm rendered classical by the story of 
Paul and Virginia is the Areca oleracea. 
738. COCOS .L. Monoecia Hexandria. 
Derivation of the name precarious, Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢,5 and 6. Lam, Ul. 
t. 894. 
1597. C. Nucirera. tL. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 614. Tenga. Rheed. Hort. 
Mal. i. ¢. 1. to 4, Caluppa. Rumph. Amb. 1. ¢. 1, and 2. Rox. Cor. Pl. 1. t. 
73. Asiat, Res. 4. p. 312. Trans. Wern. Society: vol. d. 
Nariel—common Cocoanut tree, the most prominent object in an Indian 
landscape near the sea, perhaps the most useful in domestic evonomy and 
the arts, next to the Elais Guineensis. 
‘* What glorious palms on Goa’s isle I see, 
Their blossoms spread great Albuquerk, for thee.” 
Lusiad, Book 10. 
ee ““ and loveliest 
Amid a thousand strange and lovely shapes, 
The lofty palm, that with its nuts supplied 
Beverage and food, they edged the shore and crowned 
The far- off mountain sunimits, their straight stems 
Bare without leaf or bough erect and smooth, 
Their tresses nodding like a crested helm, 
The plumage of tue grove.” 
Southey’s Madoc. Book 5. 
739. LICUALA. Thun. Hexandria Monogynia. 
Said to be the native or vernacular name in the Moluccas. Gaert. Carp. 2. 
é, 139. 
1598. L. Spinosa Thun. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2.p. 181. Rumph. Amb. 1. ¢.9. 
Licuala arbor. Corypha Licuala. Lam, 2. p. 131. Daporee. Intd. by Dr.Lush. 
1599: L. Pextata. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. 179. Intd. by N. 
740. CALAMUS. L. Dioecia Hexandria- 
From the Arabic for a reed, which the plant resembles. Gaert. Fruct. 2. 
t. 139. Lam. Ill, ¢. 779. 
1600. C. Rotane. L: Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 779. Tsjeru tsjurel, Rheed. 
Mal. 12. ¢. 64. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢. 55. f. 2? 
Bet—A scandent plant. whose flexuous stem is the well known Rattan. 
S. Concan N. Ram Ghaut. Dr. Lush. 
160f C. Rupentum. Lour. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 776. Sprengel. 2. p. 1. 
Palma juncus albens, Rumph. Hort. Amb, 5. ¢. 53. Common calamus or 
Rattan Cane, 
In Gardens at Seroor, probably introduced from the Eastern Islands. 
741. CARYOTA. L. Monoecia Polyandria. 
The Greek name of a kind of Date, from which a strong wine was ob- 
tained, whigh soon went to the head, Kara, Gaert, Carp.1.¢, 7. Lam. Ill. 
t, 897, i x ; vi 
