Calamus.) PALME. 1097 
than males, ovoid or globose. Sepals 3, oe oo 
Petals 8, orbicular, wide- Sagi i os s connate 1-celled 
ovary; ovule basilar, erect; stigm Fruit pei or ‘llipsoid, 
with fibrous pericarp. Seed be or mA albumen ruminate ; 
embryo basilar 
2276. Prnanas GRACILIS i F. B. I. vi. 407. Areca gracilis 
330 
. I. iii, 619; E 
Chittagong. 
A slender, ames palm ; stems 8-20 feet high. Beng. 
Gua supar 
992. Areca Linn. 
Slender palms with erect, annulate stems; leaves Pune 
istal segments confluent. Flowers monecio us, on branched, 
infrafoliar spadices; spathes 8 or more, caducous, the lowest 
f 
. y: 3 Flowers minute, compressed or 3-quetrous. Sepals 
3, small. Petals 8, obliquely lanceolate, valvate. Stamens 3 or 6 
antherg basifixed, erect. ¢ Flowers much inte than males ; 
ri 
we 
Vv 
connate in a 1-celled ovary; ovule Bie cist stigmas 3, sessile. 
Fruit ovoid or oblong, with stigmas terminal. Seed with a small, 
heate base ; albumen ruminate ; embryo basilar. 
Trunk Solitary, tall, 40 feet or more in height; stamens 6; fruit ovoid 
atec. 
Trunk Sending out basal offshoots, 25 feet or less in height; stamens 3; 
fruit ellipsoid triandr 
2277. AREca Carecuu Linn.; F. I. iii. 615; F. B. I. vi. 405; 
. E. D. * 
Cultivated persue in the central and eastern parts. 
tall, s iia graceful tree. Vernac. Supari. The 
Betel 
2278. Areca rrranpra Roxb.; F. I. iii. 617; F. B. I. vi. 406. 
Chitt tagon. 
A swacakek ‘tufted palm. Beng, Ban-gua. 
993. Calamus Linn. 
Anned, erect, or scandent, tufted palms; leaves alternate, pin- 
