﻿191 S. Kiivz — Enumeration of Burmese Palms. [No. 4, 



Albumen ruminate. Simple-stemmed or soboliferous palms. Pimise irregu- 

 larly united into broader or narrower segments, rarely all connate in a 2- 

 cleft blade. 



Species. 



Suhff, 1. Areca, L. — Stamens 6 or 3. Stigmas 3. Female flowers 

 lateral between the ramifications, rarely axillary. Spadix often twice rami- 

 fied, the ultimate ramifications usually more or less filiform and covered by 

 male flowers only. 



X Stamens 6. Female flowers without bract. 

 Simple-stemmed, glabrous j drupes as large as alien's egg, 



...A. Catechu, L. 

 X X Stamens 3. Female flowers without bract. 



Glabrous, simple-stemmed or soboliferous, A. triandra, Roxb. 



tSuhff. 2. Finanga, Bl. — Stainens numerous. Stigma 1. Female flow- 

 ers in grooved series. Spadix simply ramified, or rarely undivided. 

 X Flowers distichous. 

 Csespitose ; spadix branched ; sheaths, etc., slightly scurvy,... -4. costata, 



X X Flowers tristichous. 

 Simple-stemmed ; spadix slender, ramified or simple; sheaths, etc., scurvy, 



...A, gracilis, ^oxh, 

 XXX Flowers 5— 6-stichous. 

 Simple-stemmed ; sheaths, etc., scurvy ; spadix simple, fleshy, as thick 

 as the finger, A. hexasticha, Kurz. 



§ § § PlioenicecB. — Spathes 1 or 2, boat-shaped, persistent. Ovary 

 apocarpous, consisting of 3 distinct carpels. Pinn£e often fascicled. 



Phoenix, L. — Dioecious. Corolla in males valvate, in females imbri- 

 cate in bud. Drupes sappy, solitary. Albumen equable. Simple-stemmed or 

 stoloniferous palms, sometimes stemless. The lower pinnse reduced to spines. 



Species. 



* Spathes smooth ; flowers supported by a small subulate bract. 

 Stemless j petioles rather long and slender, spiny-armed, 



...P. acaulisj Eoxb, 



* * Spathes covered with a brown scurf ; flowers without a bract. 

 Simple-stemmed, robust ; petioles very short and dilated, spiny-armed ; 



drupes about an inch long, P. sglvestris, Roxb. 



Soboliferous, slender ; petioles long and slender, spiny-armed ; drupes 

 about i an inch long, P. paludosa, Roxb. 



