278 



Common in tanks. Syn. Vallisneria alternifolia, Roxb. Cor. i, 

 165; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii, 344, t. 12. 



3. OTTELIA, Pers. 



1. I NDicA, Planch. — An aquatic, with large oblong, cordate- 

 petioled leaves, which generally grow under water ; they are many- 

 nerved and membranous ; petioles 3-sided ; calyx spathaceous, wing- 

 ed ; flowers white. Common in tanks. Syn. Damasonium indicum, 

 Willd. sp. ii, 276 ; Roxb. Cor. ii, «. 185 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1201. 



CLII. PALMALES. 

 1. CARYOTA, Linn. 



1 . Uhens, Linn. Zeyl. 369. — A tall, straight palm ; the stem often 

 60 feet high, marked with annular cicatrices ; leaves terminal, 

 large, bipinnate ; the leaflets euneate, triangular, obliquely prsemorse ; 

 the petioles sheathing at the base ; spadices from between the leaves, 

 long-branched, pendulous; berry roundish," size of a nutmeg, stinging, 

 1 to 2-seeded ; seeds plano-convex, with horny albumen. Native 

 name " Birly Mhar" ; excellent fishery lines are made from the 

 rachis of the long spadices. Sagnaster major, Rumph. Amb. i, t. 

 14; Schunda pana, Rheed. Mai. i, \5,t. 11. 



2. BORASSUS, Linn. 



1. Flabelliformis, Linn. Mus. OiflF. 13 ; Fl. Zeyl. 395.— The 

 well-known Palmyra tree, one of the tallest of the tribe ; leaves 

 very large, fan-shaped ; petioles serrated and spinous on the 

 margins ; male spadix composed of branched aments, densely scaly ; 

 fruit large, spherical. The outer wood of the stem is black, hard, 

 and tough, and used for spear-handles. Syn. Carim pana, Rheed. 

 Mai. i, t. 9 (the female) ; Am pana, Rheed. Mai. i, t. 10 (male.) 



3. PHCENIX, Linn. 



1. Sylvestris, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 787. — The common wild Date 

 tree ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets folded, linear-lanceolate, straight, 

 spinous-pointed. Roxburgh says the leaflets are fascicled, this is 

 surely a mistake ; fruit yellow when ripe, of which no use is made. 



2. AcACLis, Ham. in Uoxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 783. — Stemless; leaves 

 radical pinnated ; leaflets folded, ensiform, the lower spinous. 

 Common on the Ghauts. A third species has been brought from 

 the Ghaut jungles to Hewra Garden, where the trees are now 

 6 to 8 feet high. The leaves are much more slender and 



