465 



(1) 8. DicKSONii. (Mart.) 



Ident. Mart. Palm. 184. 



Syn. Areea Dioksonii, Eoxh.Jlor. Ind. HI. 616. 



Spec. Chab. Stem middle-sized, slender: pinnae linear-lanceo- 

 late, folded, truncated, prsemorse, uppermost ones confluent : spadix 

 refracted, simply branched : flowers distichous ; calyces of the males 

 subulate, a little shorter than the ovate-acuminate petals : stamens 

 30 : stamens of the females abortive, six, penicLUate at the apex : 

 berries ovate acutish. 



Porests of Malabar. 



(2) S. oBAciLis. (Mart.) 



Ident. Mart. Palm. 185. 



Syn. Areca gracilis, Roxb. I. c. 



Spec. Chae. Stem middle-sized, arundinaceous, tufted : pinnae 

 folded: lower ones linear, long falcate-acuminate, terminal ones 

 confluent, truncated, shortly cleft : segments 2-toothed : rhachis 

 and nerves minutely scurfy beneath : spadix simple, ' bent back : 

 male flowers polyandrous : petals cordate, acute, many times exceed- 

 ing the calyx : berries narrow-oblong, acute. 



Chittagong. Silhet. Assam. Tlowering from February to March. 



GENUS III. HAEINA. 



Monoeeia Hexandria. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chak. Plowers monoecious on the same spadix, sessile, 

 bracteate, females below bibracteolate among many males : spathes 

 many, basilar, incomplete. Males. — Outer calyx thickened, sub- 

 cylindric, 3 -denticulate, inner 3-sepaled, sepals valvate : stamens 6, 

 filaments short, free, anthers linear. Females. — Outer calyx urceo- 

 late, 3-clefb, inner 3-sepaled : no rudimentary stamens : ovary 2, 

 seldom 3-celled : stigmas 2 — 3, connate : berry 2 — 3-seeded : seeds 

 convex at the back, flat below: albumen cartilaginous: embryo 

 dorsal. 



(1) H. CAETOTiDES. (MomUt.J 



Ident. Hamilt. in "Wern. Soc. v. 317. 



Syn. Wallichia caryotides, Moxl. Cor. III. 91. Wrightia caryo- 

 tides, Roxb.fior. Ind. III. 621. 



Engrmi. Mart. Pabn. t. 136.— Eoxb. Cor. t. 295. 



30 



