471 



Sped. Chab. Stem thin, reed-like, about 20 feet: fronds 

 terminal, pinnate : pionse rediipUcate : inner spathe opening length- 

 ways: spadix bursting below the fronds, branched, coloured: 

 flowers very small, in a sub-glumaceous joint, reddish: berries 

 purplish, very small. 



Mountains of Travancore, flowering in the rainy season. 



GENTJS VIII. COETPHA. 



Hexandvia Monogrynla. Sext Syat. 



Beriv. From Coryphe the summit; the leayes are only at the 

 tops of the trees. 



Gen. Chae. Flowers hermaphrodite, sessUe on a spadix sur- 

 rounded by many incomplete spathes, bracteated: calyx double, 

 outer one cup-shaped, 3-denticulate, inner 3-sepaIed: sepals valvate: 

 stamens 6 : filaments dilated at the base : anthers ovate : ovaries 

 three, cohering: styles subulate, caulescent: stigma simple: berry 

 usually single, 1 -seeded : albumen equal : embryo vertical. — Stem 

 ringed : fronds aU. terminal, large, p^mately flabeUiform, segments 

 cleft at the apex : flowers very small : berries yellowish or greenish. 



(1) C. Taueea. (Roxl.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 174. 



Syn. TaUera Bengalensis, Spreng. syst. II. 18. 



Engrwv. Mart. Palm. t. 127, fig. I.— Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 265, 

 256. 



Spec. Chaje. Stem 30-feet : fronds orbicular, palmately pinna- 

 tifid, segments 40 — 50 pairs : spadix ovate-pyrainidal, erect, very 

 large, 20-feet: flowers white, fragrant: berries ovate-globose, 

 olive or yellowish-green. 



Bengal, flowering in March and April. 



(2) C. TTMBEACTTLIFEEA. (Li/nn.) 



Linn. sp. 1657.— Eoxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 177. 



Ungram. ^ Loud. Gard. Mag. No. 18, fig. 19. — Eheede Mai. III. 

 t. 1—12.— Mart. Palm. t. 108, and t. 127. 



Spec. Chae. Stem 60 — 70-feet, smooth : fronds sub-lunate- 

 orbicular, palmately pinnatifid: segments of 40 pairs: spadix 



