474 



(5) P. FAEnnTEaA. CRoxb.) 

 lloxb. 1. c. p. 758, and Cor. 1. 1. 74. 



Spec. Chae. Almost stemless : fronds pinnate, pranse opposite, 

 stiff, terminated by a spine. 



Dry barren places in the Peninsula, flowering in January and 

 February. 



(4) P. ACAuus. (Roxb.J 



Idmt. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 783. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : fronds radical, pinnate : pinnae plicate, 

 ensiform, arranged in sub-opposite fascicles, lower ones thorny. 



Behar, flowering in November and December. 



GElrtTS XI. COCOS. 



Moncecta Hexandria. ISex: Syst: 



Beriv. From tie Portuguese word Coco, the end of the nut 

 resembles a monkey's head. 



GrEN'. Chae. Plowers monoecious on the same spadix, sessile,' 

 braoteate, males more in the upper part, females more in the lower: 

 epathe simple, woody, fusiform or club-shaped. Males. — ^Either 

 calyx 3-sepaled, outer sepals lanceolate, keeled, usually connate at 

 the base, inner membranaceous or fleshy, erect or connivent : 

 stamens 6 from a basilar torus, for the most part enclosed : filaments 

 subulate, anthers Hnear, sub-sagittate, erect : rudimentary ovary 

 scarcely any. Females. — Calyx membranaceous or parchment-like, 

 either of 3 sepals, outer ones sub-orbicular or ovate, imbricated, 

 imier membranaceous : ovary ovate, 1 -celled, sometimes surrounded 

 by 6 abortive scale-shaped stamens : style very short or none : 

 stigmas 3, at first connivent, afterwards revolute : drupe ovate, 

 elliptic or ovate sub-trigonal, 1 -seeded : mesocarp thick, fibrous, 

 dry : putamen bony, 3-porou8 at the base : albumen equal or 

 obsoletely radiate, almond-like or cartilaginous, hollow in the 

 middle. 



(1) C. NTTOIFEEA. f Linn. J 



Ident. Linn. Flor. Zeyl.— Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 614. 



Mngrav. Eoxb. Cor. I. t. 73. Mart. Palm. t. 62, 65, and t. 88, 

 fig. 3—6. Eheede Mai. I. t. 1—4. 



Spec. Chae. Stem tall, flexuose, thickened at the base : fronds 

 spreading : pinnae linear-lanceolate, acuminate : female flowers 

 sub-globose : drupes very large, ovate 3-cornered. 



Common on all the shores of the Peninsula, flowering nearly all 

 the year. 



