6 The Palms of British East India. 



tus ramentaceo-hispidi. Albumen aequabile. Palmse 

 perennes, scandentes. Petioli flagelliferi. 

 6. Eugeissona. — Inflorescentia paniculata. Flores solitarii, 

 terminates, bracteolis pluribus imbricantibus stipati. 

 Stamina indefinita. Albumen solidum, extus sulcis 

 sex exaratum, Palma perennis, subacaulis. Fla- 

 gelli o. 



Calamine. 



Ovary covered with scales or stiff hairs. Fruit covered with imbricated scales. 

 Spathes several incomplete. 



„. • , n ., t Flowers terminal with many imbricating 



Stamens indefinite... $ hva>ctegSm Albumen 6-grooved, ...! Eugeissona. 



C Spikes compressed. Flowers distichous, 

 ,, 6 or* 12, ..^ solitary, with two smooth bracteoles. 



C Albumen ruminate, Raphia. 



,, always six. 



Spikes round. Bracteoles woolly. 



Flowers in pairs. Seed berried. Albumen hollowed out at the apex Zalacca. 



Seed dry. Albumen ruminate, Sagus. 



Flowers solitary ? Seed dry. Albumen hollowed out at the apex 



and ruminate. Pinnae cuneiform, jagged, Calamosagus. 



(Spikes filiform, male only compressed, 

 j distichous. Bracteoles without wool. 

 J Sexes almost always on different 

 (_ spikes. Flowers solitary. 



Spadix an expanded panicle, rarely confined by 

 boat-shaped spathes. Spathes not persistent. Fruit 

 with smooth scales. Albumen pitted on the sur- 

 face or ruminate, .... Calamus. 



Spadix with tail-shaped pendulous branches. Spathes 

 persistent, concealing the flowers. Fruits hispid. 

 Albumen with an equal surface, not ruminate, .. Plectocomia. 

 Spathe one complete, Cekatolobus. 



ZALACCA. 



Rumph. Hb. Amboin. 5. p. 115. /. 57, f. 2. Reinwdt. Blume 

 in Syst. Veget. ed. Schultes l.pt. 2. p. 1333. Wall. PL AsiaL 

 Rar. 3. t. 222— 224*. Martius Palmae. p. 200. t. 118. 119. 

 123. 136 et 159, f. 2. Endl. Gen. PL p. 249. No. 1737. Cala- 

 mus Zalacca. Goert. 2. p. 267. t. 139. 



