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and the outline is irregularly pyramidal, some of the bran- 

 ches being much larger than others. 



52, (2) C. Talliera, trunco obsolete annulato, petiolis bi- 

 auriculatis, lamina (petiolum excedente) glaucescente a medio 

 supra conduplicata, laciniis 80-90 ensiformibus bilobis posti- 

 cis incumbentibus, glomerulis florum approximatis, petalis 

 oblongis sestivatione imbricatis, fructibus pomi minoris magni- 

 tudine rugosis, embryone in apice albuminis centro cavi. 



C. Talliera, Roxb. Cor. PL 3. p. 51. t. 255-256, (auct. Mart.) 

 Icones 7. t, 37. Fl. Ind, 2, p. 174. Mart. Palmce, p. 231. 

 Taliera benghalensis. Spreng. Syst. 2. p, 18. Taliera Tali. 

 Mart, Syst. veg, ed, Schult, 7. p. 1306. 



Hab. — Bengal, scarce in the vicinity of Calcutta. Flowers 

 at the beginning of the hot season, seeds ripen 9 or 10 

 months afterwards. Tar a, Tallier, Tareet, Beng. (Roxb.) 

 Cultivated in the Botanic Gardens. I have not seen the 

 flowers or fruit. 



Descr. — " Trunk perfectly straight, about thirty feet high, and 

 as near as the eye can judge equally thick throughout, of a dark 

 brown colour, and somewhat rough with the marks left by the im- 

 pression of the fallen leaves. Leaves palmate-pinnatifid, plaited, 

 subrotund. Leaflets or divisions of the frond united rather more than 

 half way, numerous, generally about eighty, (or forty pairs,) linear- 

 lanceolate, pointed until broken by the wind, or otherwise, polished 

 on both sides, with a strong somewhat four-sided rib running their 

 whole length ; generally about six feet long, greatest breadth about 

 four inches. The thread which forms part of the Linncean specific 

 character of Corypha umbraculifera, is sometimes present, sometimes 

 wanting, at best such perishable marks deserve no notice. Petioles 

 from five to ten feet long, remarkably strong, upper side deeply chan- 

 nelled, the sharp margins armed with numerous, short, strong, dark- 

 coloured polished, compressed spines. Spathes just as numerous 

 as the primary and secondary ramifications in the spadix, all 

 smooth, and obtuse. Spadix supra-decompound, issuing in the 



