320 The Palms of British East India. 



1308. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. p. 177. Mart. Palm. p. 232. Codda 

 Pana. Rheede. Hort. Mai. St. 1-12. 



Hab.- — Ceylon, Malabar Coast. Tala or Talagas. Cingha- 

 lese. Condapari. Tamul. {Roxb.) Codda-Pana. Malabar. 

 {Rheede.) Tallipot Palm. I have not seen it in flower or 

 fruit. 



Descr. — Habit very much like that of C. Talliera. Leaves larger 

 than those of C. Talliera ; in native places immense. Petioles 

 stout, 7-feet long, channelled, margins with horny, irregular, often 

 paired teeth. Lamina describing nearly a complete circle, 6 feet 

 long, ] 3 feet broad, from the middle upwards conduplicate, but not 

 so much so as in C. Talliera; lacinise 95-100, ensiform, obtusely 

 bifid, the central ones 1£ foot long, the intermediate ones If, the 

 posticous not meeting or overlapping, but forming acute angles with 

 the petiole. Inflorescence much the same as in C. Talliera. 



I have specimens of part of the inflorescence, from trees 

 round some of the pagodas at Mergui, most probably belong- 

 ing to this species. I subjoin a description. 



Descr. — Flower. bearing branches 1 8-20 inches long, lower divi- 

 sions bi-trichotomous, the rest simple ; these are about a foot long, 

 subulate, covered with warty protuberances (the situations of the 

 flowers.) 



Flowers several together on short subannular stalks, at the base 

 of which small scales exist. Calyx cup- shaped, small, with three 

 very short teeth. Petals broader, spreading, 3-4 times longer than 

 the calyx : subvalvate in aestivation, upper edges quite so. Stami- 

 na 6 ; filaments rather shorter than the petals, about equal, stout, 

 subulate ; anthers oblong, ovate in bud, much larger than those of 

 C. Talliera. Ovarium conical from a round base, three-lobed, at- 

 tenuated into a stout subulate three- furrowed style, which is rather 

 longer than the ovarium. Stigma simple. Ovula solitary, erect. 



I have no means of ascertaining to what species these spe- 

 cimens really belong, not having access to a complete copy of 



