348 The Palms of British East India. 



short flexuose spikes towards the apex, much longer than the spathes, 

 which appear to be about a span long. Peduncles of both spadices 

 much flattened. 



Colonel Ouseley, Agent to the Governor General S. W. 

 Frontier, first directed my attention to the distinguishing 

 marks of this species, which I have therefore dedicated 

 to him, and also as a tribute of respect for his exertions 

 in bringing to notice the vegetable products of the districts 

 under his charge, as well as the valuable grains of Central 

 India. 



67. (3) P. farinifera, trunco brevissimo, pinnis oppositis, 

 spadicibus exsertis, fructibus oblongo-ovatis, embryone ad 

 medium faciei dorsalis.* 



P. farinifera, Willd. Roxb. Cor. PI. 1. p. 55. t. 74. Icones. 

 15. t. 32. (inflor) Fl. ind. 3. p. 785. Sprengel Syst. PL 2. p. 

 139. P. pusilla. Lour. Fl. Coch. ed. Willd. p. 753. Gaert. 

 Sem. et. Fruct. 1. t. 9. ?f 



Hab. — Dry barren parts chiefly of the sandy lands at a 

 small distance from the sea near Coringa. Flowers in Jan. 

 Feb ; fruit ripens in May. Telinga name Chilta-eita. (Roxb.) 

 Common on all the hilly country between the Ganges and 

 Cape Comorin (Buchanan Hamilton.) 



Descr. — " Trunk, the little it has is only about one or at most 

 two feet high, and so entirely enveloped in the sheaths of the leaves 

 that it is never seen, the whole appearing like a large round bush. 

 Leaves pinnate. Leaflets opposite, sword-shaped, much pointed, 

 smooth, of a deep green. Spathes axillary, one-valved, concave on 

 the inside, fitting the trunk or base of the leaf immediately with it ; 

 this concavity is bordered by two sharp edges ; convex on the out- 

 side, there splitting longitudinally, leathery, smooth, withering. 



* Char, e Roxb. 



t This synonym is I think doubtful, as Roxburgh's figure does not agree with 

 figs. f. g. of Gaertner. 



