THE 



CALCUTTA JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Palms of British East India. By W. Griffith, Esq. 

 F. L. S. Memb. Imp. Acad. Natur. Curios. Royal Ratisb. 

 Botan. Soc. Corr. Memb. Hort. Soc. Royal Acad. Turin. 

 Asst. Surgeon, Madras Establishment. 



[Continued from page 355.] 



Sub-familia. — ARECINiE. Mart. Progr. p. 7. Palmes, 

 p. 157. (ex. Endl.) 



Flores mono-dioici vel polygami. Spathae plures incom- 

 pletes, vel una vel 2 completae, rarissime nulla. Stamina 

 3-00 hypogyna. Floris feeminei perianthium convoluto»im- 

 bricatum, rarius corolla valvata. Ovarium 1-3-loculare, 1-3- 

 ovulatum. Fructus baccatus vel tenuiter drupaceus, trilocu- 

 laris, profunde trilobus, vel saepius abortu unilocularis. Semi- 

 na 1-3. Albumen corneum, ruminatum vel sequabile. Embryo 

 saepius basilaris. 



Palmse perennantes vel monocarpicae, frutescentes vel ar- 

 boreae. Folia pinnatim fissa {aliquando bifurca) vel pinnata, 

 rarius bipirinata. Inflorescentia axillaris et terminates, cen- 

 tripeta vel centrifuga. 



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