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TRIBE III. Cokyphe-k. 

 Leaves fan-shaped, plaited, many-cleft, divisions with 

 the sides indexed before unfolding. Spadix flowering 

 amongst the leaves ; spathes nunieious. Mowers her- 

 maphrodite or polygamous, rarely tlnucious. Ovary of 

 # free or more or less connate carpels. Fruit 1-3-eelled 

 and soeded, with distinct or connate terminal or basal 

 styles. 



Genus XXXII. Corypha, Linn. 

 •61. C. umbraculifera, Linn. " Talipot Palm." 



S. India & Ceylon. 



Genus XXXIII. Sabal, Adans. 

 62. S. Adansoni, Guerns. "Dwarf Palmetto." 



Southern U. States. 

 °63. S. cmrulescens, Jlort. 



West Indies ? 

 °64. S. glaucesens, Lodcl. 



Trinidad. 



^Go. S. mauritiaeformis, Griseb. d- Wendl. " Savannah 

 Palm." 



Venezuela, Trinidad. 

 c 66. S. Palmetto, Lodd. "Cabbage Palmetto." (Cha- 

 mwrops Palmetto, Micuaux.) 

 Southern U. States. 

 67. S. umbraculifera, Mart. (S. Blaclibumiana. 

 Kirke.) ' 



West Indies. 



Genus XXXIV. Chamairops, Linn. 

 °68. C. humilis.. Linn. ( C. elegans, Hort.) 

 S. Europe and N. Africa. 

 Genus XXXV. AcANxnouniz v, Wendl. 

 69. A. aculeata, Wendl. ( Chamcrrops stauracantha, 

 Hort. Trithrinax aculeata, Liebm.) 

 Central America, 

 Genus XXXVI. Serenoa, Hook.fA 

 °70. S. serrulata, H.f. " Saw Palmetto." (Sabal 

 serrulata, R. & S.) 



Southern U. States. 

 Genus XXXVII. Copernioia. Mart. 

 •71. C. cerifera, Mart. " Carnauba or Wax Palm." 

 Brazil. 



Genus XXXVIII. Liouala, Thunb. 



72. L. elegans, Blume. 

 Sumatra. 



73. L. horrida, Bl. 

 Java? 



°74. L. peltata, Boxb. 



Bengal, Assam, Burma, Tenasserim, Andaman 

 Islands. 



Genus XXXIX. Litistona, Br. 

 °75. L. austvalis, Mart. f Corypha australis, Br.) 

 Eastern Australia, temperate and tropical. 



76. L. ehinensis, Mart. (L. mauritiana, Wall. La- 

 tania borbonica, Lamk.) 



Scu'h China. 



77. L. H logendorphii, Teijsm. & Binn. 

 Kb.? 



c 78. L. humilis, Br. (L. Leichardtii, F. Muell ) 



Tropical Australia. 

 79. L. olivaiformis, Mart. 



Java. 



«80. L. rotundifolia, Mart. 



Malay Islands, Moluccas, Penang. 



81. L. sub^lobosa, Mart. 

 Java. 



Genus XL. Rhapis, Linn. f. 



82. R, flabellifotmis, Ait. (B. aspera, Wendl.) 

 China 



Genus XLL Thrinax, Linn. 

 °83. T. argentea, Lodd. "Silver-Thatch Palm." 



West Indies. 

 °84. T. barbadensis, Lodd. 



Barbados and Guadeloupe. 

 85. T. excelsa, Lodd. 



Jamaica. 



*86. T. parviflora, Swartz. (T.elegans, Hort.Herren.) 

 West Indies. 



°87. T. radiata, Lodd. (T. elegans d- T. elegantis- 

 •Ana, Hort. 



West Indies. 



TRIBE IV. Lepidocarye^:. 



Leaves pinnate or fan-shaped, segments or divisions 

 with the sides reflexed beforo unfolding. Spadix ter- 

 minal or flowering amongst the leaves ; spathes many, 

 rarely one or few. Flowers hermaphrodite, monoecious 

 or dicecious. Ovary completely or incompletely 3-celled, 

 3-ovuled. Fruit clothed with reflexed hard shining 

 closely appressed scales ; stigmas terminal. — Armed or 

 unarmed palms, chiefly of the old world. 



SUUTRTBK I. OaLAME,*:. 



Leaves pinnate. Ovary incompletely 3-celled. — 

 Usually climbing armed palms of the old world 

 Genus XLII. Oalamus, Linn. "Rattan canes." 

 °8S. i.l. palembmieus, Blume, 

 Sumatra. 



Genus XLIII. Plectocomia, Mart. 

 °89. P. Audersonii. . 



Suistribe II. Raphiea:. 

 Leaves pinnate. Ovary completely 3-celled. — African, 

 and tropical American armed or unarmed palms. 

 Genus XLIV. Rapiiia, Beauv. 

 •90. R. Ruffia, Mart. 



Madagascar. 

 °91. R. ta;Jigera, 

 Cent. America. 



Sub nun k III. Mauritieje. 

 Leaves fan-shaped. Ovary completely 3-celled.—- 

 Erect palms of the new world. 



Genus XLV. Mauiutia. Linn. 

 *92. M. flexuosa, Linn, f, "Ita Palm." 

 Brazil and Guiana 



TRIBE V. Borasse^s. 



Leaves fan-shaped, plaited, many -cleft, divisions with 

 the sides inflexed before unfolding. Spadix flowering 

 amongst the leaves : spathes numerous Flowers dice- 

 cious ; males minute, clustered in cavities formed be- 

 tween the closely imbricating bracts of the spadix, 

 emerging one by one ; females la' ge, scattered along 

 the branches of a very stnut spadix Ovary 3-celled, 

 3-ovuled. Fruit large, 1-3-seeded; stigmas terminal. — 

 Tall robust unarmed palms of the old world. 



Ganus XLVI. Borassus, Linn. 

 °93. B. flabelliformis, Linn. "Palmyra falm." 

 Tropical Africa (cultivated in India). 

 Genus XLVI. Latania. Comm. 

 °M. L. Commersonii, Linn. (h. rubra, Jacq.) 



Mauritius & Bourbon. 

 °95. L. Lod iigesii, Mart. (L glancophylla, Hort.) 



Round Island (Mauritius group). 

 °96. L. Verschaffeltii, Linn. (L aurea, Hort.) 

 Rodriguez Island (Mauritius group). 



TRIBE VI. Cocoineje. 

 Leaves pinnate ; leaflets wi:h t lie sides reflexed be- 

 fore unfolding. Spadix flowering amongst the leaves; 

 spathes 2. Flowers moncecious on the same spadix. 

 Ovary 3 rarely 4-6 -celled, cells l-ovuled. Fruit 1 -rarely 

 2-or more-celled and-seeded, eudooarp marked with as 

 many pits as there are cells to the ovary, of which 2 

 cells are usually suppressed, and the third marks the 

 position of the embryo in the fertile cell. — Armed or 

 unarmed, almost exclusively new world palms. 



SUBTRIBE I. SaOTIUDKA;. 



Spinous usually slender palms of the new world. En- 

 docarp with 3 pores at or above the middle of the fruit. 

 Genus XLVIII. Bactris, Jacq. 

 °97. B. minor, Jacq. " Peach Palm." (Gulielma 

 speciosa. Mart.) 

 W. Indies. 



Genus XLIX. Desmoncus, Mart. 

 °93. D. granatensis, Uort. Bull. 

 New Grenada. 



The Plants marked thus (*) are not for distribution. 



