Order VII. 
MONGRCIA POLYANDRIA. 
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1S461 Leaves pedate entire, Spadix cylindrical shorter than ovate flat spathe, which is hairy inside 
13462 Leaves pedate entire, Spadix lanceolate shorter than the ovate flat smooth spathe 
1"A63 Leaves pedate entire, Spadix subulate longer than the oblong convolute spathe 
13464 Leaves pedate entire, Spadix shorter than lanceolate spathe 
13465 Stemless, Leaves tcrnate entire, Spadix clavate shorter than ovate acuminate flat stalked spathe 
13466 Stemless, Leaves ternate ovate tvAce as short as spadix 
13467 Stemless, Leaves ternate, Spadix longer than spathe 
13468 Stemless, Leaves peltate ovate repand emarginate at base 
13469 Stemless, Leaves paltate cordate repand 2-parted at base 
13470 Stemless, Leaves coi-date hastate, Spadix subulate longer than the reflexed ovate-lanceolate spathe 
13471 Stemless, Leaves sagittate 3-lobed, Flowers sessile 
1.1472 Leaves all radical hastato-sagitate : lobes deflexed, Spadix club-shaped obtuse shorter than the spathe 
13473 Leaves hastate 3-parted, Spathe stalked 2-colored longer than spadix : the end lanceolate and deflexed 
13474 Stemless, Lvs. veiny with white hastate sagit. : lobes auricled divaricating, Spad. clav. shorter than spathe 
13475 Stemless, Lvs. hastate sagittate mucronate : lobes deflex. Petid'es dotted, Spad. cylind. shorter than spathe 
13476 Stemless, Leaves hastate cordate acute : angles obtuse [cucuUate spathe 
13477 Stemless, Lvs. hast, sagittate mucron. : lobes deflexed oblong obtuse, Spadix cylind. incurved shorter than 
13478 Stemless, Leaves linear-lanceolate, Spadix subulate longer than lanceolate spathe 
13479 Caulescent erect. Leaves peltate cordate : auricles cucullate 
13480 Caulescent suhorect. Leaves ovate bifid at base rounded, Spadices axillary 
13481 Caulescent, Leaves peltate cordate acute cut out at the base with a wide recess 
13482 Leaves sagittate acute rounded at base 
13483 Leaves peltate cordate sagittate, Spathe roundish oblong acute, Spadix obtuse much shorter than spathe 
13484 Leaves lanceolate acute entire. Edge of petiole sheathing, Spathe cucullate 
13485 Leaves peltate cordate 
13486 Caulescent rooting, Leaves cordate oblong acuminate, Petioles round 
13487 Caulescent creeping. Leaves cordate lanceolate, Petioles with a membranous edge 
13488 Stemless, Leaves decompound bulbiferous, Spadix oblong ovate shorter than the obtuse veiny spathe 
13489 Stemless, Leaves linear lanceolate, Spadix lanceolate shorter than the oblong lane, spirally twisted spathe 
13490 Steml. Lvs. ov. ent. or 3-lob. Spathe urceol. at base : reflex, and taper-point, at end, Spadix length of spathe 
13491 Unarmed fronds bipinnate. Leaflets cuneiform obliquely bitten off 
13492 Fronds bipinnate, Petioles nodding. Fruit 1-seeded 
MONADELPHIyl. 
13493 Frond pinnated. Female flowers terminal capitate : male lateral with dichotomous peduncles 
13494 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets plaited terminal bitten off. Stems and spadices smooth 
13495 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets cuneiform truncate. Fruit globose ovate acute 
13496 Fronds pinnated. Leaflets linear acute. Fruit oblong incurved 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
because a wine was prepared from it which soon got into the head, jsja^aj, head. C. urens, a fine specie of 
palm, produces flowers in long pendulous spikes, which are succeeded by strings of succulent globular berries, 
dark red when ripe, with a thin skin, soft pulp, and very sharp and acrid to the taste. In Ceylon, it yields a 
sort of liquor, sweet, wholesome, and no stronger than water. It is taken from the tree twice or thrice a day, 
and an ordinary tree will yield three or four gallons. They boil this liquor, and thus make a kind of brown 
sugar of it, called Jaggory. The fruit is not eatable. "When the tree has come to maturity, there comes out a 
bud from the top ; this bud they cut and prepare by putting salt, pepper, lemons, garlick, leaves, &c. over it, 
which keep it from ripening. They daily cut off a thin slice from the end, and the liquor drops into a vessel, 
which they set to catch it. The buds, like those of the Cocoa and Betel-nut, are excellent in taste, resembling 
walnuts or almonds. C. mitis is a very beautiful palm, with fronds four feet long and a branched spike of 
flowers, succeeded by berries, round, coriaceous, smooth, black, the size of a musket bullet, but not eatable. 
Both species grow freely in sandy loam. 
2008. Nipa. The name given to this fine palm in the Moluccas, 
2009. Areca. The name which this palm bears in Malabar is, when it is an old tree, Areec ; when young it is 
called Paynga. A. Catechu produces the nut which is cut in slices, wrapped in the aromatic leaves of the 
betel-pepper, and chewed as we do tobacco. These leaves are previously covered with a thin layer of shell- 
lime (Ehunam), to preserve the flavor longer in the mouth. In most parts of the East Indies the natives are 
continually chewing it, swallowing their saUva tinctured with the juice, and spitting out the rest. The inside 
of their mouths appears as red as blood, and it gives their teeth a dark color : but it preserves the teeth, 
sweetens the breath, and is a stomachic and diuretic. This palm is very generally cultivated in the East 
Indies. 
A. oleracea is the highest of the American palms, and is very distinct from the East Indian Areca. The 
sheaths of the leaves are very close, and form the green top of the trunk a foot and a half in length. The 
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