BOTANY. 
329 
Widdringtonia, Endl. 
6S6. W. cupressoides, Endl. — Mentioned by Roxburgh as 
growing in the Island. — Hab. Africa. 
101. Cycadace/E ( Cycas Family). 
Cycas, Linn. 
687. C. revoluta, Linn. — Sago Palm; two or three plants only. 
Maldivia, C. Alt. '65, and Oakbank, H. L. Alt. 3'6. Grows well, 
and fruits, but I have not seen the seed germinate. Bot. Mag. 
2963. — Hab. China. 
CLASS II.— MONOCOTYLEDONS. 
102. Palmas {Palms). 
Cocos, Linn. 
688. C. nucifera, Linn. — Cocoa Hut; grows to a height of sixty 
feet, but the fruit seldom comes to perfection ; about ten trees only, 
in James Valley. Alt. '5 to - 8 — Hab. Tropics. 
Coryplia, Linn. 
689. C. umbraeulifera, Linn. — The Fan Palm, of which there 
are several plants at Maldivia Gardens and Plantation, which have 
attained a height of ten or twelve feet. C. & H. L. Seeds well 
on the low land. — Hab. E. Indies. 
Jubrea, H. B. K. 
690. J. spectabilis, H. B. K. — One specimen only of this 
beautiful Palm grows at Farm Lodge to a height of about forty 
feet. M. Alt. 36. It fruits well, bearing an abundance of small 
nuts, resembling miniature cocoa-nuts. Hab. Chili. 
Phoenix, Linn. 
691. P. dactylifera, Linn. — The Date; grows well in the low 
hot ravines and valleys, such as Jamestown, C. Alt. 1, where there 
are about thirty or forty trees. Attains a height of fifty feet, and 
fruits to perfection in September at Maldivia. Two or three trees 
grow at a higher altitude, but do not thrive. Some of these trees 
