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106. Areca Linn. 
257. *Areca Catechu Linn.; F. I. iii. 615; F. B. I. vi. 405. E. D. 
A 1294. 
Eastern Sundribuns, Backerganj Dist., cultivated. 
Vernac. Supdri, 
A tall graceful palm with slender stem ; yields the Betel-nut. 
Distrib.— Cultivated, usually near the sea, throughout S.-E. Asia. 
197. Phoenix Linn. 
258. Phoenix paludosa Roxb. ; F. 1 . iii. 789; F. B. I. vi. 427, 
E. D. p 582. 
Everywhere on or near banks of tidal rivers. 
Vernac. Hantdl ; HitdL 
A gregarious palm, usually about 12 feet high, rarely higher ; stems used for 
the framework of walls of native houses and for the dunnage of roofs ; leaves used 
in thatching ; fruit eaten ; the roots send up short blind vertical root-suckers. 
Distrib. — All Indo-Chinese coasts. 
The height given for this species in the F. B. I. is up to 25 feet, but the tallest 
examples in the Calcutta Garden (and these are taller than any seen in the 
Sundribuns) do not reach 20 feet. The diameter is given in the F. B. I. as 12-18 
inches I the largest stem, out of many hundreds measured, has not been found 
to exceed 2\ inches in diamater; local officers might make observations on 
these points. 
Phoenix sylvestris Linn., the Khajur or wild date, is grown in the Bengal plain 
as a toddy palm just north of the Sundribun area, and possibly exists within 
the eastern Sundribuns (South Backerganj). 
198. Calamus Linn. 
259. Calamus tenuis Roxb. ; F. I. iii. 780; F, B. I. vi. 447. 
E. D. c 1 14. 
Northern forests, HeinigX 
Vernac. Sanchi Bent. 
A cane with long scandent stems ; used for making the seats and backs of 
chairs, baskets, and the like. 
Distrib.— -Himalaya ; Indo-China. 
This is given in Heinig’s list as C. Rotang : species, however, is con- 
fined to S. India and Ceylon : Mr. Heinig’s specimens are of C. tenuis. 
199 . Deemonorops Bl. 
260. Dsemonorops Jenkinsiauus Mart. ; F. B, I. vi. 462. E. D. c 9 9, 
Northern forests, 7 . Thomson \ Heinig\ 
Vernac. Cola Bent. 
A stout scandent ** rattan stems used for the same purposes as those of 
Calamus tenuis. 
