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Palms. 
Chamjerops. Gen. char. — Dioecious ; pericarp 
three globular one-celled drupes. 
Cham. Humilis, Smaller Palmeto, or Fan-Palm • 
with large fan-shaped leaves and smooth stems. A 
common plant in Jamaica, the leaves of which are 
much employed for thatching cottages ; and the ber- 
ries, which are sweet, are greedily devoured by birds. 
This species of palm is also a native of Europe; it 
grows as far north as the vicinity of Nice. 
Thrinax. Gen. char. — Perianth minute, six-tooth- 
ed ; stamens six ; pericarp a naked berry, one-celled. 
Thrin. Parviflora , Small-flowered Palmeto Royal, 
or Thatch-Tree ; with palmate plaited leaves. Native 
of Jamaica, and grows abundantly on rocky hills, and 
low moist plains near the sea. It shoots up with a sim- 
ple stem from ten to twenty feet in height. The leaves 
are used for thatch, and the trunk is employed for 
buildings in the sea, for which purpose it is well calcu- 
lated from its durable quality. 
Borassus. Gen. char. — Dioecious ; (1) cal. a com- 
pound sheath ; cor. with three oval and concave petals; 
(2) cal. a sheath; cor. with three roundish petals; 
drupe or berry roundish, obtuse, with three seeds. 
Boras. Flahell'iformis, Fan-leaved Palm ; with hand- 
shaped leaves, folded, wide at top, and drawn to a 
point below ; foot-stalk serrated. This palm is a native 
of India, rises to the height of thirty feet, and is termi- 
nated with a bunch of fan-shaped leaves. 
Corypha, or Mountain Palm, is also dioecious, 
with a drupe containing one seed ; and it includes two 
