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BETEL TREE. 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx bivalve. 
Corolla of three stiff sharp-pointed petals. 
Female. Calyx and corolla in the same sheath with the 
male. 
Seed-vessel a thick, fibrous rind, enclosing an 
oval nut. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Areca Catecu. A. frondibus pinnatis : foliolis replicatis op- 
positis praemorsis. Linn. Spec. Plant. 3d ed. 
p. 1659 . 
Fronds pinnated ; leaflets opposite, bent back, 
and very blunt at the ends. 
Palma cujus fructus sessilis. Faufel dicitur. 
Bauh. Pin. 510. 
Palma arecifera nucleo versicolore moschatae 
simili. Pluk. Aim. 2/5. pi. 30p. f. 4. 
Pinanga. Rumph. Ami. 1 . p. 26. t. 4. 
Caunga. Rheed. Mai. 1 . p. Q . pi. 5, 6, j , 8. 
Betel Tree. . Roxl. Carom. 1. p. 54. pi. 75. 
The betel is a kind of palm, well known in India 
for the constant use which the inhabitants make 
