DATE TREE. 
DIOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx a univalve tripartite spathe. 
Corolla of three concave, oval petals. 
Female. Calyx as in the male. 
Corolla of three petals. 
Pericarp an oval fruit, containing a single stony 
seed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Phcsni* dactyufera. P. frondibus pinnatis : foliolis ensi- 
formibus complicates. Linn, Spec. 
Plant, ed. tert. p. 1658. 
Fronds pinnate : leaflets sword-shaped 
and folded together. 
Phoenix frondibus pinnatis j foliolis al- 
ternis ensiformibus basi complicatis, 
stipitibus compressis dorso rotunda-* 
tis. Hort. Cliff. 482. 
Palma dactylifera major vulgaris. 
Sloan. Jam. 174. 
Palma major. Bauh. Pin. 50 6. 
Date Tree Kcemph. Amcen. pi. 1, 2. fig. I, 2. 
{male) et pi. 1, 2. f. 2. 16. 11. 
This celebrated tree is a species of the order of 
palms, and the only one of this genus that has been 
