FAN-LEAVED PALM. 
DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx a compound sheath. 
Corolla of three parts ; petals oval and concave. 
Female. Calyx a sheath as in the male. 
Corolla of three parts; petals roundish. 
Pericarp a roundish obtuse berry, containing 
three seeds. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Borassus flabellifer. B. frondibus palmatis plicatis cucullatis, 
stipilibus serratis. Linn. Spec. Plant. 
3d ed. p. 1657. 
Leaves hand-shaped, folded like a fan, 
wide at top, and drawn to a point be- 
low ; leaf-stalk serrated. 
Borassus frondibus palmatis. FI. Zeyl. 
3Q5. 
Palma coccifera, folio plicatili flabelli- 
formi j mas, femina. Raij Hist. 
1366. 
Fan-leaved Palm, . . Rheed. Mai. 1 . pi. 9 , 10 . Rumph. 
Ami. 1. p. 45. pi. 10. 
This tree, which belongs to the family of palms, is 
remarkable for the shape of its leaves and of its 
