234 TlMEHRI. 
Genus V. OREODOXA. 
[" Perigone exterior and interior 3-phyllous, the latter valvate in 
female. Stamens 6-9. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded by a 6-dentate 
cupule : stigmas 3, sessile, suprabasilar in fruit. Berry drupaceous, 1- 
seeded : putamen adnate to the testa. Albumen entire : embryo basilar.— 
High, unarmed palms ; leaves pinnatisect, pinnae 2-fid at the top, petiole 
long-sheathing ; spadix at the base of the cylinder formed by the leaf- 
sheaths, thrice-twice divided, equalling the inner, lignescent spathe : 
flowers sessile, lanceolate, berries ovoid or oblique, blueish." Griesbach.] 
[O. oleracea, Mart : 
Local Name. 
Creole ... ... Cabbage palm. 
(This name is applied indiscriminately to the two or 
more species here growing.) 
This and the following species are given by SCHOM- 
BURGK as cultivated plants in Guiana ; rtor have I ever seen 
them in a state in which they could be said to be truly 
wild. Mr. JENMAN however thinks that one or more of 
the species may possibly be indigenous ; for which reason 
I have included them. It may be as well to add that Mr. 
JENMAN has detected more than two species among the 
very numerous examples of Oreodoxa growing in George- 
town.*] 
* Mr. Jenman has given me the following note. — "The following 
are the distinctive characters of two of the three cabbage palms 
found in Guiana. The third is a very distinct plant in appear- 
ance, but all the specimens known to me are too high, and stout 
in stem, to be climbed, so that I have been unable to obtain flowers to 
determine its specific characters. It is the most rapid growing and tallest 
of the three kinds. — The common cabbage palm is described in the 
left-hand column : the other is locally rare, only about three or four 
plants being known to me. 
No. 1. No. 2. 
1. Fruit ovate-oblong, 6-8 lines 1. Fruit spherical, \ inch di- 
long, purple when ripe. ameter, whitish-green or light pur- 
ple, when ripe. 
