PALMS.
Nakhlah, . . . ARAB. Palmier, . . . . . Fa.
Palme, . . DAN., GER. Tar, Narel, Send, . HIND. Palm, . . . . DIU., Sw. Palma, IT.,PORL,Rus., Sr.
The palm trees or palm tribe of plants belong to the order Cocoacem or Palmm, the Palmacem of Lindley. They grow alike in the eastern and in the western hemispheres. Particular species are confined to their own peculiar localities, but Cocos nucifera, Acrocomia, Seleroe,arpa, and Borassus flabelliformis are spread over many lands. The number of known species scattered over the world amount to over 1000. ,, Of these, not a few love the humid banks of rivulets and streams; others cling to the sea-shores, and some ascend into alpine regions. Some collect into dense forests, others spring up singly or in clusters over the plains. 1Vriters of systematic botany have ar ranged them differently, one of the most recent arrangements being into seven tribes,—Ilorassinew, Coryphinese, Phcenieinew, Arecinew, Cocoinett, Lepidocaryinem, and Nipinew.
i. lionissinew l;orassus flabellifonnis, Linn., all India.
ii. Coryphinete Corypha data, Roxb., Bengal.
C. gebanga, Bt., Burma, Java.
C. macropodn, Kurz, Andamans.
C. rotuudifolia, Lam., Moluccas, Cochin-China.
C. taliem, Roxb., Bengal.
C. umbraculifcra, Linn., Ceylon, Malabar, Bengal, Burma.
Chamerops Khassiana, Gruff., Kliassya.
C. Martiana, Wall., Kamaon, Nepal.
C. Ititchieana, Griff., Trans-Indus. Licuala acutifida, Mart., Malay Peninsula.
L. longipea, Mcrgui.
L. paludosa, Grp:, Andamans.
L. peltata, Roxb., Assam.
L. pumila, Bl., Java.
L. rotundifolia, Bl., Java.
Livistona Jenkinsia, Gruff., Sikkim, Assam.
L. speciosa, Kurz, Chittagong, Pegu, Tenasserim.
iii. Phcenicinde Phcenix acaulis, L., Behar, Burma, Central India. P. Linn., S. Panjab, Sind.
P. farinifera, Coringa.
P. Ousleyana, Chutia Nagpur, Assam.
P. pal udosa,Roxb., Sunderbans, Burma, Andamans. P. pedunculata, Neilgherries.
P. sylvestris, Roxb., all India.
iv. Arecinem Areca catechu, Linn., all India. A. costata, Bl. Andamans.
A. Dicksoni, Roxb., Malabar. A. Khassya.
A. gracilis, Roxb., Sikkim, Assam, Bengal, Burma. A. hexasticha, Kurz, Burma.
A. humilis, Amboyna. A. laza, Buck., Andamans.
A. Nagensis, Griff, Naga hills.
A. triandra, Roxb., Chittagong, Burma, Andamans. Arenga saccharifera, Labill, Burma, Malaya.
A. Grp., Malay Peninsula.
A. Wightii, Coimbatore.
Bentinekia coddapanna, Berry, Travancore. Caryota obtusa, Mishmi hills.
C. sobolifera, Wall., Arakan, Pegu, Andaman.
C. urens, Linn., W. Ghats.
Walliehia caryotoides, Roxb., Chittagong.
W. densiflora, Martins, Kamaon, Himalaya.
W. T. And., Sikkim. W. nano, driff, Assam.
W. Yonne, Kurz, Yoma mountains.
v. Cocoineas Cocos nucifera, Linn., all East Indies.
vi. Lepidocaryinem Calamus acanthospathus, Gruff, Khassya.
C. Andamanicus, Kurz, Andamans.
C. arborescens, Pegu.
C. collinus, Grog, Khassya.
C. concinnus.
C. erectus, Roxb., Sylhet, Pegu.
C. extensus, Roxb., Sylbet.
C. fasciculatus, Roxb., Bengal, Burma, Andamans.
C. flagellum, Gruff., Sikkim. ' C. floribundus, Grill., Assam.
C. gracilis, Roxb., Assam, Chittagong.
C. grandis, Ore, Andamans. O. Guruba, Mail.
C. Helferianus, Kurz, Tenasserim, Andamans.
C. humilis, Roxb., Chittagong.
C. hypolencus, Kurz, Teuasserim.
0. inermio, T. And., Sikkim, Bhutan. U. Jenkinsianus, Griff. , Sikkim.
C. latifolius, Rork, Andaman.. U. leptospadix, °riff., Sikkim. U. longipes, Uri/.
0. macrocanthua, T. And., Sikkim, Bhutan O. macrocarpus, ()rig, Bhutan. Cl. Mastersianus, Gni., Assam. C. mclanacanthua.
C. Mishmiensia, Grog, Mishmi hills.
0. montanus, T. And„ Sikkim, Bhutan.
C. nitidus.
O. nutantiflorus, Grit 0. palustris, Griff, Mergui.
0. paradoxus, Kurz, Manahan. 0. platyspathus.
C. polygamus, Barb., Chittagong. C. quinquenervius, Rath., Sythet.
O. rotang, Barb., E. Indies.
O. Royleanus, Griff., Debra. C. schizospathus, Griff., Sikkim. C. tennis, Barb., Assam, Pegu. C. tigrinus, Kurz, Burma, Andamans. Korthalsia laciniosa, Mart., Tenasserim.
K. scaphigera, Mart., Andamans. l'lectocomia Assamica, Griff, Assam.