Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta. Part I - Asiatic Palms-Lepidocaryeæ Part II - The Species of Daemonorops Plates

On the removal of the seed several fibro-vascular bundles are readily detected within the concavity of the pericarp for they stand out clearly like slender ribbons upon the surrouning tissue ; thestart from the base of the fruit at the point which corresponds to the apex of the perianth and are reunited at the apex of the pericarpal cavity after having very slightly anastomosed with each ot [...] These tiny openings indicate the beginnings of the canals full of the tanniferous substance which penetrate the interior and are the cause of the rumination of the seed. [...] Also in Daemonorops the aforesaid parts sometimes are more evident than in the other genus although situated in the same places namely in the axilla of the leaflets and at every division of the spadix at the junction of the branches and of the branchlets as well as at the axilla of the appendicular organs of the spikelets. [...] In addition the infundibular part of the corolla of the same flowers below the throat that is below the point of insertion of the stamens and of the afore-mentioned small bodies appears to be nectariferous. [...] Also a peculiarly prominent callous and nectariform swelling is to be seen in the areola of the neutral flower of the greater number of the species belonging to the before-mentioned group around the point of insertion of the flower (Pl.