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The Ampana original: "Ampana"; the male Palmyra palm. from the same work referring to the Hortus Malabaricus, a 12-volume treatise on the plants of the Malabar coast of India., figure 10, volume 1.
The Date-bearing palm with very sharp fruit, in Hortus Malabaricus 16, the Schunda-pana original: "Schunda-pana"; the Fishtail palm (Caryota urens). of the same work, figure 11, volume 1.
The Mountain palm of Malabar, with a large, folded, sharp leaf, and white flowers in clusters, with round fruit; in Hortus Malabaricus 6, the Codda-panna original: "Codda-panna"; the Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera). of the same work, the first twelve figures of volume 3.
The Plum-bearing palm of Japan, from the Garden of the Academy of Leiden original: "Hort. Acad. Lugd. Bat. 472"; referring to the university botanical garden in Leiden, Netherlands., page 472. The Todda-panna original: "Todda-panna"; a species of Cycad (Cycas circinalis)., in Hortus Malabaricus 9, nine figures, volume 3.
The Wild palm of Malabar, with a sharp leaf and fruit looking like a plum, in Hortus Malabaricus 16, the Katou-indel original: "Katou-indel"; the Wild Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris). of the same work, figure 15, and four others in volume 3.
The Coconut-bearing palm, with bulging and ridged sheaths vaginae.
The Coconut-bearing palm, with the sides of the ribs prickly.
The Coconut-bearing palm, with a swollen and prickly trunk caudex.
The Coconut-bearing palm, the tallest.
The Low-growing humilis coconut-bearing palm, broad-leaved, larger.
The Low-growing coconut-bearing palm, broad-leaved, smaller.
The Date-bearing palm, of the swamps.
The Date-bearing palm, with globose fruit, smaller.
The Date-bearing palm, with globose fruit, larger.
The Date-bearing palm, leather-like, with blueish fruit.
The Date-bearing palm and wine-bearing.
The Date-bearing palm, broad-leaved.
The Date-bearing palm, prickly, with coral-colored fruit, larger.
The Date-bearing palm, prickly, with coral-colored fruit, smaller.
The Date-bearing palm, prickly, the smallest.
The Date-bearing palm, fan-shaped radiata, smaller and smooth.
The Date-bearing palm, fan-shaped, larger and smooth.
The Date-bearing palm, fan-shaped, smaller and prickly.
The Date-bearing palm, fan-shaped, larger, with the sides of the ribs prickly.
Plate 2.
Borbonia Likely referring to the Red Bay or similar species in the Laurel family, though named here for the House of Bourbon. is a genus of plant with a single-petaled flower A, which is bell-shaped or saucer-shaped hypocrateriform Hypocrateriform describes a flower with a long narrow tube that suddenly expands into a flat top, resembling a saucer on a stand. and divided into many segments. From its center umbilicus B rises a pistil, which later develops into an acorn-shaped glandiform, fleshy fruit D, which is divided inside into two lobes E. Furthermore, the lower part of the flower C becomes the fleshy and cap-like pileatum cup calyx of the fruit. F