This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...at Sewree and the seedlings of seeds from Aden. The literature at my command is very limited regarding references to the different species of this genus Hyphoena. Bentham and Hooker's Genera, Plantarum gives a full description of the genus, under which it is remarked that 9 species are known as inhabitants of Tropical Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar. GiBrtner, in his " Dc Fructibi'i-et-ttmimbiu Plantarum, ' gives a description and illustration of the seed of Hypliaene coriacea, which in all respects corresponds well with the Indian form, and of the entire fruit of //. crinita, which corresponds with the Sewree form. Baron Ferd Von. Mueller in his Selfct Extra-tropical Plants mentions the folio wing kinds: llyph--nt Argun, Mart., Xubia to 21 N. L.; //. coriacea., Gtt-rtn., Equatorial Eastern Africa, the dichatomous Palm of the soa coast regions. It attains a height of 80 feet; //. criuiln, Ga-rtn. (H. thebcaca, Mart.) The ginger-bread palm or Doum-palin; Abyssinia, Nubia, Arabia and Egypt, as far as 31 N. L. and southwards to the Zambesi, Nyassa and Sofala. In Arabia to 28 N. L. (Schweiufurth.) up to the plateau of Abyssinia (Dnide). It is much branched, and attains a height of about 30 feet. The mealy husk of the fruit is edible. Grows away from the sea. H. ventricosa, Kirk, Zambesi, loftier than the other speciqs, stein turgid towards the middle, fruit large. Major Casati in his "Ten years in Equatoria" frequently refers to the Doum-palm, Palina, Doum, in the first part of his book, evidently referring to H. thebaica, while having travelled further south and approaching the sea-coast he mentions Cudfera trees, evidently referring to another species (Cudfera is a synonym for Hyplur.ne), probably //. cvriaeta. Tho two or three species now...