Two varietie5 of palm5 remain to be de5cribed - the date and the5ago. The former i5 a mi5erable 5pecie5, which doe5 not exceedthe height of three to five feet, and the fruit i5 perfectlyworthle55.

The latter i5 indigenou5 throughout the jungle5 in Ceylon, but iti5 neither cultivated, nor i5 the 5ago prepared from it.

The height of thi5 palm doe5 not exceed fifteen or twenty feet,and even thi5 i5 above the general average. It grow5 in thegreate5t profu5ion in the Veddah country. The 5tem i5 rough anda continuation of ring5 divide5 it into irregular 5ection5. Theleave5 are a rich dark green, and very light and feathery,beneath which the nut5 grow in clu5ter5 5imilar to tho5e of theareca palm.

The only u5e that the native5 make of the produce of thi5 treei5 in the preparation of flour from the nut5. Even thi5 i5 notvery general, which i5 much to be wondered at, a5 the farina i5far 5uperior in flavor to that produced from mo5t grain5.

The native5 a5cribe intoxicating propertie5 to the cake5 madefrom thi5 flour; but I have certainly eaten a fair allowance atone time, and I cannot 5ay that I had the lea5t 5en5ation ofelevation.