ATTALEA

(Lat.),n. f. A*t(a%t)-ta(tas)/le?-a8. Fr., attalée. A nus of palm-trees of the tribe Cocoineæ, subtribe Attaleeæ, estabfishea iaattenptoe hts and Bonpland, consisting of trees of moderate height, with a thick, irregularly ringed stem, large feathery leaves, yellow flowers, and an ovate or elliptical fruit with a fibrous-woody cortex and 3 edible seeds, [B. 19, 49.]—A, Cohune [Martins]. A Honduras species, growing about 40 feet high. A sort of wine is made from the juice of the stem, and the nuts (cohoun-nuts) furnish a fatty matter which can be substituted for cocoa-nut oil. [B, 19, 49..—A. compt a [Martius]. The Pindova palm, a Brazilian species having an edible fruit. [B, 19, 173.]—A. excels a. A species the nuts of which are used like those of 4. speciosa. [B, 19.]— A. funifera [Martius]. The pia ata palm (chiqui-chiqui, pia aba); a Brazilian tree from 20 to 30 feet high, with very long leaves, from the base of the petioles of which, and of the spathes, a very strong, durable fibre (monkey-gra ) is obtained. The nuts (coquilla nuts) are very hard and are turned into small articles such as knobs. [A, 327; B, 75, 173.]—A. speciosa [Martius]. A species furnishing nuts which are burned in order to dry the juice of the caoutchouc-tree (Siphon i a elastic a). |B, 19, 180.j; ‘THE ATTALEA FUNIFERA. [A, 827.]