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I>a. SnOBTT Oy BHA^rCHED PALMS IN S. IKDIA, 



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a Palmyra tree with four well-formed brauches of equal height ; 

 below the division the stem is covered with numerous other 

 shoots of different sizes. 



5. On the road to Chellenubrum from Manargudi, I am told, 

 a Palmyra exists wath branches^ which I have not seen. 



6. A Palmyra tree, from Travancor6, with five branches, sent 



by Dr. Pulney Andy. 



7. Two branched Cocoa-nut-trees, from Travancore, also sent 



by Dr. Pulney Andy. 



Dr. Pulney Andy thinks that the Palm weevil, Calandra palma- 

 rum, has something to do in the branching of the Cocoa-nut : as it 

 perforates the leaf-bud, the original becomes diverted to one side, 

 and, he thinks, this in a measure gives occasion for a second 

 shoot forming. This may be possible ; but it requires further ob- 

 servation and research to determine the Question. 



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In the genus Fhoenw, the Phoenix acauliSy Buch, is common to 

 [ the low hill-ranges in Southern India, to the height of 6000 feet 



I have seen it on the Shewanys, Kotagherry, 



above sea-level. 



Hills, where it grows commonly and 

 led by numerous suckers thrown ou' 



