OF FOEKED AtfD BRANCHED PALMS. 



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immediately following injury to the terminal bud is supported bj 

 numerous instances recorded in other palms. 



sapid 1, H. Wen dl. Sf 



Nikau Palm. 



This, one of the most southerly kuown palms, is a native of 

 New Zealand. It has a slender, straight stem with pinnate leaves. 

 An interesting specimen with eleven branches is described and 

 figured by Mr. Percy Smith, who found it growing at the base of 



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rising some 10 feet higher some of the latter divided again into 



