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other branches. The total height was 30 feet ; each branch was 

 covered with a fine head of luxuriant leaves • 



DlCTYOSPEEMA 



H. Wendl. $ 



(Areca alba, 



Bory.) 



Martius (Hist. Nat. Palm. i. tab. Z. 2) figures five specimens 

 of this palm with from two to seven branches. They are very 

 similar in habit to those described in the last species. Dr. King, 

 of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, mentions the occur- 

 rence of a forked specimen of this species in his collections in 

 188Gf. 



Oeeodoxa eegia, Kunth. Eoyal Palm. 



Oreodoxa regia and O. oleracea are known as the cabbage- 

 palms of Tropical America. The former is very ornamental, and 

 is often used to form magnificent avenues, as in the Botanical 

 Gardens of Eio de Janeiro. A singularly branched specimen 

 with nine heads is mentioned by Eamon de la Sagra as occurring 

 at Baracoa, Cuba J. The axis was single up to a certain height. It 

 then appeared to spread horizontally to the right and left, and 

 ultimately give rise to nine branches of a candelabral character, 

 all apparently in the same plane. 



Leopoldinia pttlchea, Mart. Jara Palm. 



This handsome palm has stems 6 to 8 feet in height. They 



Fig. 3. 



0>— 



^Jb 



Section of branched specimen of Leopoldinia pulchra (Xew Museum) 



a. Main axis. b. Axillary branch. 



* Trans. N. Z. Instit. x. (1878), p. 175. 



Proc 



J Compte3 Rendus, lxx. p. 550. 



