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The following instances of branching in JBorassusJIabelliformis 

 are recorded : 



Jaffna, Ceylon ( W. Ferguson), 6 Palmy ra Palm/ p. 40, with 

 coloured plate, [6J* (fig. 5). Other branched specimens are 



Fig. 5. 



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Branched Palmyra Palm, Bqrassvs flabelliformis, Ceylon 



(W. Ferguson). 



cited in this work as occurring " on the island of Delft and on 

 the smaller islands near Jaffna, and the writer saw one some 

 months ago (1850) near Oodooville with six heads.'' Amedahad, 

 India (Forbes), ' Oriental Memoirs,' ii. p. 201, [40]. Travancore 

 (Andy), Trans. Linn. Sue. xxvi. p. 661, pi. Ii. fig. 1 [4], fig. 2 [7]. 

 Madara, India (Shortt), Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xi. p. 14 (with 

 woodcut), [9]. Other specimens cited in this note are as 

 follows :— Masulipatam [12] ; Paulghaut [6] ; Eamnad [4], " below 

 the divisions the stem is covered with numerous other shoots ot 



* The figures in square brackets in this and following sections indicate the 

 numbers of branches present in each instance. 



