OF FORKED AND BRANCHED PALMS 



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different sizes. 



' Tairjore (Bidie), Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-8S, 

 p 3, 7"8]. India (Burton), ' Au Indian Olio,' p. 79, cited in 

 Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist, Soc.iii.p. 253, [7]. Brandis, ' Forest 

 Flora,' p. 545, states, " forked and branched stems are occasionally 



seen. 



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p. 349, fig. 65, [3]. 



Cocos nucifera, L. Cocoanut Palm. 



The cocoanut is possibly the most widely distributed of any 

 palm. It is found under cultivation in the tropics of both worlds. 

 It is therefore under close observation, and the occurrence of 





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Branched Cocoanut Palm, Cocos nucifera, Dornock Pen, Jamaica 



(De B. Heaven). 



branched specimens is readily noticed. In spite of this, however 

 S^r John Kirk in twenty years saw only one specimen of a branched 

 cocoanut palm in East Africa, although during that time he had 

 observed several hundred thousands in a normal state. In nine 

 out of thirteen cases here recorded the stem is once-forked only. 



