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TA B. 5221. : 
CHAMAROPS Forrunet. 
Mr. Fortune’s Chamerops. 
Nat. Ord. Patma.—Potyeamia Diacra. 
Gen. Char. Flores polygamo-dioici (alii hermaphroditi, alii masculi in eadem 
vel in diversa stirpe), in spadice spathis (2-4) incompletis cincto, sessiles, vel bre- 
viter pedicellati, bracteatiMasc. Calyx exterior 3-partitus; interior 3-sepalus; 
prefloratio valvata. Stamina 6-9 ; filamenta basi connata; anthere lineari-ob- 
longze, basi cordate (ovate v. oblonge, Hndl.). Ovaria tria, rarius plura, dis- 
tincta. Stigmata subulata, sessilia (subsessilia, Hudi.). Bacce tres, rarius plures, 
interdum abortu pauciores, l-sperme. Albumen corneum, irregulariter rumi- 
nato-variegatum. Hméryo dorsalis.—Plante subacaules vel caudice donate, me- 
diocri, irregulariter cicatrizato, et frondium basibus persistentibus coronata. Frondes 
palmato-multifide, rigidula: laciniis induplicatis, apice _fissis, filis interjectis nullis; 
petioli margine aculeis patentibus serrati vel denticulati, basi in fibrillitiem sepe 
amplum extensi. Spatha coriacea, oblique aperta. Spadix simpliciter vel com- 
posito-ramosus, dense floriger ; ramis spathellatis. Flores flavi v. flavo-virescentes. 
Baccee oliveformes vel subglobose, flavescentes, fuscidule aut cyanee ; carne ‘spissa, 
parca. Nuclei fusci, numerus partium floris, haud raro auctus, loco ternario qua- 
ternarius, quinarius vel senarius. Kth. 
Cuammrors Fortunei ; polygamo-dioica, caudice mediocri frondium fibrillitie 
panniformi caudice appresso, petiolis margine inermibus aut denticulato- 
scabriusculis, laminz  digitato-multipartite laciniis apice pendulis linearibus 
oO bidentatis v. breviter bifidis, spadice paniculato-ramoso, ovariis 
irsutis. 
CHAMmRops excelsa of English gardens. 
The Palm above d scribed is now well known as “ Mr. For- 
tune’s Chusan Palm,” and has attracted considerable attention 
on account of its comparative hardiness. It is indeed the most 
hardy of all these princes of the vegetable kingdom that is as yet 
known to us, and the only one that has been proved to stand 
almost unprotected throughout the last ten winters in the lati- 
tude of London. In t] ie Isle of Wight, under the shelter of the 
_ Royal residence of Osborne, it has attained a height of ten fect 
in the open air, six feet being the height of the stem below the 
foliage, and its diameter fourteen inches at one foot from the 
_ ground; it has blossomed for the last three years, with no pro- 
tection during the winter.* Our plants at Kew were introduced 
by Mr. Fortune, in 1849, and have attained eight feet in height ; 
the finest are moved into a conservatory during the winter, but 
others receive no other protection than a matting in the severest 
winter months. ee 
We have taken 
* Chamerops humilis 
{tires a little protection | 
DECEMBER Ist, 1860. 
ins to determine the name and affinity 
so flourishing in the open air at Osborne, but re- . 2 
severest weather. 
