flowers." Our present plant was received (torn Linden in 



-50, named " Ckanutdorea" (without locality), and has I 

 named by Wendland Morenia a**, in our Herbarium j 



but there is a Chcunadorea above quoted, with- 



out any character or mention of country, with a . ■ to 



Otto and Dietr. Gartenz. 1s.j3 ; n. L8. p. 139, which I i 

 no opportunity of consulting. It is certain, however, that we 

 possess specimens of this same Palm in our herbarium from 

 Chacapoyas, Peru {Mathews, n. 81082, "San CapiUa" of the 

 natives), Santa Martha (Purdie), and an allied plant from Sa- 

 lango, Columbia, gathered by the late Dr. Sinclair, which Mr. 

 Bentham has (probably correctly) named Morenia fragrans? I 

 think it therefore safer to consider this to be the same as the M. 

 fragrant of Ruiz and Pavon, rather than increase the number of 

 species duhia, which are so puzzling to the botanist. There can 

 hardly be a doubt (judging from the figure) that Martius's 1/ 

 Pceppipiana is a closely allied plant to this; indeed, he savs of 

 it, "videtur a Morenia fragranie divisa," but the distinctions he 

 gives seem to be of very trifling value. Our flowerin«-pla 

 are destitute of female flowers. 



It is to be regretted that these mailer Palms, which present 

 such graceful forms, and occupy little space, are not more cult.- 

 vated in our stoves. It is only from the living plant and correct 

 ngures that we can arrive at a knowledge of their genera and 

 species. 



Fig. 1. Much reduced flowering-plant. 2. Base of a pi„nn,-» ff W me 

 3. Flowering portion of the cwdex,-*,*** size . 4 . Mulc lowei X ul t 

 Male flower, with an abortive pistil:-^** ma^ed 



