MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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No. XXXII.— A BRANCHING DATE PALM (PHCENIX SYLVESTRIS)- 



I send a photograph of a curious date palm tree (Phanix sylvestris). This 

 tree was growing at a village named Amas in the Gaya district, but a couple of 

 years ago during a severe hail-storm the top was wrenched off just below where 

 the branches start. The tree had 14 heads or rather branches, each with a 

 separate crown of leaves and each of the branches had been tapped for the 

 juice. 



