84 TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX. 1. 



Thrinax Morrisii. Anguilla. West Indies. 



A dwarf palm. Height 3 to 4 feet. Leaves palmate, slightly 

 glaucous beneath ; segments divided to about half their length when 

 they gradually taper off to a sharp bifid apex. Fruits white, scarcely 

 \ of an inch in diameter, borne on erect spikes which often grow out 

 beyond the leaves. 



Verschaffeltia sijlendida. Seychelles. 



A slender stemmed Palm. Height 60 to to 80 feet, trunk raised on 

 stilt roots, spiny towards the summit. Leaves broad and entire with 

 reddish stalks, serrated edges and bifid apex, the sheath being thickly 

 armed with slender spines. In old specimens the red colour of the stalk 

 is less evident, the plant is less spiny and the leaves are more divided. 

 When young they make handsome decorative plants. 



