704 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct. 



as seen by him in Bermuda in June, 1905, contrary to the usual behef that 

 old stems with permanent tissue cannot alter the position of such tissue, 

 will make secondary growth curvatures and will grow again into upright 

 position after they have been blown prostrate to the ground by hur- 

 ricanes, as illustrated in fig. 17, a drawing of a tree found along the 

 shores of Harrington Sound near Devil's Hole, Bermuda. 



The figures sufficiently display the peculiarities of the stem of the 

 Bermuda palmetto, so that a description of each figure is superfluous. 

 It may be said, however, that figs. 1-8 inclusive represent trees 

 growing along the north shore of the main island in front of a golf 

 clubhouse. Fig. 9 pictures a tree found in extremely dry situations. 

 Fig. 14 is that of a tree in a rocky abandoned quarry. Fig. 15 depicts 

 a tree at the edge of a field along the north shore road ; fig. 22, a tree 

 in Pembroke Marsh, and fig. 18, a palmetto in rich soil along the 

 edge of this marsh, while fig. 20 pictures the trunk of a tree on the 

 dry cliffs along St. George Harbor. The other figures are drawings 

 of trees, which grew in other parts of the Bermuda archipelago. 



