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Antilles, in rather dry and sandy spots of an elevated, rocky, I from 33 to 40 feet in height, and leaves from 10 to 15 feet in 

 and barren character. There it has an erect straight stem of | length. There are black smooth spines upon the trim'c and 



Acrozaniia sclerocarpa. 



also on the spathe, the former of which do not continue, but 

 disappear as the age of the tree increases. The spadices vary 

 from a foot to 18 inches in length, as does also the spathe, 

 which bears the spines upon the outside. The flowers are 



rather small, and of a greenish yellow colour. They are 

 followed by the drupes, which are globular in shape, of an 

 oUve or reddish hue, shiny in appearance, and bearing the 

 remains of the style at the top. The pulp, which is of a glu- 



