30 PALM TREES 



sometimes extracted from the pulp by pressure ; it is 

 perfectly clear, liquid, and inodorous; and serves as 

 a substitute for olive oil, as well as being very good for 

 lamps. The leaves are sometimes used for thatching 

 when none better can be obtained ; but owing to the 

 irregularity of the pinnae before mentioned, they are 

 not much used. 



This species inhabits the dry virgin forests of the 

 Rio Negro and Upper Amazon. In the lower parts of 

 that river and in the neighbourhood of Para it is 

 replaced by another species, the (Enocarpus distichus. 



The GE. baccdba is growing at Kew. 



One figure on the Plate shows the unopened spathe ; 

 the other has spadices with flowers and fruit. 



