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CEnocakpus distichus, Martim. 



Baccaba, of Para. 



This is the species known as the Baccaba at Para, 

 where the (E. baccaba is not found. It is quite distinct 

 from the allied species by the leaves being distichous; 

 or arranged nearly in one plane on each side of the 

 stem, which gives it a very peculiar aspect, unlike any 

 other Palm. 



On my return to Para from the interior, I was 

 suffering so much from ague, as to be unable to go in 

 search of a specimen of this tree to figure as I had 

 intended. 



This, like all other species of the genus, grows in 

 dry and rather elevated forest land. 



