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leaflets, they do not produce such an effect of great 

 size as those of the Jupati, which are more regular. 

 The great woody spathes are used by hunters to cook 

 meat in, as with water in them they stand the fire well. 

 They are also used as baskets for carrying earth, and 

 sometimes for cradles. The fruits are often eaten by 

 the Indians, and are particularly attractive to monkeys 

 and to some fruit-eating birds. 



This magnificent palm is abundant from Para to the 

 Upper Amazon and the sources of the Rio Negro. It 

 grows only in the dry virgin forest. 



Young trees are growing in the Palm House at Kew, 

 and fruit clusters and spathes are preserved in the 

 Museum. 



Plate III. fig. 3. is a view of the spathe, and fig. 2, 

 represents a fruit, the natural size. 



