known. Colour a rosy red. Substance soft, succulent. In drying the whole 
plant closely adheres to paper. 
This species belongs to the same group as D. zaccarioides and 
D. elongata, but differs by the remarkably thick and succulent 
stem and branches, and something in the general aspect and 
substance. Until its fruit be known, however, some doubt may 
rest upon its specific distinctness. The substance is so soft, and 
has so combined with the paper on which the specimens are pre- 
served, that I have not been able to give a cross cutting of the 
stem. 
The specimens appear as if broken off from a much larger 
frond, none of them having a base. Possibly they may be merely 
upper branches. In this case, judging by the diameter of the 
broken stump, the main frond may be some feet in length. I 
hope this figure may induce Mr. Clifton to look after this plant 
again. 
Fig. 1. Dasya sarcocauLon,—the natural size. 2. Apex of a ramulus, with 
its ramelli. 3. Ramellus,—magnijfied. 
