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mountains; therefore in the equable temperature of 
East Gipps Land it would likely prosper without pro- 
tective cover. Carludovica palmata, R. and P.; on 
the east side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, up to 
4,000 feet ; the fan-shaped leaves from cultivated speci- 
mens furnish the main material for the best Panama 
hats. The illustrious Count de Castelnau saw many 
palms on the borders of Paraguay during his great 
Brazilian expedition. Most of these, together with 
the palms of Uruguay and the wide Argentine terri- 
tory, would likely prove adapted for acclimation in 
our latitudes ; but hitherto the limited access to these 
countries has left us largely unacquainted with its 
vegetable treasures also in this direction. Von Mar- 
tius demonstrated, already in 1850, the occurrence of 
the following palms in extra-tropic South Ameri- 
ca: Ceroxylon australe, Mart., on high mountains in 
Juan Fernandez, at 30° S. L.; Jubza spectabilis, 
Humb., in Chile, at 40°S. L.; Trithrinax Brasiliana, 
Mart.; at 31° 8S. L.; Copernicia cerifera, Mart., at 29° 
S. L.; Acrocomia Totai, Mart., at 28° S. L.; Cocos 
Australis, Mart., at 34° S. L.; Cocos Yatai, Mart., at 
32°, S. L.; Cocos Romanzoffiana, Cham., at 28° S. 
L.; Diplothemium littorale, Mart., at 30°S.L. All 
the last mentioned palms occur in Brazil, the Acroco- 
mia and Trithrinax extending to Paraguay, and Cocos 
Australis to Uruguay and the La Plata State. 
While some palms, as indicated, descend to cooler 
latitudes, others ascend to temperate and even cold 
mountain regions. Among the American species are 
prominent in this respect : Euterpe andicola, Brogn., 
E. Heenkeana, Brogn., E. longivaginata, Mart., Dip- 
lothemium Porallyi, Mart., and Ceroxylon pithyro- 
