449 FOREST CULTURE AND 
mia Himalayana, Griff.; Calamus schizospathus, Griff. ; 
—from Nepaul, between 28° and 29° N. L.: Chame- 
rops Martiana, Wall. ;—from Guhrval, in 30° N. L.: 
Calamus Royleanus, Griff. ;— from Saharampoor, in 
30° N. L.: Borassus flabelliformis, L. ; — from Duab, 
in 31° N. L.: Pheenix silvestris, Roxb. ;— from Khe- 
ree, in 30° N. L.: Phoenix numilis, Royle ; — from 
Deccan: Bentinckia Coddapanna, Berry, at an eleva- 
tion of 4,000 feet. 
Miquel mentions as palms of Japan (entirely extra- 
tropical): Rhapis flabelliformis, Aiton ; R. humilis, 
Blume ; Chamerops excelsa, Thunb. ; Livistona Chi- 
nensis, Br., and Arenga saccharifera, La Bill., or a 
species closely allied to that palm. 
Zea Mays, L.*—The Maize, or Indian Corn. In- 
digenous to the warmer parts of South America. St. 
Hilaire mentions itas a native of Paraguay. Found in 
Central America already by Columbus. This conspic- 
uous though annual cereal grass interests us on this 
occasion as being applicable here to far more uses 
than those for which it has hitherto been employed. 
In North America, for instance, maize is converted 
into a variety of dishes for the daily table, being thus 
boiled in an immature state as “green corn.’”? Mixed 
with other flour it furnishes good bread. For some 
kind of cakes it is solely used, also for maizena mac- 
caroni and Polenta. Several varieties exist; the 
Inca-maize, of Peru, being remarkable for its gigan- 
tic size and large grains. Maize is not readily sub- 
ject to the ordinary corn diseases; but, to prosper, it 
requires fair access to potash and lime. Good writing 
and printing papers can be prepared from maize-straw. 
Meyen calculated that the return from maize, under 
