CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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INTRODUCTIOI,-— THE FHYSIOGXCMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 

 OF THE PALMS , . i 



CHAPTER II. 



THE GEOGRAFHICAI. DISTRIBUTION OF THE PALMS . 25 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PALMS OF EUROPE AND AFRICA . . . .35 



CHAPTER rV. 



THE P^LMS OF ASIA 73 



CHAPTER V. 



THE PALMS OF AMERICA 130 



CHAl^TER VI, 



THE PALMS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD . • t .171 



