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following species have been admitted into this list for a double 

 reason, not only because they are by far the hardiest, quickest 

 growing and largest of the genus, and thus most sought in horti- 

 cultural trade for scenic planting, but also because their leaves 

 furnish a fair fibre for textile purposes. The small seeds are pro- 

 duced in great abundance, and germinate with extreme readiness. 

 The same may be said of the three following species ; their seeds 

 can with the greatest ease be sent to the remotest distances. These 

 Palm-Lilies ought to be naturalised copiously in forest-ranges by 

 mere dissemination. 



Cordyline Baueri. J. Hooker. (C. Australia, Endlicher non J. Hooker.) . 



Norfolk-Island. The stem of this stately species attains a height 

 of 40 feet, and becoms ramified in age. It is very intimately allied 

 to the following. 



Cordyline indivlsa, Kunth. 



New Zealand. The stem of this thick and rigid-leaved palm-like 

 species rises to a height of 20 feet, and remains undivided. Leaves 

 finally 5 inches broad ; yields the toi-fibre. Aged leaves persistent 

 in a perfectly downward position for many years. Panicle at first 

 erect. Berries white. Grows without protection in Arran [Capt. 

 Brown] . 



Cordyline superblens, C. Koch. (C. Australis, J. Hooker non Endlicher.) 



New Zealand. The stem of this noble thin-leaved plant attains 

 a height of 40 feet, and is branched. Aged leaves readily seceding ; 

 berries blue. Hardy at Torquay [W. Wood,] Power's Court, 

 Limerick and in others of the milder localities of South-England 

 and Ireland, also in the Island of Arran, where it grows luxuriously 

 and flowers [Rev. D. Landsborough] . Matured seeds at Campbell- 

 town, Argyllshire, in the open air also in Yorkshire. As these tall 

 Cordylines ripen seeds so copiously, the latter might easily be 

 strewn out for naturalising the plants in open places of sylvan 

 valleys for scenic final effect. It will stand a minimum tem- 

 perature of 20 F. [Gorlie]. When cut down will spring again 

 from the root. They bend before the blast, but will not break, and 

 are surely anchored in the soil by perpendicularly descending 

 rootstocks [Th. Wough]. C. Sturmii (Th. Kirk) is an allied plant. 



Cordylvae terminalis, Kunth. 



So nth- Asia. Polynesia, East- Australia. The roots are edible, 

 when roasted. The leaves, like those of other species, can be 

 utilized for textile fibre. The splendid decorative Cordylines with 

 red or variegated foliage belong to this species. 



