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Waltzia corymbosa, Wendland. 



Deserts of Australia. Sheep are particularly fond of this herb 

 and soon get fat 011 it [Mrs. M. Heal]. 



Wallichia caryotoides, Koxburgh. (Harina caryotoides, Hamilton.) 



India, up to 4,000 fe*et elevation [Kurz]. A dwarf tufted palm, 

 eligible for scenic group -planting. 



'Wallichia densiflora, Martins. (W. oblongifolia, Griffith.) 



Himalaya as far as 27 north. There one of the hardiest of all 

 palms. It is not a tall one, yet a graceful and useful object for 

 cultural industries. 



Washing'tonia filiiera, H. Wendland. (Pritchardia fitifera, Linden.) 



From South-California to Arizona and Colorado. One of the 

 most northern and therefore most hardy of American palms. This 

 species attains a height of about 50 feet. In gardens it passes 

 often under the name Brahea filanientosa. Thrives well near Mel- 

 bourne [C. French]. W. robusta (H. Wendland) occurs near the 

 Sacramento-River, and will endure long-continued drought as well 

 as a few degrees of frost [Prof. NaudinJ. This is one of the most 

 beautiful among hardy Palms. 



Wettinia aug-usta, Poeppig-. 



Peru, on mountains several thousand feet high. This palm is 

 therefore likely to endure mild, temperate climes. 



Wettinia IVTaynensis, Spruce. 



Cordilleras of Peru. Like the foregoing, it attains a height of 

 about 40 feet, and advances to elevations of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. 



Before finally parting from the American palms, it may be appro- 

 priate to allude briefly to some of the hardier kinds, which were 

 left unnoticed in the course of this compilation. From Dr. Spruce's 

 important essay on the Palms of the Amazon-River may be learned 

 that, besides other species as yet imperfectly known from the 

 sources of this great river, the following kinds are comparatively 

 hardy, and hence might find places for cultivation or even 

 naturalisation within the . limits of extra-tropical countries : 

 Geoiioma undata (Klotzsch), Iriartea deltoidea (Ruiz and Pavon), 

 Iriartea ventricosa (Martius), which latter rises in its magnificence 

 to fully 100 feet ; Iriartea exorrhiza (Martius) ; this, with the tvro 

 other Iriarteas, ascends the Andes to 5,000 feet. Oenocarpus 

 multicaulis (Spruce) ascends to 4,000 feet ; from six to ten stems 

 are developed from the same root, each from 15 to 30 feet high. 

 Of Euterpe two species occur in a zone between 3,000 and 6,000 

 feet. Phytelephas microcarpa (Ruiz and Pavon) ascends to 3,000 

 feet on the eastern slope of the Peru- Andes. Phytelephas macro- 

 carpa (R. & P.) grows also on the eastern side of the Andes, up to 



