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Rotang (Calamus Rudentum, etc.), growing slender and to great 

 length, affords rattan for canes, chair- bottoms, etc. 



Ivory Palm (PhytelepUas) of the Magdalena River region, contains in 

 its seeds a compact albumen the vegetable ivory of commerce. 



The bruised fruit of Elais Quineensis yields the palm-oil which is 

 imported from Africa in immense quantities, for soapmaking and other 



Classification (provincial). In a higher sense the 

 Order of the Palms represents the grand province of the 

 Endogens, as the Eose worts, the Mastworts, etc., represent 

 the Exogens. These two grand divisions constitute the 

 subkingdom Phenogamia or Flowering Plants. They are 

 severally marked by the following five characters, which we 

 place in contrast and arrange in the descending order of 

 their value, that is, their constancy : 



THE EXOGENS.* THE ENDOGENS.* 



Embryo with 2 or more cotyledons. Embryo with one cotyledon. 



Radicle forming an axial root. Radicle never forming axial root. 



Stem growing by accretions exter- Stem growing by scattered internal 



nal to the wood. wood-fibers or bundles. 



Flowers 4 or 5 (rarely 3) parted. Flowers almost always 3-parted. 



Leaves very generally net-veined. Lvs. very generally parallel-veined. 



LX. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 



Description. The voice of this little declaimer is heard, 

 if at all, in the flowery month of May, throughout the damp 

 old woods. The plant stands about a cubit in height, with 

 club and canopy and lurid coloring a form so singular that 

 to be seen is to be remembered. 



* To apply the above classification, let the student now determine the Province to 

 which the foregoing orders any or all of them belong. And generally, it will here- 

 after be his pleasure to view all plants in the light of these distinctions. 



