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reduced to the hardened cal^^x which is not accrescent ; remains of 

 style slender and straight ; surface black ; mesocarp fleshy, brown- 

 violaceons, ^-\ inch thick ; endocarp reduced to a verj- thin 

 pellicle. Seed . of the colour of roasted coffee, globose-depressed,. 

 W-^ inch long and ^ inch broad, with the base flattened and 

 slightly concave ; hilum almost central ; embr^-o subdorsal, de- 

 scending and penetrating beyond the middle of the albumen. Often 

 2 ovules are developed and in this case the fruit is perfectly 

 didymous. 



Habitat. — Bei'muda Islands. 



Uses. — Of the leaves of the Bermuda Palm hats, baskets, fans,, 

 etc., are made. 



Cultivation in Europe. — SoAKd Blackhumiania is one of the 

 finest species of the genus and is verj^ ornamental in open places 

 where the tree is allowed to develop freely. 



This species is easily distinguished by its large dimensions, b}" 

 the spadix which is shorter than the petioles of the leaves, and by 

 the large obpyriform fruits. 



(To he continued.) 



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