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equidistant, subopposite or alternate, erect-patent, linear or sub fal- 

 cate, 1 inch broad, very reduplicate, apex rounded-obtuse, sliort- 

 mucronate, the midrib very prominent above. 



Spadix from between the leaves, 2-3 feet long ; peduncle com- 

 pressed, whitish-tomentose-pulverulent, with subtriangular coria- 

 ceous bracts ; rhachis sulcate-angtilar. Branches many, in the 

 lower part of the spadix about 2 inches distant, in the upper part 

 more approximate. Spathe 3 feet long, with a mucronate top 

 when closed, linear-lanceolate when open. Male flowers 2-3 lines 

 long ; calyx 3 or 4 times shorter than the corolla, whitish ; sepals 

 lanceolate-acuminate; petals lanceolate or linear-oblong. Stamens 

 ^ of the corolla ; filaments siibulate, white ; anthers linear, emar- 

 ginate at both ends ; pistillode minute or absent. Female flowers 

 subglobose or shortlj^ conical, slightty larger than the males. Sepals 

 broadly triangular or suborbicular, shortly acuminate. Petals sub- 

 orbicular. Ovary subgiobose. Stigmas pyramidal. 



Drupe subgiobose, the size of a pigeon's egg. 



Habitat. — Brazil : Province of Bahia at Camamu and Bahia, 

 ■S. Jorge dos Llheos. 



Uses. — Of the leaflets hats are made. The juice of the unripe 

 fruit is used in inflammations of the eyes. 



Illustration. — Plate LXXXVIII. The specimen photographed 

 by the Rev. Fr. M. Maier -m&j be seen in the Victoria Gardens, 

 Bombay. Two bunches bear half ripe fruits. 



COCOS YATAI, Mart, Palm. Orbign. 93t. 1. f 1. t. SO, B et Hist. Nat. 

 Palm, in, 289, 324 ; H. Wendl. in Kerch. Palm. 241 ; Drude in Mart. FI. 

 Bras. Ill, pt. n., 421, t. 94, 95 ; Becc. Le Palme incl. nel gen. Cocos, in 

 Malpighia, anno I, fasc. VIII, 32. 



Name. — Yatai. 



Description. — Stem covered in the upper part with the bases 

 ■of the petioles. Leaves surrect, arcuate ; petiole spinous-serrate ; 

 leaflets concinnous, slightly stiff", narrowly linear, acuminate. 



Male flowers : Petals lanceolate, acute. Female flowers : Petals 

 •oblong — ovate, obtuse. 



Drupe, size of a pigeon's egg, acute at the apex ; putamen oblong, 

 islightly acute at the base, rotundate at the apex. 



Habitat. — Argentine : in the provinces of Concordia, Corrientes 

 and Entre Bios, Brazil. 



Uses. — The fruit is an excellent fodder for horses, mules, and 

 cattle. The seeds are eaten and an oil is prepared from them. The 

 heart is eaten as an excellent cabbage. The leaflets are used in 

 the manufacture of hats. The fleshy part of the fruits is anthel- 

 mintic. 



(To he continued.) 



