THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON, 669 



Gaedening in Europe. — " In growing Chrysalidocarjnis in 

 quantity, it will be found a good plan to sow the seeds either on a 

 bench, in boxes or seed pans, so prepared tliat the seedlings will 

 remain in the soil in which they germinate until they have made 

 two or more leaves. The first leaf made above "the soil is small, and 

 if plants are potted off at this stage they must be very carefully 

 watered in order not to sour the soil. In the preparation of the 

 receptacles for the seed, a little gravel in the bottom will be found 

 good, as the roots work very freely through it, and when the time 

 comes to separate the plants previous to potting, it is an ensy matter 

 to disentangle the roots without bruising them. Probably the plan 

 which works best is .to wash the soil and gravel entirely from 

 among the roots. Pot in soil not too dry, and for the next few days 

 keep the house extra warm and humid, and the plants shaded from 

 the sun without any moisture applied to the soil for the first few 

 days." (Cyclop. Amer. Hort.). 



Illustrations. — Plate LVIIA shows a characteristic tuft of 

 Ghrysalidocarpus lutescens, growdng in Victoria Gardens, Bombay. 

 There is a marked difference between this species and Chrysalido- 

 carpus onadagascariensis, represented on the next plate. The 

 beautiful curves of the leaves and the smaller number of leaflets 

 distinguish the former at once. 



Plate LVIIB shows a spadix of Ghrysalidocarims hdescens in 

 flower. The peduiicle of the inflorescence is covered by its sheaths, 

 and onl}^ a few flowers are open near the tips of the branchlets. 



I have to thank the Rev. Fr. Max Maier, S. J., for the two 

 photographs. 



CHRYSALIDOCARPVS MADAGASCARIENSIS, Becc. Engl. Eot. 

 Jahrb. Vol. 38 (1907), Beibl. No. 87, p. 35. — Dypsis madagascariensis, Hort. 

 — Areca onadac/ascariensis, Hort, 



Description. — Stem about 3 inches in diameter. Leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, rhachis about 8 feet long; petiole more or less 1^ 

 foot long, canaliculate above ; segments very numerous, about 90 

 pairs linear, the larger ones 1^-1 f foot long, 3/5 inch broad, 

 long acuminate, slightly bifid at the apex. 



Spadix ample, 3-plicate-ramose, first scarcely furfuraceous, then 

 quite glabrous ; panicle ample, diffuse, branches patent, the floriferous 

 branchlets filiform, about 1/12 inch in diameter and 8-10 inches 

 long. The glomerulate flowers in 5-seriate pits which are narrow 

 spirally arranged, supported by a very short subdimidiato-cupular 

 bract; bracteoles wqvj narrowly semilunar. Male flowers globose, 

 1/12 inch in diameter ; sepals orbicular; petals twice as long as 

 the sepals ; anthers oblong; rotiindate at the apex and scarcely 

 apiculate, with parallel loculi ; pistillode trigonous-pyramidal, acute. 

 Female flowers ovate ; sepals orbicular, petals twice as long as the 

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