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country round Jaffna the Palmyra is at once the most conspicuous 

 and the most beautiful feature of the landscape. The mature 

 forest reaches a height of one hundred or more feet. 



The photograph reproduced on plate XXXIX and kindly sup- 

 plied by Mr. Phipson shows a group of palms from the Victoria 

 •(lardens in Bombay. The leaves of the regular spherical crown 

 of the Palmyra Palm seem to arise from a huge cluster of fruits. 

 At the foot of the Palmyra there is a young specimen of the 

 same species, and to the right of it a Fishtail-Palm ( Caryota 

 ■urens) has developed three large bunches of flowers and fruits, of 

 which, however, only one is distinctly visible. 



(To he continved.) 



