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cases contorted in form ; indeed, so much so, that trees known 

 to be thirty years old and upwards, are only a few feet in height 

 and not more than three inches in diameter of trunk. 



PiNus ? Several species recently introduced by General 



Lefroy. 



Thuja orien talis, L. Hab. China. 



PoDocARPus sALiciFOLius, Kl. Kavst. Hab. West Indies and 

 tropical America. 



Callitris varicosa. 



CYCADACE^. 



Cycas revoluta, Thunh. " Sago-Palm." Hab. China. 



AEOIDEiE. 



CoLOCAsiA EscuLENTA, /5cAo^?^. " Eddoc." Hab. East Indies. 

 DiEFFENBACHiA Sequine, /Schott. (Arum, X. — D. Plumieri, 



Schott. — D. neglecta, Schott.) *'Dumb Cane." Hab. West 



Indies and tropical America. 

 EiCHARDiA ^THioPicA, Sw. (Calla gethiopica, Bot. Mag.) Hab. 



C. O. H. 

 Lemna minor, L. ^' Pond Weed." Hab. Europe. 



PANDANE^. 



Carltjdovica iNSiGNis, Ducli. Hab. West Indies. It is from the 

 leaves of a species of Carludovica that the celebrated ^' Panama 

 hats " are made. 



Pandanus odoratissimus, L. '* Screw Pine." Hab. China. 



P. MURiCATUS, B'preng. Hab. Madagascar. 



AKACE^. 



Calla ? 



Caladilm ? 



E]VDOOE]VS. 



PALMJE. 



Sabal Palmetto, Bj. <& S. (Cham^rops palmetto, Michx.) 

 *' Palmetto." Hab. Southern States of America. It is from 

 the strong leaves of this tree that the well known * * Mudian 



