Yegetable Ivoky, 



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Phytelephas.* The " Ivory Palms," whose seeds yield 

 the vegetable ivory of commerce, ai-e found only at the 

 roots of the Andes, generally in clusters near streams un- 



The Vegetable-ivory Plant. 



der the shade of lofty trees, as at Tarapoto. Their extreme 

 altitude is 3000 feet. There are two species : P. macro- 



* This and the following are not true Palms, but belong to the allied order 

 of Pandanacece or Screw-pines. 



