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correlated with the difference in geographical distribution and 

 other features. 



As found in nature, the species and the variety are noticeably 

 different, the latter having a greater display of foliage (figs. 1 and 2). 

 The species is most abundant in open places and clearings, while 



abundant in the bush. Many specimens of the 



most 



streams 



sometimes reaching 



Fig. 2. — Bowenia serrulata at Byfield, Australia: about 1.3 m. in height 



m.. while 



length, but the leaflets of plants growing in the shade never become 

 spinulose. The leaves of the variety range from 1 to 2 m. in height, 

 with about 1.3 m. as the prevailing size. The leaves are dark 

 green, very glossy, and they retain their beauty for a long time, 

 especially in the species, some leaves of which, after lying for three 

 days on a veranda in the blazing tropical sun of Babinda, still 



almost 



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