CHAMAROPS PALMS 619 
1873. P. canariensis (syn. P. tenwis), introduced about twenty years 
ago from the Canary Islands, is now abundantly planted in gardens and 
streets in South Europe and California. 
PHGNIX ACAULIS (stemless). Stem short, thick, bulb- 
like. Leaves 1 to 3 feet long, the lower pinne reduced to 
broad, flat spines 
P. DACTYLIFERA (Date-bearing). Trunk 50 feet or more high, but 
rarely exceeding 30 feet in this country. Leaves greyish, 12 feet or 
more long. Flowers white; male panicles fragrant, 6 to 9 inches long, 
female spikes 1 to 2 feet long. 
P. RECLINATA (leaning). Stem about 20 to 50 feet high; old 
specimens stout. Leaves with somewhat triangular segments, spreading. 
P. RUPICOLA (rock-loving). Stem about 15 feet high. Leaf-stalk 
dilated at base; leaf arching and spreading, the pinne slender, 6 inches 
long, lower ones spine-like. 
P. sPINOSA (spiny). Trunk from 6 to 30 feet high. Pinne of leaves 
narrow, lance-shaped, finely tapering to a long, sharp point, some scattered, 
some clustered; those near the base of the midrib are shorter, rough, 
and more like spines. 
P. SYLVESTRIS (of woods). East Indian Wine Palm. Stem 40 feet 
high. Leaves grey-green, 7 to 12 feet long; pinnz opposite or alternate, 
6 to 18 inches long; leaf-stall brown. 
The directions given for the cultivation of the Curly 
Palm apply equally to this genus and some others. They 
are raised from seed sown in sandy soil, and the pots plunged in a hot-bed 
of medium temperature. The seedlings are potted separately in small 
pots of sandy loam, or loam and lenf-monta: but in successive shifts turfy 
loam and peat, to which a little sand has been added, should be used. 
Description of Phenix spinosa, the Spiny Date Palm. Young plant 
Plate 289. greatly reduced in size. 
Principal Species, 
Cultivation. 
CHAM AROPS PALMS 
Natural Order PALMA. Genus Chamerops 
CHamM&rops (Greek, chamai, on the ground, and rhops, a bush: in allusion 
to their dwarf, bush-like habit). A genus of two species of greenhouse 
Palms, with fan-shaped leaves and prickly leaf-stalks. The flowers are 
either unisexual or bisexual, panicled, and produced from the axils of 
the leaves. They consist of similar parts as in those of Phenix. The 
