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all Palms. It is not a tall one, yet a graceful and useful 

 object for cultural industries, Several other species exist. 



Wettinia augusta, Poeppig. 



Peru, on mountains several thousand feet high. This Palm is 

 therefore likely to endure a temperate clime. 



Wettinia Mayuensis, Spruce. 



Cordilleras of Peru. Like the foregoing, it attains a height 

 of 40 feet and advances to elevations of 3,000 or 4,000 feet. 

 Before finally parting from the American Palms, it may be 

 appropriate to allude briefly to some of the hardier kinds, 

 which were left unnoticed in the course of this compilation. 

 From Dr. Spruce's important essay on the Palms of the 

 Amazon RiYCr may be learnt that, besides other species as yet 

 imperfectly known from the sources of this great river, the 

 following kinds are comparatively hardy; thus they might 

 :6nd places for cvdtivation or even natm'alisation within the 

 limits of extra- tropical countries : Geonema undata (Klotzsch) , 

 Iriartea deltoidea (R. and P.), Iriartea ventricosa (Mart.), 

 which latter rises in its magnificence to fully 100 feet; 

 Iriartea exorrhiza (Mart.) ; this, with the two other Iriarteas, 

 ascends the Andes to 5,000 feet. Oenocarpus multieaulis 

 (Spruce) ascends to 4,000 feet; from six to ten stems are 

 developed from the same root, each fi'om 15 to 30 feet 

 high. Euterpe ; of this two species occur in a zone between 

 3,000 and 6,000 feet. Phytelephas microcarpa (R. and P.), 

 eastern slope of the Peru Andes, ascending to 3,000 feet. 

 Phytelephus macrocai'pa (R. and P.), also on the eastern side 

 of the Andes, up to 4,000 feet; it is this superb species which 

 yields by its seeds part of the vegetable ivory. Phytelephus 

 sequatorialis (Spruqe), on the west slope of the Peruvian 

 Andes, up to 5,000 feet; this Palm is one of the grandest 

 objects in the whole vegetable creation, its leaves attaining a 

 length of 30 feet ! , the stem rises to 20 feet. Palm 

 ivory is also largely secured from this plant. Though equi- 

 noctial, it lives only in the milder regions of the mountains. 

 Carludovica palmata (R. and P.), on the east side of the Andes 

 of Peru and Ecuador, up to 4,000 feet ; the fan-shaped leaves 

 from cultivated specimens furnish the main material for the 

 best Panama hats. The illustrious Count de Castelnau saw 

 many Palms on the borders of Paraguay during Ms great 

 Brazilian expedition. Most of these, together with the Palms of 

 Uruguay and the wide Argentine territory, would likely prove 

 adapted for acclimation in temperate latitudes ; but hitherto 



