354 SELECT PLANTS T?OR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Zalacca secnnda, GrifiS.th. 



Assam, as far north as 28°, A stemless Palm with large 

 feathery leaves, exquisitely adapted for decorative purposes. 

 Before we finally quit the Asiatic Palms we may yet learn 

 from Von Martius's great work how many extra-tropical 

 members of this princely Order were already known in 1850, 

 when that masterly work was concluded. Martins enumerates 

 as belonging to the boreal extra-tropical zone in Asia : from 

 Silhet at 84° north latitude : Calamus erectus, Eoxb. ; C. 

 extensus, Eoxb. ; C. quinquenervius, Roxb. i—from Garo at 

 26P north latitude : Wallichia caryotoides, Eoxb. ; Ptycho- 

 sperma gracilis, Miq. ; Caryota urens, L. ; Calamus leptospadix. 

 Griff, -j—from Khasya, in S6° North latitude : Calamus acantho- 

 spathus, GriEE. ; C. macrospathus, GriEE. j Plectocomia 

 Khasyana, Griff, -j—from Assam, about ■27° north latitude : 

 Areca Nagensis, Griff. ; A. triandra, Eoxb. ; Livistona 

 Jenkinsii, GriEE. ; Daemonorops nutantiflorus. Griff. ; D. 

 Jenkinsii, Griff, j D. Guruba, Mart. ; Plectocomia Assamica, 

 Griff. ; Calamus tenuis, Eoxb. ; C. Flagellum, Griff. ; C. 

 Heliotropium, Hamilt. ; C. floribundus. Griff. ; Phoenis 

 Ouseloyana, Griff, •,—from TJpp&r Assam, between SS° amd 29° 

 north latitude : Caryota obtusa. Griff. ; Zalacca secunda. Griff. ; 

 Calamus Mishmelensis, Griff. ; — -from Darjiling, at 27° north 

 latitude : Wallichia obtusiEolia, Griff. ; Licuala peltata, Eoxb. ; 

 Plectocomia Himalaiana, Griff.; Calamus schizospathus, 

 GviS.;— from Nepal, between 88° and 29" north latitude: 

 Chamaerops Martiana, WaW. ;— from Guhrval, in 3(r north 

 latitude: Calamus Eoyleanus, GiiE.;— from Saharanpoor, in 

 30° north latitude: Borassus flabelliformis, 'L.;—from Dual, 

 in 31° north latitude : Phoenix sylvestris, Eoxb. ;—fTom Kheree, 

 in 30P north latitude : Phcenix humilis, Eoyle i—from Dekm : 

 Bentinckia Coddapanna, Berry, at an elevation of 4,000 feet. 

 Miquel mentions as Palms of Japan (entirely extra-tropical) : 

 Ehapis flabelliEormis, Aiton; E. humilis, Blume; Cham- 

 serops excelsa, Thunb. ; Livistona Chinensis, Br. ; and Arenga 

 saccharifera, Labill., or a species closely allied to that 

 Palm. 



Zea Mays, Linn^.* 



The Maize or Indian Com. Indigenous to the warmer parts 

 of South America. St. Hilaire mentions as its native country 

 Paraguay. Found in Central America already by Columbus. 

 This conspicuous, though annual, cereal grass interests us on 

 this occasion as being applicable to far more uses than those 

 for which it has hitherto been employed. In North America, 



