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OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



found growing from the level of tlie plains to upwards 

 of 3,000 feet elevation. Its native name is " Reem." 



G. hystrix. — This is another small, compact-growing, 

 graceful plant, with pinnate leaves and spiny petioles. It 

 bears some resemblance to G. melanochoetes, but is more 

 handsome than that species. 



G. Jerikinsianus. — Leaves pinnate, beautifully arched, 

 and from two to six feet in length ; pinnse from six to 

 twelve inches long, an inch broad, and rich dark green. 

 The petioles are slightly sheathing at the base, where 

 they are dark brown, and armed with long flat spines. 

 This beautiful species is widely distributed in the forests 

 of Sikkim. 



G. Lewisianus. — A superb and somewhat rare plant. In 

 the young state the leaves are nearly erect, ultimately 

 spreading, from two' to six feet in length, pinnate, and 

 bearing some three dozen pairs of pinnae, which are from 

 six to twelve inches long, and less than an inch in breadth, 

 pendent, and dark green ; petioles and leaf stalk white, 

 except the broad sheathing base, which is blackish brown, 

 and densely armed with long, black, flat spines, some- 

 times arranged in threes, more frequently, however, in 

 pairs. Native of the East Indies. 



G. melanoclustes. — The whole plant is of a very dark 

 green; leaves pinnate, the pinnse long, narrow, and pen- 

 dent; petioles sheathing at the base, and there armed 

 with very long and sharp spines, the bases of which are 

 much swollen, and green, the tips brown ; an exceedingly 

 beautiful plant. Native of the East Indies. 



G. palerribanicus. — This is one of the very handsomest 

 of its race ; the petioles are erect, armed at the back with 

 somewhat stout deflexed spines ; leaves pinnate, broadly- 

 ovate ; leaflets narrow-drooping, and cinnamon-brown 



