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the dwarfest in the genus, and on this account it will 

 specially recommend itself to amateurs. The stem is 

 slender, usually growing about ten feet high, exclusive 

 of its crown of leaves, which are bipinnate, and when Mly 

 developed, from four to six feet in length and three feet 

 in width ; the piimules are sab-coriaceous, sessile, some- 

 what falcate, and obliquely cuneate, with prsemorse ends, 

 bright dark green on both surfaces. When in fruit, the 

 drooping spadix and bright red berries lend an additional 

 charm to this highly ornamental plant, although the fact 

 of its flowering is a certain forerunner of death. It is 

 a native of the Philippine Islands. 



G. furfuracea. — This plant resembles G. wens in its 

 Jiabit, but is more compact ; the petioles are not so long, 

 and it usually bears a larger quantity of leaves than that 

 species. Leaves bipionate ; pinnae unequal in size and 

 shape ; the petioles clothed with a rusty tomentum. It 

 is admirably adapted for the dec-oration of apartments. 

 ^Native of Java. 



0. BumpMana. — This appears to be one of the most 

 bandsome, and at the same time the most distinct species. 

 We are unable to say what height it • attaias, but the 

 stem is tolerably stout ; leaves bipinnate, from three to 

 ■eight feet in length, spreading ; pinnules sessile, somewhat 

 coriaceous, obliquely cuneate and prsemorse, from four to , 

 six inches in length, and as much in breadth at the 

 widest part, and full deep green. The pinnules lie very 

 flat and even, which distinguishes it from all the other 

 species, whose leaflets mostly stand oblique. Native of 

 the Indian Archipelago. 



G. sdbolifera.— Ad. elegant species, with a slender stem, 

 bipinnate leaves, and bright light green pinnae ; the petioles 

 when young are clothed with a short black scaly, tomen- 



