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drdndlis are from six to twelve feet in length, pinnate ; 

 pinnee falcate, and from six to twelve inches in length, 

 dark shining green on the upper side, paler below. A 

 kind of sago is said to be made from the stem of this plant, 

 and it also yields a nutritive kind of meal from the seeds. 

 It is a native of the East Indies. 



0. inermis. — ^Whole plant destitute of spines ; stem 

 slender, the pinnate leaves of considerable length, but we 

 are not sufficiently acquainted with this species to say 

 definitely to what length they attain ; pinnae six to eight 

 inches in length, and about half an inch broad, thin in 

 texture, and dark green. Native of New Caledonia. 



0. Normanbyana. — ^A fine species somewhat similar in 

 growth to 0. circinalis ; the segments are numerous, conti- 

 guous, linear about six inches long, and a quarter of an inch 

 wide, sharp pointed, slightly narrowed, and decurrent at 

 the base; the mid-rib strongly developed both on the 

 glabrous upper and furfiiraceous under surface. Native of 

 New South Wales. 



0. revoluta. — ^This is an old inhabitant of our gardens, 

 popularly though erroneously called the Sago Palm, since 

 it has nothing to do with the Palms. The stem becomes 

 very stout, and some six or ten feet in height, although 

 such examples are extremely rare and very old. We have 

 seen this plant, when very aged, with stem seven feet in 

 height, and then branched into five distinct stems, giving 

 it a massive and unique appearance. It produces a beauti- 

 ftil crown of pinnate dark green leaves, from two to six 

 feet in length. As a window plant when young, and for 

 the decoration of hall and corridors when large, it is sur- 

 passed by none and equalled by few, and it also forms a 

 charming object in the sub-tropical garden. In Saxony its 

 leaves are extensively used at funerals as emblems of 



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