238 OENAMBNTAI. FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



austraUs. This plant with age attains noble proportions ; 

 as a young plant it has stout dark brown petioles enclosed 

 in a network of fibrous matter at the base, and armed at 

 the edges with stout spines ; the leaves are nearly circular, 

 much plaited, divided round the edge into narrow seg- 

 ments, and dark green. It forms a splendid specimen in 

 the conservatory, and is equally at home in the sub-tropical 

 garden during summer, where it also produces a beautiful 

 effect. Native of Australia. 



L. horbonica. — This is a well-known and favourite 

 species, perhaps better known as Latania horbonica and 

 Livistona cJiinensis. The leaves are large, fan-shaped, with 

 pendent marginal segments ; they are supported upon 

 petioles, some four or five feet in length, rounded below, 

 flat above, and armed edges with short refiexed spines, 

 enveloped at the base in a net-work of brown fibrous tissue. 

 The hardy constitution and cheerful green of the whole 

 plant, render this eminently adapted for general decorative 

 purposes, either within or without doors. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



L. Hoogendorpii. — ^A superb and majestic stove species, 

 at present somewhat rare in cultivation. Petioles stout, 

 blackish brown, enclosed in a net-work of reddish brown 

 fibres, and armed at the edges with long, stout, and sharp 

 spines ; the leaves form a complete circle, much plaited, 

 deeply divided into segments, and rich dark green. Native 

 of the Indian Archipelago. 



L. humiKs. — When mature this plant has a stout tall 

 stem and large crown of leaves. In a young state it is a 

 beautiful species for greenhouse decoration and for the 

 adornment of the drawing room, and plants sujQBciently 

 grown make a splendid appearance in the sub-tropical 

 garden. The petioles are clothed at their edges with close- 



