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p. acauKs, — Stem very low or entirely wanting ; leaves-- 

 one to three feet or more long, pinnate, spreading ; the 

 pinnae narrow, and swollen at the base, dark green, the 

 lower ones being reduced to broad flat spines. An orna- 

 mental species, suitable for any decorative purposes, and, 

 being a small-growing plant, it is valuable to those cul- 

 tivators with limited accommodation. Native of Sikkim. 



P. dactylifera. — This, the Date Palm, is an erect hand- 

 some plant, with long pinnate dark green leaves ; the- 

 pinnsB are linear lanceolate, and stand out quite straight. 

 It is a superb plant for the decoration of apartments when 

 young, and for the sub-tropical garden when large. It 

 succeeds either in the greenhouse or stove. Native of 

 Northern Africa and Tropical Asia. 



P. farinifera. — This is an elegant and compact-growing 

 species. The leaves are pinnate, three to four feet in 

 length ; pinnse ovate-acuminate, about six inches in lengih, 

 and ending in a sharp spine, the lower ones reduced to 

 spines ; whole plant glaucous. It is well adapted for 

 greenhouse decoration, and also for the sub-tropical garden 

 during summer. Native of Bast Indies. 



P. reclmata. — ^A very fine large-gro-wing species. Th& 

 stem becomes stout with age ; leaves pinnate ; pinna?- 

 linear, somewhat triangular and spreading. It is a fine- 

 greenhouse Palm, and stands uninjured in the sub-tropical 

 garden during summer. Native of South Africa. 



P. rwpicola. — The most beautiful species of the whole- 

 genus ; it produces long pendent pinnate leaves, the pinnse- 

 of which are long and beautifully arched, and about six 

 inches in length. At present this species is extremely rare 

 in coUeotions. 



P. sylvestris. — This is sometimes called the Wild Date. 

 It resembles P. dactylifera somewhat, but is more lax in 



