316 OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



green. In addition to its fine foliage, it produces abun- 

 dance of its large orange and blue flowers, which render it 

 very attractive. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Stageus. 



The present genus of Palms very much resembles Cocos 

 in appearance, and, indeed, is very nearly allied to that 

 genus. They are plants of medium height, and have 

 gracefiiUy arched pinnate leaves ; the flower spike is 

 branching, enclosed in a double spathe, and the flowers, 

 although produced on the same spike, are monoecious ; the 

 fruits are bony, and one-seeded. The treatment recom- 

 mended for the genus Cocos will suit these plants also. 

 They are multiplied by seeds. 



S. campesiris. — An elegant and highly ornamental plant. 

 Stem swollen at the base ; petioles broadly sheathing and 

 very thick, clothed at the edges with some woody brown 

 fibres, and armed with a few stout dark reddish brown 

 spines on the naked portion of the petiole. Leaves pinnate, 

 spreading two to six feet or even more in length ; pinnae 

 ■eighteen to twenty-four inches in length, and not more 

 than half an inch in breadth. The whole plant is glaucous, 

 and very graceful in habit. It is very efiective in the open 

 air during summer, if properly surrounded. Native of 

 BrazU. 



Terminaiia. 



The plants in this genus contribute largely to our wants 

 and luxuries, yielding in abundance articles which are 

 aised both in medicine and art. One species yields an 

 important dye, whilst several others are astringent and 

 ionic; from another species {T. caiappa) the pigment 



