320 OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



peculiar, being divided nearly to the point of attacliment 

 into broad bifid segments, which even in young plants are 

 upwards of two feet in length, bright green on the upper 

 side, and silvery white below. 



T. graminifolia. — This is a very elegant species. The 

 petioles are slender, about two feet in length, and enclosed 

 at the base in a network of white fibres. The fan-like 

 leaves are divided into narrow segments for about half 

 their diameter, bright green on the upper side, glaucous 

 below. Native of Tropical America. 



T. grandis. — An elegant plant, with which we are only 

 acquainted in a young state ; it appears, however, to be 

 very distinct. The petioles are slender, surrounded at the 

 base with a network of fine white fibres. The leaves are 

 flabellate, plaited, divided into narrow segments, and full 

 green. Native of Tropical America. 



T. miraguana. — ^A very slow-growing but beautiful plant. 

 Stem somewhat slender. Leaves fan-shaped, or forming 

 a complete circle, divided at its margin into narrow seg- 

 ments, the upper surface deep green, but below silvery 

 grey. The petioles are slender, quite smooth, and enclosed 

 at the base in a most peculiar network of fibres ; so close 

 and regular is it netted that it seems almost to have been 

 woven by hand, rather than by natural growth. Native 

 of Cuba. 



T. multijlora. — This is one of the most magnificent Palms 

 in cultivation, and with age attains a considerable height. 

 The stem and petioles are slender, the latter from four to 

 six feet long, or even more, and furnished at the base 

 with large white woody fibres. The leaves are fiabellate, 

 being, in a young state, from two to three feet in length 

 from the point of attachment to the margin ; these are 

 divided for about half their length into segments of two 



