BOTANY. 



THE CEROXYLON, OR PALM TREE. 



Polj/gamia. Moncecia. 



X HE Ceroxylon, or Palm Tree of Peru, which has 

 been submitted to the class of French Institute, by Mon- 

 sieur Humbolt, is remarkable for it's novelty, as well as 

 it's situation ; for the lofty height to which it elevates 

 it's summit ; and the singular production of wax it yields ; 

 from which circumstance it has been sometimes called 

 the Wax Palm. 



M litis, who has held a distinguished rank amongst 

 modern naturalists, is the only one who had formed an 

 idea of it's existence, which circumstance is mentioned 

 in the supplement to the third Edition of Linnasus's 

 Sy sterna Naturae. 



According to the Botanical Distinctions of Linnaeus, it 

 must be classed with the Polygamia ; of the Order Moncecia. 



On the lofty and cloud-cap't summits of the Andes 

 which separate the Valley of Madeleine from the Rive* 



