﻿nventory 57, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



K 



The Famous Sealing-Wax Palm of the Malay Archipelago. (Cyrto- 

 stachys lakka beccari, s. p. i. no. 46865.) 



This palm, which is scarcely known in America, merits trial in southern Florida and in our island 

 possessions. The strong suckering habit lends this palm to mass effects that are usually diffi- 

 cult to attain in such stately subjects. The common name is apparently derived from the 

 bright red sheaths. (Photographed by J. F. Rock, Singapore, Straits Settlements, September, 

 1920; P22622FS.) 



