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style small, shriTeled; and appressed instead of forming a prominent 

 spur. 



On account of the divergencies from the related forms it seems 

 necessary to recognize the Victoria palmetto as a new species, for 

 which the name Tnodes exul is proposed, m allusion to the fact that 

 the original habitat is unknown, though there is every- probability 

 that it will be found in some part of northern Mexico. The diagnostic 

 characters at present available are the large size, the deep-green foli- 

 age-, the thickened branchlets of the inflorescence, the solitary fruits, 

 and the large seed not wrmkled above nor hollowed out below. 

 Type specimens and photographs have been deposited in the Ignited 

 States National Herbarium (No. 691415) and a sample of the seeds 

 in the Economic Herbarium of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Other characters of the species remain to be learned 

 by further study, but it seems desirable to publish the present state- 

 ment as a means of bringing so promising an ornamental to public, 

 attention. 



The type individual of the new species graces the lawn of Mrs. 

 Martin O'Connor, of Victoria, Tex., who has kindly presented the 

 seed to the United States Department of Agriculture through Mr. 

 John H. Kmsler, of this Department. The seed has been planted at 

 the United States Experiment Farm at San Antonio with a view to 

 wider distribution in southern Texas, where congenial conditions 

 seem to be assured; and in view of the demonstrated hardiness of 

 the species it may be expected to thrive in other parts of the coun- 

 try, probably throughout the Gulf coast and South Atlantic regions, 

 as well as in the warmer parts of the Southwest. 



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