ON PALMS, CYCADS, AXD BA:MB00S. 



V. splendida {Regelia magnifica, R. majestica^ and R. priftceps) 

 deserves to be more largely grown on account of its decorative 

 properties (Fig. 571). It possesses a slender stem, supported on 

 an inverted cone of roots. The petioles, which are sheathing, 

 are, like the stem, clothed with sharp black spines. The leaves, 

 which vary from 

 4ft. to 7 ft. long, 

 are cuneate - ob- 

 ovate, and of a 

 bright green. 

 This plant often 

 attains in its 

 native country a 

 height of Soft. 



Wallichia.^ — A 

 genus represented 

 in cultivation by 

 only three typical 

 species, which are 

 all stove plants 

 possessing a cer- 

 tain amount of 

 similarity to 

 Caryota, but they 

 do not reach such 

 enormous heights. 

 All are extremely 

 decorative and 

 very easily grown. 

 Wallichias require 

 a strong soil, as 

 well as an abun- 

 dant supply of 

 water through the 

 growing period. 



They may be utilised for greenhouse decoration 

 the summer months. Propagated by suckers provided 

 roots, or by seeds. IV. caryotoides (Fig. 572) is a very 

 ornamental species, flowering pretty freely, and producing a few 

 alternate and petiolate leaves 3ft. to 8ft. long, with sessile 

 leaflets often i8in. long, the lower ones mostly opposite, 

 and the upper ones alternate ; all are more or less wedge- 

 shaped, green on the upper surface and whitish beneath. 

 W. densiflora is another decorative, stemless species, rarely 

 exceeding 12ft. in height; its pinnate leaves have numerous 

 pinnae, the lower one being binately fascicled and whitish 

 beneath, the rest solitary or toothed ; it is a very attractive 

 plant. 



Fig. 571. — Verschaffeltia splendida. 



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