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with age. A. sapida grows tall, and does not require much heat, A. Verschaffelti is 

 a fine stove species resembling A. Baueri. Arecas may have a richer compost than 

 that recommended for Palms generally. 



Brahea. — B. filamentosa is also known as Washingtonia filamentosa and Pritchardia 

 filamentosa. It is a near ally of Chamoerops, quite as easy to grow, and more orna- 

 mental in appearance. It forms fan-shaped leaves, along the edges of which are 

 numerous thread-like pendulous filaments, while the leaf stalks are slender and spiny. 



Calamus. — Of this fairly large genus three species arc ample for most collections. 

 These are C. asperrimus, Java, which forms large leaves, 3 to 6 feet long, with hairy 

 leaflets. C. ciliaris, India, a species with large, handsome, plume-like leaves ; and C. 

 Lewisianus, India, a fine but rare kind. All should be grown in a warm house, and 

 in a young state are effective house plants. 



Caeyota. — C. sobolifera, Malacca, is elegant in a young state, and very imposing in 

 appearance when fully grown, having long, slender stems, surmounted by a head of large 

 arching leaves. C. urens, India, is strong growing, having a stout stem, and the fully- 

 developed leaves measure 9 to 12 feet in length. The handsome C. excelsa is admirably 

 shown in Fig. 113. Caryotas should be grown in a stove or warm conservatory When 

 the stems flower the plant dies, unless suckers have formed. 



Challedorea. — This genus comprises several 

 attractive species, introduced principally from 

 South America. They form tall slender stems, 

 surmounted by heads of large arching leaves, and 

 are most effective when interspersed with various 

 other low-growing plants. Some of the most 

 popular are : C. amazonica, C. elegans, C. glau- 

 cifolia, C. graminifolia, and C. Wendlandi. They 

 are seen at their best in a moist, shady position 

 in a plant stove ; and the compost recommended 

 for them is two parts spongy peat with one part 



each Of loam and Sand. Fig. 1U. Chamoerops Foiitunei. 



Chajosrops. — A genus more remarkable for its comparative hardiness than for the 

 beauty of the species. The plants form pan-like leaves, supported on slender armed 

 petioles, which have their bases enveloped by coarse-netted tissue. The species grown 

 are: C. excelsa, East Indies; C. Fortunei (Fig. 114), Northern China; and C. humilis, 



