COCOA-NtJT TitKK. 



top tliu more diiniuutive trees, and excite the 

 adtrto^fiQli ^ &e tmyell^ % l3km elegant 

 md ndvel sL|ipe{^raiice, decotating the sea^a$t9 

 of lai^e continents, and waving tlieit dark 

 plumes over the insignifieant eoral-rcefs. The 

 cylindrical rough trunk* towers to an elevation 

 of one hundred feetj and the terminating crown 

 of fevered Irondt g!v^ to^ tEem an elegani sp* 

 pearanee, more so when seen loaded with fruit in 

 all its difFereiit stag'es, trom the fir^t l)ursting 

 of the spathe disphiying tlie delicate white fruit 

 and minute flowers, to tlie Imge, fully mature 

 jin;^ in buncliea of feom twenty to iurfcy, or 

 mtmiy tlic ponderous Imrthcn appearing, to be 

 suspended on n \'erv fragih^ j^talk. 



The feeumlity of the palms is surprising; a 

 single spathe of the date is said to contain ahout 



dolma has been eompttted to Ixave two Htttidi^d 

 and seven thousand in a spathe, or six hnndred 

 thonsaiuf (ipon a single jiidividual, while every 

 hunch of the Seje-palm of the Orinoco bears 

 eight tliQ^asand fruit-t On the CiCttspa-palm, fre- 

 quently two or three hnndreii <iut» may he 



• The frortils of the palttts every yeaf throw tlifl80 iif 

 the year preceding, and 3* ls[ ^tKl^$^tl|'-t1[^6t4^.iKO»^ that 

 thrill the rmg\\ bark. 



|- LiiiHlcj'? Nut. Sv«r. .->r Botany. 



