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and Guiana; one of these displays several fruits, which in Guiana 
bear the name of Tourlourou. Of Corypha umbraculifera, the 
Talipot-Palm of Ceylon, a large frond is displayed over the top of 
the Case. Within it, at the back and side, are specimens of various 
species of Licdala and Ltvtstona; and fronds of Copernicia cerifera, 
Mart., the Wax-Palm of Brazil, trunks of which are placed against 
the western wall of the room. There are also specimens of Sabal 
Adansonii, Gners., and of several species of Cham^erops, as well as 
of several species of Phcenix, or Date-Palm, including Phcenix 
sylvestris, Roxb., which is known in Bengal by the name of Khuj- 
joor, and produces large quantities of palm-wine and date-sugar. 
Case 6 is occupied by specimens of the tribe CocoiNiE, H. Br. 
Of the Cocoa-Nut itself, Cocos nucifera, L., may be noticed a sec- 
tion of the stem ; a large bunch of fruits still attached to the inflo- 
rescence ; some separate fruits ; a large bottle, forming part of Sir 
Hans Sloane's Collection, and containing both male and female inflo- 
rescence ; and some smaller bottles, one containing germinating nuts in 
various stages of advancement. At the back of the Case is a fruit- 
bearing inflorescence, together with an unopened spatha and a frond, of 
Cocos coronata, Mart., from Brazil, the fruits of which are scarcely 
more than an inch in length. By the side of these is a fine speci- 
men of the fruit-bearing spadix of Maximiliana regia, Mart., inclosed 
in its singular boat-shaped spatha. Below are numerous male and 
female spadices, the latter bearing fruit, of the Oil-Palm of Western 
Africa, El^is Guineensis, L., so important for the supply of palm- 
oil. 
Case 7 is chiefly occupied by Pandane^e, and miscellaneous spe- 
cimens of Palms, together with a few other Monocotyledonous struc- 
tures. Among Pakdane2e, the most remarkable objects are : — A 
branched trunk of Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. fil. ; a stem of 
Freycinetia Baueriana, Endl. ; and fruits of several species of 
Pandanus, in which the various modes of aggregation in the different 
species are particularly deserving of notice. On one of the shelves 
of this Case is a fine specimen of the entire fruit of Phytelephas 
macrocarpa, Ruiz and Pav., which produces the Ivory Nut of 
commerce, universally known for the number of small ornaments 
manufactured from it under the name of vegetable ivory. Below 
are sections of several Palm-woods, such as the Date -Palm, 
Phoenix dactylifera, Linn. ; the Doum-Palm of Upper Egypt, 
Hyph^ene thebaica, GcBrtn., remarkable among Palms for its branch- 
ing stem ; and Arenga sacchartfera, Labill. (Saguerus Rumphii, 
Pioxb.), the section of which exhibits the curious structure and arrange- 
ment of its roots as they proceed from the lower part of the stem ; and 
on the sides of the Case and on the lower shelf are placed some 
fine specimens of the trunk (with sections) of Dracaena Draco, Linn., 
from Madeira, one of the sources of the pigment known as " Dragon's 
blood," and stems of the New Holland and of the New Zealand 
species of Cordyline. 
Case 8 is appropriated to Monocotyledonous specimens of various 
