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bear the name of Tourlourou. Of Corypha umbeaculifera, 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 Livistoxa; and fronds of Copeenicia cerifePvA, 
Mart., the Wax-Palm of Brazil, tranks of which are placed against 
the western wall of the room. There are also specimens of Sabal 
Adansonii, Guers., and of several species of CnAMiEROPS, as well as 
of several species of Phcenix, or Date-Pahn, including Phcenix 
STLVESTRis, Boxh., 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 Cogging, it. Br. 
Of the Cocoa-Nut itself, Cgggs nugifeea, 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 femsle 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 spathaand a frond, of 
CocGS GOEONATA, 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 Maximiltana 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, Eljuis Guineensis, L., so important for the supply of palm- 
oil. 
Case 7 is chiefly occupied by Pandane^, and miscellaneous spe- 
cimens of Palms, together with a few other Mokocotyledonous struc- 
tures. Among Pandane.e, the most remarkable objects are : — A 
branched trunk of Pakdanus oboratissimus. Linn. fil. ; a stem of 
Fretctnetta 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, Puiiz 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-woops, such as the Date-Palm, 
Phcenix dactyltfera, Linn. ; the Doum-Palm of Upper Egypt, 
Hyphjsxe TnEBAiCA, Gartn., remarkable among Palms for its branch- 
ing stem ; and Arenga sacchartfera, Lahill. (Saguerus Bumphii, 
Pioxh.), 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 Drac^na 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 Coedyltxe. 
Case 8 is appropriated to Monocotyledonous specimens of various 
orders. On the floor of this case are two specimens of longitudinal sec- 
