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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
♦BRAHEA EILAMENTOSA iPritchardia fiUfera), tliis new Palm has been iiitroiluccd from 
Lower California ; it will succeed admirably in the greenhouse, and may iwobably prove hardy 
in some sheltered localities, it is of graceful habit and quick gi'owth. The leaves are palma- 
tifid, with numerous divisions and whitish fdaments ; the leaf-stalks are long, with brownish 
yellow spines. Small seedling plants, 2s. 6d. , 3s. M. and 5s. each 
CALAMUS CILIARIS 2 and 3 guineas 
„ MICRANTHUS 15s. and 1 guinea 
„ ROXBURGHII 7s. 6(7. , 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
„ SPECIOSUS 1 and IJ guinea 
„ SPECTABILIS 2 guineas 
CARLUDOVICA PALMATA, a very grand and useful Cyclanth 15s. and 1 guinea 
CARYOTA SOBOLIFERA 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
,, URENS 7s. 6(7. and 10s. 6(7. 
CATAEIDOZAMIA HOPEI, a remarkably distinct and fine new Cycadaceous plant, introduced 
• from Queensland. It has an ovate trunk clothed with thick broad-based 
scales. The leaves are of a dark gi*een colour, somewhat recurved, with a 
stout petiole and rachis, and vei-y thick leathery crowded leaflets, linear- 
lanceolate in form, and having a broad flattened decurrent base, those 
situated near the base of the leaf being more or less convergent. It is a 
distinct and well-marked plant 5 guineas 
„ MACLEAYI 
CATOBLASTUS MONTANUS 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
*CEROXYLON ANDICOLA, this is one of the South American Wax Palms It forms a 
splendid ornamental plant with finely divided pinnate leaves, the under surface of 
which is silvery white 7s. 6(7. and 10s. 6(7. 
,, NIVEUM (Diplothemium caudescens) 2 and 3 guineas 
CHAMJEUOREA EBURNEA, vide page 3. 
„ ERNESTI-AUGUSTI (simpliclfrons) 1 and li guinea 
,, FORMOSA, a very elegant and graceful Palm, introduced through Mr. Carder, 
from Tolima, South America. It belongs to the pinnate-leaved series. The 
petiole is smooth, with two channels on the face. The segments of the pin- 
nately-parted leaves are very numerous, alternate, linear-lanceolate, eighteen 
inches long and three and a quarter inches wide, and drawn out into a very 
long thread-like point ; these segments are set on to the rachis along the two 
channels or furrows above alluded to, and being very numerous, the whoh,- 
plant has a strikingly elegant aspect 10s. 6(7. 
„ GRAMINTFOLIA 1 and I J guinea 
,, SARTORII 15s. and 1 guinea 
♦CHAMaiROPS FORTUNEI (excelsa), in all sizes, from 3s. 6(7., 5s., 7s. 6(7., 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
to 2, 3, 4 and 5 guineas each. 
* ,, HUMILIS, this useful decorative Palm can be supplied in all sizes, from 5s.,’ 
7s. 6(7., 10s. 6(7., 15s. and 1 guinea to 2, 3 and 4 guineas eaeli 
* „ „ ROBUSTA 15s. and 1 guinea 
* ,, TOMENTOSA 15s. and 1 guinea 
,, STAURACANTHA, vide Acanthorrhiza aculeata. 
*COCOS AUSTRALIS (Diplothemium oampestre) 15s. and 1 guinea 
* ,, CHILENSIS, vide Jubeea speetabilis. 
PLUMOSA 1 and 1^ guinea 
COPERNICIA (CORYPHA) CERIFERA, this is the Carnauba Palm of Brazil, one of the most 
useful and hence valuable Palms known. The top, when young, is an appreciable and nutritious 
article of food ; and from this tree also wine, vinegar and a saccharine matter are extracted, as well 
as a kind of gum similar in its tastes and properties to Sago. From the wood mu.sical instruments 
are made, as also tubs and pumps for water. The delicate fibrous substances of the ]>ith of the 
stalk and its leaves make a good substitute for cork. The roots have the same virtues as the 
Saraiparilla. The pulp of the fruit is of an agi'ceable taste, and the nut, oily and emulsive, i.s 
roasted and then used as coffee by many persons. From the trunk are obtained strong fibres, and 
also a .species of flour similar to Maizena, and a li(^uid resembling that of the Bahia Cocoa-nut. 
From the dried straw are made mats, hats, baskets and brooms; and large (juantities of the straw are 
exported to F.urope for the manufacture of fine hats. Finally, from the leaves is jwoduced the wax 
used in the manufacture of candles ; and the export of this wax from Brazil exceed.s £162,000 a year 
in value li and 2 guineas 
