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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AIJD CYCADS. 
D^MONOEOPS PISSTJS, this extremely elegant Palm is a native of the Island of Borneo. It is 
of stont growth, producing ovate leaves, which are cinnamon brown while young, 
and consist of numerous linear piniife. The upper surface of the leaves bears 
scattered black bristles, as in D. paXcnibamcus, but in this plant the spines are 
stouter than in that species 10s. 6rf., 15s. and 1 guinea 
,, MAKaiNATTTS IJ and 2 guineas 
,, MELANOCH.ffiTES 15s. and 1 guinea 
,, OENATUS, a charming stove Palm, introduced from Java, and having, like most 
of the other species, finely out pinnate leaves. At present it is only known in a 
young state, which, however, is sufficient to show that it will prove to be a plant 
of very ornamental character 1 and IJ guinea 
„ PAIiEMBANICXJS, racfc page 135. 
,, PEEIACANTHUS, this graceful Palm, a native of Java, bears a general 
resemblance to D. palcmhanicus. It differs, however, in having a gi'eater abun- 
dance of spines, which grouj) themselves in irregular rings around the petiole, a 
circumstance which has doubtless suggested the name ; it differs also in the young 
leaves being almost straw coloured instead of cinnamon coloured. 
10s. 6(f., 15s. and 1 guinea 
,, PLUMOSTJS, this graceful Palm is exceedingly handsome either in a small or 
large size. Its leaves are of a rich dark green, and remarkably plume-like, 
hence its name. It is unquestionably one of the most elegant of the Palm 
family, and being of compact growth, is admirably adapted for vases and table 
decoration 10,s. 6(f., 15s. and 1 guinea 
,, TEICHEOTTS, an extremely ornamental and graceful Palm, rvith pinnate leaves 
wliich are finely divided. Its elegant character renders it a most useful and 
effective jdant 10s. 6ci., 16s. and 1 guinea 
DESMONCTJS GEANATENSIS, the species of tliis genus of Palms are peculiarly distinct in 
their appearance, having a pair of divergent leaflets at the top of the petiole. In 
the young plants of this species the petioles are terete and sinneless, e.xcept at 
the top, where they bear a few set®, and where are also seated a pair of lanceolate 
divergent pinn®, nearly two inches broad, and of a lively green colour. It has 
been imported from Colombia 15s. and 1 guinea 
II MAJOE , 15s. and 1 guinea 
^EIPLOTHEMITTM CAMPESTEE, vide Cocos australis. 
II CATTDESCENS, vide Ceroxylon niveum, 
EL.ffiIS GXTINEENSIS, this is the Oil Palm of Africa 10s. 6(f., 15s. and 1 guinea 
♦ENCEPHAEAETOS AETENSTEINII 
* II BEACHYPTEEIS 
* II CAFFE A 
I. (Zamia) CYCAD.ffiFOEItrS Ij, 2 and 3 guineas 
* I, GHELLINCKII (gracilis) 
* II HILDEBEANDII, vide page 6 
» ,1 HOEEIDTTS 
* „ „ MULTIPLEXTTS 
* II (Zamia) EEHMANNI 4 and 5 guineas 
GLAT7CA 
SPINOSA 
(Zamia) VILLOSTJS, a noble greenhouse Cycad, with a stout trunk or 
caudex, supporting a head of erect pinnate fronds, the stout rachis of which 
is densely clothed with cottony wool ; the pinn® or segments number from 
eighty to ninety on each side, and are narrowly elliptic-linear. It has been 
found in, and introduced from, the interior of South Africa. 
2, 3, 4 and 5 guineas 
VILLOSITS AMPLIATT7S, a magnificent greenhouse Cycad, imported 
from South Africa. It has a stout cylindrical stem, and grandly arching 
leaves, which are pinnately divided ; the pinn® are lanceolate, distinctly 
serrate the teeth being more numerous towards the tip of the pinn®. The 
base of the petiole is thickly clothed with woolly hairs. 8 and 10 guineas. 
YILLOSTJ8 DENTICITLATIS 
