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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
DESMONCUS MAJOR 15s. and 1 guinea 
*DIPLOTHEMIUM CAMPESTRE, vide Cocos australis. 
„ CAUDESCENS, vide Ceroxylon niveum. 
EL.ffiIS GUINEENSIS, this is the Oil Palm of Africa 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
•ENCEPHALARTOS ALTENSTEINI 
* „ BRACHYPTERIS 
* „ (Zamia) CYCADAEFOLIUS 15s., 1 and 1£ guinea 
* ,, GHELLINCKII (g-racilis), a remarkably elegant and distinct greenhouse 
plant from South Africa. The fronds are erect and slender. The pinna: 
are narrowly linear and mucronately pointed, convex on the upper, concave 
on the lower surface, woolly, as is the rachis, with white cobwebby hail's 
while young, the hairs becoming at length straightened and appressed. It 
has received a First Class Certificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society Price on application. 
* „ HORRIDUS 
* ,, (Zamia) LEHMANNI 4 and 5 guineas 
* ,, (Zamia) VILLOSUS, 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 pinna; 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 
* ,, VILLOSUS AMPLIATUS, a magnificent greenhouse Cycad, imported 
from South Africa. It has a stout cylindrical stem, and grandly arching 
leaves, which are pinnately divided ; the pinme are lanceolate, distinctly 
serrate* the teeth being more numerous towards the tip of the pinnae. The 
base of the petiole is thickly clothed with woolly hairs. 8 and 10 guineas. 
* „ VILLOSUS DENTICULATIS 
* ., (Zamia) VROOMII 4 and 5 guineas 
EUTERPE EDULIS (Oreodoxa Sancona) 7s. 6 d., 10s, 6 d. and 15s. 
GAUSSIA PRINCEPS 2 guineas 
GEONOMA CARDERI, vide page 9. 
,, GRACILIS 2 and 3 guineas 
,, PUMILA 15s. and 1 guinea 
„ SCHOTTI AN A 1J and 2 guineas 
,, SEEMANNII, a very distinct and beautiful species of Palm, remarkable for its close 
leafy habit. The leaves are broadish, bilobed, feather-veined, and strongly plaited 
in the direction of the veins. The singular bilobing of the leaves, and their very 
obvious plaiting, give them a very marked character, the interest of which is 
heightened by the comparison between the larger leaves of later development and 
their miniature representatives near the base of the plant. It was introduced from 
Central America by Dr. Seemann 2 guineas 
„ SPIXIANA 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
GLAZIOVA INSIGNIS 2 and 3 guineas 
HYOPHORBE (Areoa) VERSCHAFFELTII, this is a remarkably graceful Palm, forming a 
triangular stem from which the leaves spring up on nearly erect petioles, and are 
pinnate, with a few long drooping leaflets, which are decurrent at the base, and 
are of a deep green colour with whitish ribs. . The drooping segments of the frond 
give it a particularly graceful aspect, which renders it extremely effective. 
15s. and 1 guinea 
*JUBAEA SPECTABILIS (Cocos cliilensis, Molinia chilensis) 5s., 7s. M. and 10s. 6d. 
*KENTIA AUSTRALIS 15s. and 1 guinea 
* ,, BELMOREANA 7s. 6d., 10s. 6 d. and 15s. 
* ,, FOSTERIANA 15s. and 1 guinea 
LATANIA AUREA (Verschaffeltii) 1, lj and 2 guineas 
* ,, BORBONICA (Livistona sinensis). .Mr. W. B. can supply this useful decorative 
Palm in all sizes, from 5s., 7s. 6<7, 10s. 6 d., 15s. & 1 guinea to 2, 3, 4 & 5 guineas each. 
„ COMMERSONI 1 and 1» guinea 
LEOPOLDINIA PULCHRA, vide Cocos Weddelliana. 1 
