PALMS, CTCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
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*ENCBPHALARTOS (Zamta) VILLOSUS AMPLIATUS, a magnificent greenhouse Cycad, im- 
ported from South Africa. It has a stout cylindrical stem, and grandly arching 
leaves, which are pinnately divided; the pinna! are lanceolate, distinctly serrate, 
the teeth being more numerous towards the tip of the pinna. The base of the 
petiole is thiekly clothed with woolly hairs. 
■’ ( ) DENTICUIiATUS 
* ( ) GRACILIS 
^ ( ) VROOMII, one of the noblest of this very noble group of plants ; the leaf segments 
ai-e alternate below, opposite above, forty to fifty in number on each side of the raehis, which 
latter is marked with a prominent rounded ridge in the centre ; they are oblong lanceolate, 
spine-pointed, with a variable number of long spine-pointed teeth at the margins, and of a 
bright shining green colour, rather paler on the under surface ... 4 and 5 guineas 
EUTERPE EDULIS (Oreodoxa Sancona) 5s., 7s. 6d. and 10«. 
GEONOMA CARDERI 15s. and 1 guinea 
CONCINNA IJ and 2 guineas 
GRACILIS 6,s,, 7s. Gd. and 10s. 6d. 
PRINCEPS 1 guinea 
SARAPIQUENSIS 15s. and 1 guinea 
SPECIOSA 3s. Gd. and 5s. 
SPIXIANA 15s. and 1 guinea 
GLAZIOVA INSIGNIS 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
HETEROSPATHE ELATA, a very elegant Palm from Java. It is a smooth-stemmed species, and 
is remarkable for the length of the tapered segments of its pinnate fronds. The leaflets arc 
half an inch broad, with somewhat wider intervals between them, bright green on both the 
surfaces, narrowing upwards into a long slender tapering point. The plant has a naturally 
graceful spreading habit, and ranks among the most ornamental of the pinnate-leaved series. 
16s. and 1 guinea 
HYOPHORBE (Areca) VERSCHAFFELTII 15s. and 1 guinea 
*JUB.fflA SPECTABILIS (Cocos chilensis, Molinia chilensis) 7s. 6d. and 1 Os. Gd. 
»KENTIA AUSTRALIS 'l 
■* BELMOREANA I Handsome well-grown 
“* FOSTERIANA | plants of these beautiful 
GRACILIS, vide Csrphokentia gracilis. I Palms. Prices on appli- 
LINDBNI, vide Cyphokentia macrocarpa. | cation. 
* RUPICOLA J 
WENDLANDIANA, a noble Palm, belonging to the pinnate-leaved series, introduced from 
Queensland. The leaves have numerous unequal segments, usually toothed at the apex, the 
upper ones confluent at the base. The inflorescence is monoecious, and consists of a panicle 
of numerous slender spikes, the female flowers being succeeded by ovoid or globular fruit. 
It belongs to that group of Kentias which has a branched spadix. This was one of the twelve 
New Plants with rvhich Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the International Horticultural 
Exhibition held in Ghent in 1878. 
KENTIOPSIS MACROCARPA, vide Cyphokentia macrocarpa. 
LATANIA AUREA (Verschaffeltii) 15s. and 1 guinea 
* BORBONICA (Livistona sinensis). Mr. W. B. can supply this useful decorative Palm in 
all sizes, from 3s. Gd., 5s., 7s. Gd., 10s. Gd., 15s. and I guinea to 2, 3, 4 and 5 guineas each 
■* COMMERSONI 1 and li guinea 
*LEPIDOZAMIA PEROFFSKYANA, this name is adopted for the Australian Maerozamia Denisoni, 
on the authority of Dr. Kegel, who describes and figures the mature plants as having a stout, 
short, scaly trunk, supporting a crown of long-stalked leaves. The young plants are very elegant, 
having ovate horizontal leaves, with decurved linear leaflets 
X.ICUALA PELTATA 5s. and 7s. Gd. 
LIVISTONA ALTISSIMA 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. 
* (Corypha) AUSTRALIS, this useful P.alm can be supplied in all sizes, from 3s. Gd., 5s., 7s. Gd., 
10s. Gd., 15s. and 1 guinea to 2, 3, 4 and 5 guineas each. 
* HOOGENDORPII, a fine stove Palm, of spreading habit ; the leaves, which are nearly three 
feet broad, are palmately divided, the segments being broad, and giving the leaves a bold and 
distinctive character. The leaf-stalks are abundantly furnished at the margins with stout 
sharp spines 5s., 7s. 6a!. and 10s. 6rf. 
* ROTUNDIFOLIA (subglobosa) lO.s. 6rf. and 15s. 
• .SINENSIS, vide Latania borbonica. 
