PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
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*JMACROZAMIA MACKENZII, oue of the handsome Cycads which are found iuliahiting the Austra- 
lian Continent. It has been obtained from Queensland, and is a fine ornamental siJecies. The 
leaves arc ovate in outline, with numerous pairs of narrow tapering segments of a dark green 
colour, and nine to ten inches in length. The rachis is strongly convex behind, slightly .so in 
front, with the segments of the centinl portion set on at about h.alf an inch apart, the upper 
ones being more clo.sely, the lower ones more distantly placed. For illustration, vide page 156. 
3, 4 and 5 ghineas 
" PLUMOSA, this bciiutiful Oycadaccous plant has leccntly been imported from Queens- 
land. From a small ovate stem, the .scales of which arc woolly, rise the erect spirally-twisted 
leaves, which .are from two feet to two and a half feet long, and have a llattened petiole. 
These leaves arc furnished nearly to the base with narrow linear leaflets, which are set on at 
intervals of about a (piarter of an inch, and are from six to eight inches long. The plant is 
remarkable for its distinct and elegant character. It has been awarded a First Class Certificate 
by the Itoyal Horticultural Society' 2, 3 and 4 guineas 
* SPIRALIS 
MARTINEZIA EROSA 2 and 3 guineas 
GRANATENSIS, a desirable new dwarf Palm, from Colombia ; the leaves arc of roundi.sh 
oblong or roundish ovate outline, entire at the base, bifid at the apex, and evenly toothed 
along the edges, the young leaf-stalks being slightly mealy. Both the petioles and the 
rachis are armed with dark brown needle-shaped spines, varying from half an inch to an inch 
in length, and which are either spreading or dellexed 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
MAXIMILIANA REGIA 7s. 6(f. and 10s. 6<i. 
' MOLINIA CHILENSIS, vide Jubsea spectabilis 
ORANIA MACROCLADA 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
OREODOXA GRANATENSIS, a very ornamental pinnate-leaved Palm, introduced by one of my 
collectors from the United States of Colombia. The stem is smooth, and the leaf pinnate, 
with long narrow leaflets, which are more or less drooping. It is a very elegant plant, and in 
the young state is admirably adapted for table decoration 1 guinea 
REGIA Us. and 7s. 6d. 
SANCONA, vide Euterpe edulis. 
PHCENICOPHORIUM SECHELLARUM ('Stevensonia grandifolia) li, 2 and 3 guineas 
«PHCENIX ACAULIS 10s. 6d. 
DACTYLIFERA (the Date Palm) 10s. Od., 15s. and 1 guinea 
RECLINATA 6s., 7s. 6d., 10s. 6d. & l.V. 
RUPICOLA, this is one of the most cxipiisitely graceful amongst the smaller Palms, and in 
(deganee. takes a similar place among Phienlces to that of Cocos ICcddelliaiia among Cocosis. 
It is of acaule.scent habit, with wide S]ireading arching pinnate leaves, broadly lance-shapcal 
in outline, with long narrow i)inme, the lower of which become gradually reduced to spines. 
It comes from India, and is a most valuable acipiisition for collections of ornamental plant,s. 
3s. Gd. and 5s. 
SBNEGALENSIS 5.i. and 7s. 6d. 
• SYLVESTRIS, a Sugar-yielding Palm 1 5.s. and 1 guinea 
PHYTELEPHAS MACROCARP A, this Palm yields the A'cgetablc Ivory of commerce 
1 and 1 J guinea 
“^PRITCHARDIA AUREA 2 .and 3 guineas 
— — FILIFERA, vide Brahea fllamentosa. 
GRANDIS. As a new introduction, scarcely any plant has made a greater sensation than thi.s 
remarkable Palm. 'When exhibited by Jlr. W. B. at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held 
at Brussels in 1876, it won the First Prize for a New Palm not in commerce. At the same time 
another specimen was also shown in the six New Plants with which Jlr. AV. B. gained the l ir.t 
Prize. Again at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held at Client in 1878, it was one of 
the twelve Now Plants with which Hr. W. B. won the First Prize. 
It was discovered in the South Sea Islands by one of Jlr. AV. B.’s Plant tiollectors, and takes lank 
amongst the most distinct and attractive Palms ever introduced. Of robust compact habit, producing 
large handsome leaves, which .are nearly orbicular in general outline, with a wedge-shaped somewhat 
Iriiucate base ; the venation is palmate, and the margin for the greater part of the circumference is 
divided into narrow oblong lobes, each of which is slightly notched. The leaves are originally flat, but 
become convex above as tbey grow older j they are of a dark shining green colour above, paler beneath, 
and the surface is quite dc.stitutc of pubescence. For illustration, vide page 158. 4 and 5 guiiuas. 
