PALMS, CYCLANTHS, AND CYCADS. 
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'MACROZAMIA PLTTMOSA, this beautiful Cycadaceous plaut lias recently been imported from 
Queensland. From a small ovate stem, the scales of which are woolly, rise the erect spirally- 
twisted leaves, which are from two feet to two and a half feet long, and have a flattened petiole. 
These leaves are furnished nearly to the base with narrow linear leaflets, which are set on at 
intervals of about a quarter 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 Royal Horticultural Society For illustration, vide page 130. 2, 3 and 4 guineas 
*■ SPIRALIS 3, 4 and 5 guineas 
* EBURNEA, a grand Australian Cycad, with a sub-globose trunk, a foot or more in 
diameter. The leaves are pinnate, the segments being linear, eight inches long, and somewhat 
narrowed down to the thick ivory white base. It is a remarkably fine and elegant plant. 
5 and 7 guineas 
MARTINEZIA EROSA 2 and 3 guineas 
GRANATENSIS, a desirable new dwarf Palm, from Colombia ; the leaves are of roundish 
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 arc 
armed with dark brown needle-shaped spines, varying from half an inch to an inch in length, 
and which are either spreading or deflexed 10 s. 6d. and 15s. 
*MOLINIA CHILENSIS, vide Jubeea spectabilis. 
OREODOXA GRANATENSIS, vide page 6. 
SANCONA, vide Euterpe edulis. 
PHCENICOPHORITTM SECHELLARTJM (Stevensonia grrandi- 
folia) 2 and 3 guineas 
PHCENIX ACAULIS 7s. M. and 10s. 6 d. 
’ DACTYLIFERA (the Date Palm) 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
* RECLINATA 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
RTJPICOLA, this is one of the most exquisitely graceful amongst the smaller Palms, and 
in elegance takes a similar place among Phoenices to that of Cocos Weddclliana among 
Cocoes. It is of aeauleseent habit, with wide spreading arching pinnate leaves, broadly 
lance-shaped in outline, with long narrow pinna:, the lower of which become gradually 
reduced to spines. It comes from India, and is a most valuable acquisition for collections of 
ornamental plants 10s. 6d. 
* SYLVESTRIS, a Sugar-yielding Palm 15 s. and 1 guinea 
PHYTELEPHAS MACROCARP A, this Palm yields the Vegetable Ivory of commerce. 
1^ and 2 guineas 
PLECTOCOMIA ANDERSONI 1 j and 2 guineas 
HIMALAYANA, a fine Indian Palm of the pinnate-leaved series, found at Emodus in the 
Himalayan range. It is a distinct and graceful species, with ample foliage of a bold and 
striking character. The leaves are of the pinnate mode of development, the pinna: being 
linear-lanceolate and acuminate. The flowers arc borne on long branched lateral spadices. 
2 guineas 
f PRITCHARDIA AUREA 2 and 3 guineas 
* FILIFERA, vide Brahea filamentosa. 
PTYCHOSPERMA ALEXANDRAS 7s. 6 d. and 10s. 6 d. 
* CUNNINGHAMII, this plant is usually cultivated under the erroneous name of Seaforthia 
cletjans. It is a most useful conservatory or cool greenhouse plant, for it will stand a low 
temperature with impunity, and possesses a highly decorative character ; scarcely anything 
can equal the effect of a large plant of this noble Palm. 
all sizes, from 3s. 6 d., 5s. and 7s. 6 <7. to 1, 11 and 2 guineas- 
LAEVIGATA 5s. and 7s. 6 d. 
RUPICOLA 15s. and 1 guinea 
SEEMANNI 1 and li guinea 
REGELIA PRINCEPS, vide Verschaffeltia splendida. 
'RHAPIS FLABELLIFORMIS 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
SABAL CCERULESCENS, this is described by the collector as a remarkably bold and handsome 
Palm. It has been sent from the United States of Colombia, but is only known here in a 
young state. These young plants have the leaves of an elongato linear-lanceolate form, with a 
plicate surface, and a bluish or glaucous tinge of green, which is very strongly marked on the 
under surface 15s. and 1 guinea 
* (Trithrinax) MATJRITIAEFORMIS 15s. and 1 guinea 
