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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
GEONOMA ACAULIS. 
A dwarf, nearly stemless Brazilian Palm, with short, dilated, sheathing leaf stalks, destitute of 
spines, the yoiuig leaves roundish, deeply two-lohed at the apex, plicated erose, adult leaves deeply 
pinnately divided, pinnee lanceolate. It is a native of Korthetn Brazil and should ho giown in the 
stove. 4 and 5 guineas. 
