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berries are of a pleasant taste, but in spine instances 
of a strong flavor ; they are the largest among American 
Grrapes. 
Voandzeia subterranea, Thouars. 
Madagascar and various parts of Africa, as far south as 
Natal. This Earth-Pea is annual, and pushes its pods 
under ground in the manner of Arachis hypogiea for matu- 
ration. The pods are edible, and much consumed in tropical 
countries. 
Wallichia oblongifolia, Grriffith. 
Himalaia, as far as 27° North. There one of the 
hardiest of all Palms. It is not a tall one, yet a graceful 
and useful object for cultural industries. Several species 
exist. 
Wettinia augusta, Poeppig. 
Peru, on mountains several thousand feet high. This Palm 
is therefore likely to endure our clime. 
Wettinia Maynensis, Spruce. 
Cordilleras of Peru. Like the foregoing it attains a height 
of 40 feet, and advances to elevations of 3000 feet or 
4000 feet. Before finally parting from the American Palms, 
it may be appropriate to allude briefly to some of the hardier 
kinds, which were left unnoticed in the course of this com- 
pilation. Prom Dr. Spruce’s important essay on the Palms 
of the Amazon Eiver may be learnt, that besides other 
species, as yet imperfectly known from the sources of this 
great river, the following kinds are comparatively hardy; 
thus they might find places for cultivation or even naturaliza- 
tion within the limits of our Colony: — Geonema undata, 
Klotzsch ; Iriartea delto'idea, E. and P. ; Iriartea ventricosa, 
Mart., which latter rises in its magnificence to fully 100 feet ; 
Iriartea exorrliiza, Mart. ; this with the two other Iriarteas 
ascends the Andes to 5000 feet. — Oenocarpus multicaulis, 
Spruce; ascends to 4000 feet; from 6 to 10 stems are 
developed from the same root, each from 15 feet to 30 feet 
