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high. — JEuterpe ; of this two species occur in a zone between 
3000 feet and 6000 feet. — PhytelepJias microcarpa, E. and 
P. ; eastern slope of the Peru Andes, ascending to 3000 
feet. — Phytelephas macrocarpa, E. and P. ; also on the eastern 
side of the Andes, up to 4000 feet ; it is this superb species 
which yields by its seeds part of the vegetable ivory. — 
Phytelephas aequatorialis, Spruce ; on the west slope of the 
Peruvian Andes, up to 5000 feet ; this Palm is one of the 
grandest objects in the whole vegetable creation, its leaves 
attaining a length of 30 feet ! The stem rises to 20 feet. 
Palm-ivory is also largely secured from this plant. Thongh 
aequinoctial it lives only in the milder regions of the moun- 
tains ; therefore in the equable temperature of East Gripps 
Land it would likely prosper without protective cover. — 
Carludovica palmata, E. and P., on the east side of the Andes 
of Peru and Ecuador, up to 4000 feet; the fan-shaped 
leaves from cultivated specimens furnish the main material 
for the best Panama-hats. The illustrious Count de Castelnau 
saw many Palms on the borders of Paraguay during his 
great Brazilian Expedition. Most of these together with 
the Palms of Eruguay and the wide Argentine territory 
would likely prove adapted for acclimation in our latitudes ; 
but hitherto the limited access to those countries has left 
us largely unacquainted with its vegetable treasures also in 
this direction. Yon Martins demonstrated, already in 1850, 
the occurrence of the following Palms in extra-tropic South 
America : — Ceroxylon australe, Mart., on high mountains in 
Juan Eernandez at 30“ S.L. ; Jubcea specidbilis, Humb., in 
Chili at 40“ S.L. ; Trithrinax Jirasiliana, Mart., at 31“ S.L. ; 
Copernicia cerifera, Mart., at 29“ S.L. ; Acrocomia Total, 
Mart., at 28“ S.L. ; Cocos australis, Mart., at 34“ S.L. ; 
Cocos Yatai, Mart., at 32“ S.L. ; Cocos Pomanzoffiana, 
Cham., at 28“ S.L. ; Piplothemium littorale. Mart,, at 
30“ S.L. Al[ the last mentioned Palms occur in 
Brazil, the Acrocomia and Trithrinax extending to Para- 
guay, and Cocos australis to Uruguay and the La Plata 
State. 
