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they furnish a fibre of great strength, similar to that of the 
Agaves. Moreover all these plants are decorative, and live 
in the poorest soil, even in drifting coast-sand. They are 
also not hurt, as is the case with the Fourcroyas, by the 
frosts of our lowlands. Among the species with stems of 
several feet in height may be recorded T. gloriosa, L. and 
Y. aloifolia, L., both from the sandy south coast of North 
America. 
Zalacca secunda, Griffith. 
Assam, as far north as 28'^. A stemless Palm with large 
feathery leaves, exquisitely adapted for decorative purposes. 
Before we finally quit the Asiatic Palms we may yet learn 
from Von Martins’s great work, how many extra-tropic 
members of this princely order were known in 1850 already, 
when that masterly work was concluded. Martins enume- 
rates as belonging to the boreal extra-tropic zone in Asia : 
From Silhet at 24° N.L. : Calamus erectus, Eoxb. ; G. 
extensus, Eoxh. ; G. qidnquenervius, Eoxh. ; — from Garo at 
26° N.L. : WalUchia caryotoides, Eoxb. ; Ptychosperma 
gracilis, Miq. ; Garyota urens, L. ; Calamus leptospadix, 
Griff. ; — from Khasya in 26° N.L. : Calamus acanthospathus, 
Griff. ; G. macrospathus. Griff. ; Plectooomia Khasyana, 
Griff. ; — from Assam about 27° N.L. ; Areca Nagensis, 
Griff. ; A. triandra, Eoxb. ; Livistona Jenlcinsii, Griff. ; 
Paemonorops nutantijlorus, Griff. ; P. Jenlcinsii, Griff. ; P. 
Gurula, Mart. ; Plectocomia Assamica, Griff. ; Calamus 
tenuis, Eoxb. ; G. Flagellum, Griff. ; G. Seliotropium, 
Hamilt. ; G.florihundus, Griff. ; Phmnix Ouseloyana, Griff. ; — 
from Upper Assam between 28° and 29° N.L. : Garyota 
ohtusa. Griff. ; Zalacca secunda. Griff. ; Calamus MisJimelensis, 
Griff. ; — from Darjiling at 27° N.L. : WalUchia ohtusifolia. 
Griff. ; Licuala peltata, Eoxb. ; Plectocomia Himalaiana, 
Griff. ; Calamus schizospathus. Griff. ; — from Nepaul between 
28° and 29° N.L. : Chamaerops Martiana, Wall. ;■ — from 
Guhrval in 30° N.L. : Calamus Poyleanus, Griff. ; — from 
Saharampoor in 30° N.L. : Borassus flalelliformis, L. 
from Duab in 31° N.L. : Phoenix silvestris, Eoxb, ; — from 
