203 
Sl’ECIJJS OP PAMtS. 
dwf our species Altmisla, yielding oil in at)un- 
biityracea, called here ■palma dolce or 
sk3 nT n T'* diftereiTt from the palma real of the 
amarrja, vnth fan-leaves that 
tlTsmoll houses, and the laila* resembling 
the small pmla palm-tree of the Orinoco. This variety of 
palm-trees was remarked by the first Conquistadores.t The 
^iere' ^’hich wf Lad nl 
where else seen, is only six feet high, with a very laro-e 
trunk; and the fecundity of its spathesis sueli that tlfey con- 
tain more tlian 200,000 flowers. Although a great number 
^ S 'cVme r 000,000 at the same tunc) 
S l.v covered with a 
umW f observation 
e palm-tree, the Cocos butv- 
faimdv^of ^T’ Ihhiguao of the Atabapo. :Mo other 
So L I- The almond of the 
C07 0 Z 0 del Sinu is peeled m the water. The thick layer of 
y*®*’ h.y boiling, and yields 
SL Se oi? of +7'° de Corozo), which is thicker 
than the oil of the cocoa-tree, and serves to lio-ht churches 
and houses. The palm-trees of the section ofCocoinies of 
Mr. Brown, are the olive-trees of the tropical regions. A.s 
T E'aas mdanococca of Mardua (Palm., p. 61. 
fn the foJLt^oftho^^ wf’ yeget^tes spontaneou*!? 
771 L xf! ’ “ Cocos aculeata of Jacquin. The 
the tallest palm. 
* Perhaps of the species of Aiphanes. 
the^a« of’thtfien" f "'bo travelled in 1531 , at 
r thirteen years, in the countries I have described, observes that 
de unVs' paTnar r"'*'* ^ ‘>® u7a edaTnena 
V ll7n Snar.m„,r/n®''™ f ""«= “tholes gruessos. 
It o Cenrand he 7f° [^>‘0 lands adjacent to th. 
7 iLv are of f / ' ^''7 “? "®ty tall, spreading palm- 
Lfproni » Vi P ^ branched like the date-palm ] See 
La Cronu a del Pern nuevamenta escrita (Antwerp. 1554), pn^ 21 204. 
in *h L ’e77 ? .‘T' a(*contLed in a square 
lir 100 to 120 of which are found united ia on# 
