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plant is common throughout the colony, and its distribution 
is much the same as that which I have ascribed to E. 
edulis. It seems not improbable that the plant intended 
by SCHOMBURGK is that which will be described next in 
these notes.] 
E. stenophylla, sp. nov. Trail, E. oleracese, Mart : 
(affinis). 
Local Names. 
True Carib Waboo 
Arawak Rayh6o 
Warrau Weenamori. 
This palm is, at first, easily confused with E. edulis, 
the two often growing together, at least on the banks of 
the larger rivers, and being in other respects somewhat 
alike. The chief points which distinguish E. stenophylla 
are, that it grows, not in clumps, but singly : not in 
swamps but on comparatively dry ground, and con- 
sequently the aerial roots are few and slight or even 
hardly existing : the stem is straight and much stouter 
than in E. edulis, and the whole plant, except in height, 
is altogether much larger: the leaflets which are narrower 
than in E. edulis, start more abruptly from the mid-rib 
and have comparatively little curve ; and the frond is not 
so fibrous and tough in texture, for which reason the 
Indians say they never cut them for thatching purposes, 
as they shrivel up in a few days. 
Measurements: — Height of stem to base of leaf, 50 ft. or more; 
average length of leaf 10 ft. ; girth of stem just above roots 2 ft. 10 
inch. ; at two ft. above roots 1 ft. 6 inch ; at four feet above roots 1 ft. 10 
inch. ; at base of leaf-stalk, 1 ft. 8 inches. 
The palm is, as has been said, abundantly scattered 
among the manicole on the banks of rivers, where 
the ground is comparatively dry. In the manicole 
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