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spots on the savannahs, flowering from January to 
March.] 
Anomalous Genus of Areceae. 
Genus X. MANICARIA. 
M . saccifera, Gaertn : 
LocAt Names. 
Creole Troolie. 
True Carib Tooroori. 
Arawak Timiti 
Warrau Ya-hoo-i. 
Frond-entire, sub-entire or sub-pinnate, the pinnae 
always (normally) connected by their apices. 
This palm is extraordinarily abundant in the swamps, 
near the coast, between the Orinoco ctnd the Pomeroon. 
From the latter river to the Essequibo, especially on 
the Ituribisci, it is tairly abundant. On the Essequibo 
itself it occurs on Troolie Island and in one or two other 
isolated spots. It appears to be fairly common on the 
Demerara. On the Corentyn we could not find more 
than a single plant, a young one, which was growing 
some distance up the Apoacka Creek, just below 
Orealla ; another single, but older example is said by 
the Indians to have existed till recently near the same 
spot. Troolie is also said to grow in fair abundance, at 
the head of the Caboori Creek, a considerable tributary 
of the Corentyn. 
This is the great thatch plant in the northern part of 
the colony, as the dahlibanna {Geonoma baculiferd) is 
in the southern. It also appears to have been much 
used for the roofs of sheds on sugar-estates, until gal- 
vanized iron was adopted for that purpose. It is very 
durable and has been known to last twenty years. A 
