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PALM-TREES :-KENTIA CANTERBURY ANA. 
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Kentici Canterbury ana, which is also distributed under the name of Veitchia 
Canterbury ana. This is the Umbrella Palm of the settlers, and appears to be a 
remarkably robust-growing plant, though of dwarf habit. The leaves are pinnate, 
and in the young plants are of a broad ovate outline, consisting of about seven 
pairs of closely set linear acute segments some seven to eight inches long, and 
about an inch broad. These fronds are spreading, and the segments rather 
Kentia Canterburyana. 
drooping, so that a very elegant arching frond is produced. The leaves are 
supported on stout, smooth terete petioles. The large plum-like fruits are of a 
reddish colour. There is a general similarity between these plants, K. australis 
being the most slender and K. Canterburyana the most robust. They all form 
handsome decorative objects, and are of easy culture.—T. M. 
