A. GROUP OP MACAUBA PALMS NEAR SAO JOAO D'EL REY. 
(Acrocomia intumescens?) 
This beautiful palm is one of the features of the 
landscape in the interior of Minas Geraes. Its trunk is 
armed with long black spines. The leaves are of a glaucous 
green color, graceful and attractive in appearance, and 
seem to resist a great deal of thrashing about by the 
wind. In this photograph a small group is seen growing on 
a hillside overlooking the city of Sao Joao d'El Rey , at 
an altitude of more than 800 meters. The species is found 
at considerably greater altitudes than this., which leads 
to the belief that it may be hardy enough to succeed in 
California and Florida. Photo No. 1538 by Brazilian Ex- 
pedition, taken at Sao Joao d'El Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil, 
Jan. 27, 1914. 
