. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . e orless 8 feet long, regularly pinnatisect, vagina about 1^ feet long,cylindric; petiole about 2 feet long, narrowlj?- and deeply cana-liculate above, margins acute; rhachis about 5 feet long; segmentsdark green, 40-50 pairs, at base and apex of leaf approximate, themiddle ones 2 inches distant from each other, narrowly lanceolate,contracted at the base, long acuminate at the apex and unequalljbifid. Flowers dioecious, white. Fruit consisting of one carpel, baccate, black-violaceous, resiipi-nate, ellipsoideo—turbinate. Mesocarp consisting of
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . e orless 8 feet long, regularly pinnatisect, vagina about 1^ feet long,cylindric; petiole about 2 feet long, narrowlj?- and deeply cana-liculate above, margins acute; rhachis about 5 feet long; segmentsdark green, 40-50 pairs, at base and apex of leaf approximate, themiddle ones 2 inches distant from each other, narrowly lanceolate,contracted at the base, long acuminate at the apex and unequalljbifid. Flowers dioecious, white. Fruit consisting of one carpel, baccate, black-violaceous, resiipi-nate, ellipsoideo—turbinate. Mesocarp consisting of applanate fibres,adherent to the membranous endocarp. Seed oblong-obconical,acute at the base, branches of raphe about 18, radialty ascendingand slightly anastomosing on the dorsal side. Albumen below the middle height of the albumen. Habitat.—Madagascar (Salomon, Palacky ^), Bourbon (BaileysCyclop. Americ. Horticult). ^ Palacky, J. Catalogus plantarum Madagascariensium. Prague, 1907. JouRN. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Plate Chrysalidocarjpus madagascariensis, Becc. {Dypsis niadagascariensis of Indian Gardens). THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON, 669 Gaedening in Europe.— In growing Chrysalidocarjnis inquantity, it will be found a good plan to sow the seeds either on abench, in boxes or seed pans, so prepared tliat the seedlings willremain in the soil in which they germinate until they have madetwo or more leaves. The first leaf made above the soil is small, andif plants are potted off at this stage they must be very carefullywatered in order not to sour the soil. In the preparation of thereceptacles for the seed, a little gravel in the bottom will be foundgood, as the roots work very freely through it, and when the timecomes to separate the plants previous to potting, it is an ensy matterto disentangle the roots without bruising them. Probably the planwhich works best is .to wash the soil and gravel entirely fromamong the roots. Pot in soil not too d
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