. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . ^ nothing of Cinnamon and Cloves and Bread-fruit allnew to me in this their natural wildness and beauty : you maybelieve that I enjo5^ed it; so much so that I nearlj^ forgot theerrand that brought me there. We have many beautiful scenes 1 Cf. ad hoc : Wald, K., Lebensbaeume. Regensburg, 1906, p 60, Rothe, K. C. Palmen-Studien. Wien, 1910, p. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., 1. c, p. 226.^ Wald, K., Lebensbaeume. Regensburg, 1906, p. 60. Also : Rothe, K. C. Palmen-Studien. Wien, 1910, p. 34.* Seemann, B. History of the Palms. London, 1856, p. 241. Jo
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . ^ nothing of Cinnamon and Cloves and Bread-fruit allnew to me in this their natural wildness and beauty : you maybelieve that I enjo5^ed it; so much so that I nearlj^ forgot theerrand that brought me there. We have many beautiful scenes 1 Cf. ad hoc : Wald, K., Lebensbaeume. Regensburg, 1906, p 60, Rothe, K. C. Palmen-Studien. Wien, 1910, p. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., 1. c, p. 226.^ Wald, K., Lebensbaeume. Regensburg, 1906, p. 60. Also : Rothe, K. C. Palmen-Studien. Wien, 1910, p. 34.* Seemann, B. History of the Palms. London, 1856, p. 241. JooBN. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Plate XLIV,. A FauiTiNG Specimen of the Double Coconut Palm [Lodoicea Seychellarum, Labill.) from Prasliri Islan(J. THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON. 76 in this country (Natal), and there is much excitement in travelling-over it, but it is altogether of a different character; a sava^^esternness or monotonous sameness marks the two principal divi-sions of it, and the really beautiful spots look small by comparisonwith the vast extent spread aroimd of another character. On the Seychelles the tree grows on all kinds of soil, from thesandy shore to the arid mountain-top, but the finest are found indeep gorges, on damp platforms, covered with vegetable soil; insuch situations, the great height and slender diameter of the trunk,and the length of its enormous leaves, produce a fine effect, thoughnear the seashore, its leaves, torn by the storms and hanging inlong strips, give it a desolate appearance. It is to be regrettedthat the tree is not cultivated, and that a practice has prevailedof cutting i
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