. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 658. Decdalacanthus nervosus (X 3^). DXUONOBOFS (probably means God-like, of divine -appearance). I'almdcece, tribe Jjepidocdrpece. Slender palms, differing from Calamus in the deciduous, cymbi- form or open spathes. Species about 40. Tropical Asia. Same culture as Calamus. D. Draco produces some of the "D
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 658. Decdalacanthus nervosus (X 3^). DXUONOBOFS (probably means God-like, of divine -appearance). I'almdcece, tribe Jjepidocdrpece. Slender palms, differing from Calamus in the deciduous, cymbi- form or open spathes. Species about 40. Tropical Asia. Same culture as Calamus. D. Draco produces some of the "Dragon's Blood" of commerce. oalic&rpus, Mart. (Calamus calicdrpus, Griff.). Stem â erect or climbing, 1 in. diam.: Ivs. 6-8 ft. long, upper small with long flagella ; Ifts. very many, 12-13 in. long, M-X in. wide ; petiole 1 ft., base not gibbous or puck- ered. Malacca. Lewisiinus, Mart. (Cdlamus Zewisictnus, Griff.). Stem climbing, 1 in. diam.: petiole 1 ft., base much swollen, armed below with scattered, short, deflexed spines, and above with straight and hooked spines 1% in. long; Ifts. 13-15 in. long, %-l in. wide; sheath armed with solitary or seriate flat back spines. Penang. Falemb&nicus, Blume. Stem erect: Ivs. pinnate, broadly ovate, bright cinnamon-brown when young, and Ifts. many, long, narrow; petioles erect, with stout spines on the back, which are deflexed and not thick- ened at the base. Sumatra. perlac4nthus, Miq. Height 15 ft. Resembles D. Pa- lembanicus, but the young Ivs. are nearly straw-colored, and the spines are placed in irregular rings. Sumatra. âA most graceful species. melanochaBtes, Blume. Stem erect: Ivs. pinnate, the pinnae long and narrow, dark green and drooping, the petioles sharp-spined at the sheathing base. Malaya. âVery decorative. A small form is Var. microc&rpus. intermfidius, Mart. Lvs. long-petioled, 4-6 ft. long : Ifts. opposite or scattered, 18-20 in. long, 1-lX in. wide, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, margins and 3-
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