LIST OF PLATES.

Plate
Map showing the distribution of Palms in America (Frontispiece) [1]
Fruits of Palms, containing,
1. Raphia tædigera.
2. Mauritia flexuosa.
3. Manicaria saccifera.
4. Lepidocaryum tenue (all of the natural size) [2]
5. Astrocaryum tucuma.
6. Leopoldinia pulchra.
Fruits of Palms, containing,
1. Attalea spectabilis.
2. Maximiliana regia.
3. Spathe of Maximiliana regia (reduced) [3]
4. Guilielma speciosa (all of the natural size).
Leopoldinia pulchra [4]
—— major [5]
—— piassába [6]
Euterpe oleracea [7]
—— catinga [8]
Œnocarpus baccába [9]
—— batawa (with fruit) [10]
—— batawa (with arrow and quiver) [10], [11]
Iriartea exorhiza [12]
Roots of an Iriartea [13]
Iriartea ventricosa (with a fruit) [14]
—— setigera (with fruit and Gravatana) [15]
Raphia tædigera [16]
Mauritia flexuosa (with a leaf) [17]
—— carana [18]
—— aculeata [19]
—— gracilis [20]
—— pumila [21]
Lepidocaryum tenue [22]
Geonoma multiflora (with fruit) [23]
—— paniculigera [24]
—— rectifolia (with fruit) [25]
Manicaria saccifera (with a spathe) [26]
Desmoncus macroacanthus (with a fruit) [27]
Bactris pectinata (with a fruit) [28]
—— —— n.s. [29]
—— elatior [30]
—— —— n.s. (with a leaflet) [31]
—— macrocarpa (with a fruit and leaflet) [32]
—— tenuis (with spadix) [33]
—— simplicifrons [34]
—— integrifolia [35]
Guilielma speciosa (with Uaupes Indian’s house) [36]
Acrocomia lasiospatha (with fruit) [37]
Astrocaryum murumurú (with fruit and part of leaf) [38]
—— gynacanthum [39]
—— vulgare [40]
—— tucuma (with young plant) [41]
—— jauari [42]
—— aculeatum [43]
—— acaule (with spadix and fruit) [44]
—— humile (with fruit) [45]
Attalea speciosa [46]
Maximiliana regia [47]
Cocos nucifera [48]

Pl. II. PALM FRUITS
W. Fitch lith. Ford & West Imp.
1. Raphia tædigera.
2. Mauritia flexuosa.
3. Manicaria saccifera.
4. Lepidocaryum tenue.
5. Astrocaryum tucuma.
6. Leopoldinia pulchra.

Pl. III. PALM FRUITS.
W. Fitch lith. Ford & West. Imp.
1. Attalea spectabilis.
2. Maximiliana regia.
3. Spathe of Maregia.
4. Guilielma speciosa.
5. Iriartea exorhiza.

PALM TREES OF THE AMAZON

AND THEIR USES.