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491. The Six-headed Cocoanut Palm of Mahe, Seychelles

Like the majority of Palms the cocoanut only branches in consequence of some injury to its terminal growing point. The Doum is an exception. (See 360.) The white-flowered plant is the American Vanilla, V. planifolia, Andr., much cultivated in the Sey

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469. Veloutier Blanc and pair of Martins, Seychelles

Scaevola Koenigii, Vahl, the Veloutier Blanc of the Seychelles is a common littoral shrub in the tropics of the Old World and Polynesia, including many of the very remote islands. It belongs to the family Goodenoviaceae, which, with few exceptions, i

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456. Haemanthus and other South African Flowers

In front a dwarf species of Erythrina and Eucomnispunctata, Alt. var., with Haemanth its magnificus, Herb., var. superbus, Baker, and above on the right, the purple brown Tulbaghia alliacea, Linn., which has a strong odour like that of garlic, though t

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