Jubaea
(named after Juba, a King of Numidia). Coquito Palm of Chili. ORD. Palmae. A monotypic genus, the species being a greenhouse palm. Flowers dark yellow, inclosed in a double spathe, and disposed in branching spikes. Fruit roundish, inclosing a hard one-seeded nut. Jubaea thrives best in a compost of one-half rich loam, and the remainder of leaf mould and sand. It is a very handsome plant, and is well adapted for sub-tropical gardening. Increased by seeds.
J. spectabilis (remarkable).* l. pinnate, spreading, 6ft. to 12ft. long; pinnae 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, about 1in. wide, springing in pairs from nearly the same spot, and standing out in different directions; petioles very thick at the base, inclosed in a dense mass of rough brown fibres. Trunk, when developed, tall, straight, bearing the crown of large leaves. h. 40ft. to 60ft. Chili, 1843. The most southern of American palms. From the sap--obtained by felling the tree--boiled to the consistency of treacle, a syrup, called Palm-honey, is prepared, which is in considerable request in Chili. (G. C. n. s., xviii. 401.)