BACULARIA (from baculum, a walking-stick). ORD. Palmoe. A small genus containing a couple of stove species, which are amongst the smallest Palms of the Old World. Both are confined to the east coast of tropical Australia. BACULARIA monostachya--in allusion to its slender stem, which rarely exceeds in thickness that of the thumb--is known as the Walking-stick Palm. BACULARIA minor (lesser). l. attaining 3 1/2ft. Stems, several from same rhizome, 2ft. to 5ft. high, 1/2in. thick. Queensland. BACULARIA monostachya (one-spiked). l. pinnate, pendent, 6in. to 12in. long, bifid at the apex; pinnae about 4in. across, broad, irregular in shape, with ragged and irregular ends; dark green. Stem slender, petioles sheathing. h. 10ft. New South Wales, 1824. SYN. Areca monostachya. (B. M. 6644.)