Baker begs Thiselton-Dyer's acceptance of the accompanying photographs [not attached] showing abnormally developed plants of Sabal palmetto [cabbage palm] now growing in Florida [not attached]. The larger picture is of a plant over 40 feet high. Baker describes its structure noting that it is probably over 80 years old and has at least 11 distinct heads. Another plant of this species has 14 distinct heads, but its position in dense forest prevents it being photographed. The smaller photograph depicts a different type of development, with the stem dividing into four, each part carrying one head. This plant is about 30 feet tall in the photograph. Individuals with two, three, four and six heads have been discovered but enquiry has not yet revealed any with five heads, although he is making further enquiries. Baker would be glad to know if similar departures in development have been noted in the ranks of other genera of normally single stemmed palms. Annotated by 'C.H.W.' [Charles Henry Wright] that the photographs were received. References are given to 'On the phenomena concerned in the production of forked and branched palms' by D. Morris in the JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, XXIX, 281 – 298, and 'On branched palms in Southern India' by S.P. Andy in TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, XXVI, 661. Page 1 of 7.