palmetum

Archipelago, "tells how he passed down through" plots of amaryllideæ, iris, and other water-loving plants "in this quarter of the garden; and how he found the" glory "of" the richest _palmetum_ in the world -- the

A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898

[* Two Spanish words, which, according to a Latin form, denote a forest of palm-trees, palmetum, and of pines, pinetum.]

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The plants that live in society have seldom marked limits, and it happens, that before we reach a palmar or a pinar, * (* Two Spanish words, which, according to a Latin form, denote a forest of palm-trees, palmetum, and of pines, pinetum.) we find solitary palm-trees and pines.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814