. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. ^ once in acentury); but this has beendisproved—the plant, in goodcondition, producing terminalflowers in seven or ten these do come forth, theypresent a most interesting spec-tacle, the stem rising from30 to 40 feet high, and bearinghundreds of greenish - whiteflowers on an elegant branched spike. of fresh flowers, is often 15 feet in height, and is in this respectwithout a Agav^ Americana. The panicle, or bunch 21 CURIOSITIES OP VEGETATION. We liave already alluded to several ^ig-antic leaves^ hut allof them fal
. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. ^ once in acentury); but this has beendisproved—the plant, in goodcondition, producing terminalflowers in seven or ten these do come forth, theypresent a most interesting spec-tacle, the stem rising from30 to 40 feet high, and bearinghundreds of greenish - whiteflowers on an elegant branched spike. of fresh flowers, is often 15 feet in height, and is in this respectwithout a Agav^ Americana. The panicle, or bunch 21 CURIOSITIES OP VEGETATION. We liave already alluded to several ^ig-antic leaves^ hut allof them fall infinitely short of the dimensions attained by theleaves of the palm family. The largest of which we havean authentic account is that of the Talipat palm, which growsluxuriantly among* the mountains of Ceylon. Knox quaintlyspeaks of this tree as being* as tall as a ships mast, andvery straight, bearing only leaves, which are of great use tothe inhabitants of Ceylon; one single leaf being so broad andlarge, that it will cover fifteen or twenty men, and keep themdry vfhen it rains. The Rev, H. Caunter says he has seenspecimens of the Talipat 200 feet in height, the leaves of whichwere 11 feet in length, and 16 in breadth, and the fruit aboutthe size of a twenty-four pound shot. While on the banks ofthe Calamy, his attention was particularly arrested by severalrafts on the river, over which a complete canopy was thrown,formed of a single leaf of t
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