Forest trees of the Pacific slope . \ OIL i«l I lafonla ftllfera a leafl-iiss—I s (Ti fa e 1 i^e ] IS ) • FOREST TEEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 199 strips, and the tips of the strips are split in two. The stems of the leavesare armed on their two edges with irregular, straight or curved, sharp leaves appear each year from the summit of the trunk As those of theprevious year die, they bend down, forming a dense thatch-like mass about thetrunk (fig. 77). This adheres to the trunk for many years, finally falling andleaving the torn, wide overlapping bases of the leaves covering the trunk.

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Forest trees of the Pacific slope . \ OIL i«l I lafonla ftllfera a leafl-iiss—I s (Ti fa e 1 i^e ] IS ) • FOREST TEEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 199 strips, and the tips of the strips are split in two. The stems of the leavesare armed on their two edges with irregular, straight or curved, sharp leaves appear each year from the summit of the trunk As those of theprevious year die, they bend down, forming a dense thatch-like mass about thetrunk (fig. 77). This adheres to the trunk for many years, finally falling andleaving the torn, wide overlapping bases of the leaves covering the trunk. Laterdiameter growth loosens these, and the trunk then becomes smooth, its rind(bark-like) being seamed and ridged somewhat as ordinary trees are. The minute white flowers are perfect (male and female organs present ineach) and borne in large branched clusters. The small, berry-like, ellipticalfruit is black, with one russet-brown seed. Only two species of these palms are known, and but one is found within theUnited States. Th

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