The palm tree . £Ijt (gnat f;i\\\ ^alm—Salipat, {Coryijha umhracidifera.—liltsjem?,.) HE Talipat closely resembles the artist might almost suppose themtwin-sisters, but the botanist classesthem differently. Tlie Talipat is the most majestic ofthe two. It is the Great Fan Palm ofthe family. Its choice of locality is different too totliat of the sister palm. ^^atives alike of Ceylon, Malabar, and the Malaycoast, the Talipat loves best the mountain heightsand rocky grounds of these regions, while thePalmyra delights to clothe with beauty their lowand sandy plains. The Talipat attains s
The palm tree . £Ijt (gnat f;i\\\ ^alm—Salipat, {Coryijha umhracidifera.—liltsjem?,.) HE Talipat closely resembles the artist might almost suppose themtwin-sisters, but the botanist classesthem differently. Tlie Talipat is the most majestic ofthe two. It is the Great Fan Palm ofthe family. Its choice of locality is different too totliat of the sister palm. ^^atives alike of Ceylon, Malabar, and the Malaycoast, the Talipat loves best the mountain heightsand rocky grounds of these regions, while thePalmyra delights to clothe with beauty their lowand sandy plains. The Talipat attains sixty, seventy, and sometimesa hundred feet in height. Its peculiar boast is thesize and usefulness of its superb leaves. When theyfirst appear they are folded together in ])laits like aladys fan, but as they expand they form a magni-ficent circle of ray-like leaflets. The length of the petiole or foot-stalk is said by 112 THE GREAT FAN PALM—TALIPAT. some writers to be seven feet, and that of the leafsix f
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