Fig. 1. . 
. A two-year-old nipa palm. The seed and first leaf can be seen at 
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ILLUSTRATIONS 
PLATE 1 
A nipa seedling. 
the right of the clump of leaf stalks. 
. A typical mature palm. The clumps in the foreground and in the 
center of the background were originally the same plant. A 
month or two previous to the picture the portion at the left had 
been razed nearly to the ground, but the plant is rapidly recover- 
ing. 
PLATE 2 
- Typical mixed vegetation at Catarman. A deep tidal stream is 
responsible for the nipa in the center of the picture. 
. Nipa growing on a steep bank. The same tidal stream as in fig. 1. 
. Another portion of the bank shown in fig. 2. 
PLATE 3 
- Tuquils with wire hangers, on crowded nipa bank. 
- Typical palm, with wired tuquils. 
. Simple carbonatation apparatus. Evaporating furnace in back- 
ground. é 
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