WELLS AND PERKINS: NIPA-SUGAR MANUFACTURE. ] [PHILie, JouRN. Scr., 20, No. 1. 
Fig. 1. A nipa seedling. Fig. 2. A two-year-old nipa palm; the seed and 
the first leaf can be seen at the right of the 
clump of leaf stalks. 
Fig. 3. A typical mature palm; the clumps in the foreground and in the center of the 
background were originally the same plant. 
PLATE 1. 
