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THE PALM TREE. 



Tupati Palm Leaves fifty feet in length. 



gigantic, sometimes measuring 50 feet long and 8 

 wide, are of various shapes ; the largest are pinnate, 

 or divided like a fern into long narrow leaflets ; others 

 are entire, and measure 30 feet long, and 4 to 5 wide. 

 The pinnate leaves often assume the form of an im- 

 mense fan, which, from their size and apparent light- 

 ness, are objects of great beauty. 



The leaves appear in huge bunches or tufts at the 

 summit of the tree, and are seated on long petioles 



