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BOTANY, 



TALIPaT OR LARGE FAN-PALM. 



Griffith met with trees in flower at Mergui, which he 

 thought belonged to this species, but " not having access 

 to a complete copy of Martins' Palms,'' lie could not speak 

 with certainty. For the same reason, other trees that I 

 saw in Tavoy, must be slated as probably talipat palms. 



Corypha umbraculifci a. 



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BOOK PALM. 



is of the palm, the leaves of which are com- 

 t 10 write on instead of paper, arc not infrequent 

 i»i the neighborhood of religious edifices. I think there 

 o species in the Provinces. 

 Corypha Tali era. 

 data. 



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date ?:. 



1 have seen young date trees raised from the seeds of 

 the dried dates that are imported, and there is no appa- 

 rent reason why the tree might not be cultivated. 

 Phoenix dactylifi 



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WILD DATE PALM. 



Capt. Phayre informed me that he saw a wild date 

 palm near one of the kyoungs in Amherst province ; but 

 h so abundant on the Hoogly, this is the only one I 

 ever. in the Provinces. 



Phoenix sylvt 



THE MARSH-DATE PALM. 



On the low islands in the rivers, and on the shores 

 which are inundated with the highest tides, the marsh- 

 date palm abounds, a small tree about twenty feet high, 

 no thicker than a walking cane ; whose fruit looks pre- 

 cisely like a bunch of dates, but it is not edible. 



