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ae. Cantala (Agave cantala). — This form of the "century 

 plant" is extensively grown in the drier parts of the Malayan 

 region, sometimes in plantations, sometimes as scattered 

 plants in fence rows, waste places, etc., where it is naturalized. 



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PiGiniE 57. — Pemphis acidula. 



The thick, fleshy leaves, 3 to 6 feet long, are very sharp- 

 pointed, and their edges are very spiny. In Java, the tender 

 heart or "cabbage" ((A), fig. 60) in the crown of the growing 



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