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«l»l%"M(rieil4*t- 



svHi^ ( Hooker ) «l^n c-i^h ^ "5:-" raising 

 its graceful stem and feathery crown 

 'like an arrow shot down from heaven'," 



'' Areca catechu, the betel nut palm, 

 is the most beautiful and graceful palm 

 in India. Where chewing the betel 

 ( nut ) is a more or less common prac- 

 tice, the areca palm planted near the 

 dwellings in regular rows, with the Ba- 

 nana, forms a beautiful object." 



( Bot. Geo. Mcyen ). 



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 ^iM\ «H^ ^W ^ aai^ or 'tf^ Mt^ cl ^S^cfl 

 ^ci ci*li ^\\\. 8tW S. ci^i Mi^ wHl^. ct^l 5iS 

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 cl^il iMH d. 5Hr-n R«l(cl <! «tqi ^l^ '^l^fl^R 

 M iiilM^ Hl« "^ "414 f'ii'^ Rl-"l=tRi 5Ht^ S. 

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 6. «4t^[l=il^ ^IMl^'ii ^I^Hl ^<»ii'>ti '113R^C-Hl 

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 cl^ Mi^t «lct <H^%l-Hi !^lC-t 2HI<1 <MH ^. 



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5iPll Si^S ^l^t aHi^i \iL^ ^1 qKcii^i anl^ S. 

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 ani^ Wi, ^IMl^ldi c^U^ ^-iiCAi MRl M^d (5iui). 

 «il Hl4 ^i^lld «ilH Wi. Ml^ ci aHi8iHitffl (vSli^l 

 (ani ^H^«lKMi >MI%1 i^) '=tlH^i ^\JaH. 



aiisiSii ^ «Ji(S»i41 anifi aniciii'ti s^^iM^ =im- 



dc^l ^Hl^ ^l"Hl«fl SiMi 5<li£l^l4 R^^ §. 

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 3<UW SHMIH cil ci yH^l i^ S. 51 M^liwidi «- 

 ^L>li §M^P(l S, ciM Ml(<^di M'ii si^JlH S. 

 ^IMl^Kl ^l«t "fls^ ^i'Kli S-Hl^Hl dl^Ml ^IHI^I- 

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 trr^issil ) MiaW^lfin^ HS€ i^ Wi. ?ll"Ml^'{l <?i|A 



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>m <^d«fl |HhI ^tn^ \^\\ aniM'-tid (^r. 



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 aniMdR », «ctld^ Pinfold i^dR », an^ an^ 

 •Hli^l aniMdl ^"»liqiM^ §M^P(1 W*. ^iMl^di 



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