126 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 
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