MONOCOTYLEDONS 



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have climbing, rope-like stems that sometimes become hun- 

 dreds of feet long. Species with palmate leaves are spoken 

 of as fan-palms, the palmetto of the Southern States being 

 an illustration (Fig. 269), and also the very interesting 



FIG. 270. The Washington palm ; a fan-palm of the desert region of Southern 

 California and adjacent Arizona. From World To-day. 



Washington palm of the desert region of Southern Cali- 

 fornia and adjacent Arizona (Fig. 270); the others are 



