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CEYLON INDIGENOUS PALMS 



AVENUE OF TALIPOT PALMS (Corypka iimbrnciilifcra}, 



IN PERADENIYA GARDEN?. 



Botanical and Vernacular Xanies. 



Caryota urens. Toddy Palm ; 



""Kitul" S. 

 Cocos nucifcra. Coconut ; 



"Pol" S. "Tennai" T. 



Corypha umbraculifera. Talipot ; 



"Tal" S. 



Natural locality 



Moist low-country 



up to 3,000 ft. 



Low-country up to 



2,000 ft., cultivated 



Moist region, below 



2,000 ft. 



Descriptive notes. 



Trunk 40 to 60 ft L, bi pin- 

 nate, very handsome. 



Pinnated-leaved ; trunk 

 5080 ft., never straight 



Trunk stout, erect, 4080 

 ft. L. immense, 10 20ft. 

 diam. Seeds large, ivory- 

 like, made into buttons, 

 etc. 



5?.=SinhaIese : 7'.=Tamil 



