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Photo from Eliza R. Scidmore 
TALIPOT PALM TRLE, ON WHOSE DRIED LEAVES, OR OLAS, THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES 
WERE WRITTEN 
It bears this blossom after the age of 40 years— a splendid spike of wliite flowers 40 feet 
high. When the flowers fade the tree dies 
