Inventory 66, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VI. 



The Talipot Palm of Tropical Asia. (Corypha umbraculifera L., 

 S. P. I. No. 52802.) 



Often growing to a height of more than 80 feet, this giant palm attains a spread of about 200 

 square feet. The seeds are dyed red and sold as coral for beads, the pith of the trunk yields 

 a kind of sago, and the leaves are made into fans and mats. It vdll probably do well in 

 Porto Rico, and in the Canal Zone and other parts of tropical America. (Photographed bv 

 J. F. Rock, Okima, Burma, January, 1921; (P22686FS. 



