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Troolies are, perhaps, the largeft 

 leaves that have been hitherto difcovered 

 in any part of the world. Each leaf 

 is fupported by a fingle ftem, which 

 arifes immediately from the root, and 

 becomes the middle rib to the leaf, run- 

 ning through its whole length. Thefe 

 ftems are hard and ftrong, being near 

 the root about three inches in circum- 

 ference, and gradually tapering from 

 thence to the end. Each leaf is from 

 twenty to thirty feet in length, and 

 from two to three feet in breadth. 

 The fibres are ftrong, and clofely con- 

 nected from one end to the other, with- 

 out any fections or divifions. Ten or a 

 dozen of thefe leaves ufually grow in a 

 clufter, from a clufter of fmall fibrous 

 roots ; from the centre of the leaves 

 arifes a ftiort ftem, fupporting a clufter 

 of yellowifh white flowers, from which 

 are produced a great number of large 

 globular nuts, which confift of a rough 

 H 4 brown 



