Tennent says, in his work on Ceylon : ' I have seen a specimen 250 feet long, and an inch in diameter, without a single irregularity, and no appearance of foliage other than the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical - Page 106by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 860 pages
...there are no leaves scattered along the item. lit Sir James E. Tennent says, in his work on Ceylon : ' I have seen a specimen '250 feet long, and an inch...the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful. The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scales,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 862 pages
...there are no leaves scattered along the stem. Sir James E. Tennent says, in his work on Ceylon : ' I have seen a specimen 250 feet long, and an inch...the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scales,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 854 pages
...Sir James E. Tennent saya, in his work on Ceylon : * I have seen a specimen 2.">0 feet lon-j, and au inch in diameter, without a single irregularity, and...the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful. The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scales,... | |
| Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 850 pages
...the stem. Sir James E. Tennent says, in his work on Ceylon : ' I have seen a specimen 250 feet Ion?, and an inch in diameter, without a single irregularity, and no appearance of foliage other thau the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful.... | |
| Georg Hartwig - Antarctic regions - 1871 - 776 pages
...armed with thorns on its lower surface. Tennent mentions having seen a specimen two hundred and fifty feet long and an inch in diameter, without a single...than the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity. Though often extremely disagreeable to the traveler, yet the ratane are far from being useless. The... | |
| Sara H. Browne - Commerce - 1871 - 444 pages
...joints, each bearing a feathery leaf with thorns on its lower surface. They may often be seen two hundred feet long, and an inch in diameter, without a single irregularity, and destitute of all appearance of foliage, except a tuft of graceful leaves at the extremity. The natives... | |
| Georg Hartwig - Antarctica - 1877 - 868 pages
...armed with thorns on its lower surface. Tennent mentions having seen a specimen two hundred and fifty feet long and an inch in diameter, without a single...and no appearance of foliage other than the bunch of featWy'!ei?*e at the extremity. Though often extremely disagreeable to the traveler, yet the ratant... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 844 pages
...1 have seen a specimen ¿SO feet long, and an inch in diameter, without a single irregularity, anil no appearance of foliage other than the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scales,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 986 pages
...scattered along the stem. Sir James E. Tennent says, in his work on Ceylon: "I have seen a specimen 250 ft. long, and an inch in diameter, without a single irregularity,...the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity." The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful. The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scales,... | |
| Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - Sri Lanka - 1892 - 480 pages
...inadvertently stumble over one and awaken him from his noonday sleep. One snap from 1 Tennant mentions having seen a specimen 250 feet long and an inch in diameter...than the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity. In the southern forests, where it grows most luxuriantly, these slender canes are used by the natives... | |
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