 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,. - Page 106by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - Sri Lanka - 1892 - 494 pages
...him from his noonday sleep. One snap from 1 Tennaut mentions haviug seen a specimen 250 feet long anj an inch in diameter without a single irregularity,...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... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 884 pages
...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,...than the bunch of feathery leaves at the extremity.' RATAN. The leaves are always pinnate, and very beautiful. The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 982 pages
...scattered along the stem. Sir James E. Tenncnt 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 leaVbs are always pinnate, and very beautiful. The fruit is a dry berry, covered with imbricated scale's,... | |
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