The main stems of these leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining and tapering, and each embraces, at its insertion, a considerable part of the trunk. The trunk of the palm is, in fact, made up of the remains of leaves, the ends of which... The Hyacinth, Or, Affection's Gift - Page 1991850Full view - About this book
| Botany, Economic - 1829 - 446 pages
...Like youthful maids, when sleep descending Warns them to their silken beds *." The main stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining,...prominent just under the crown, but more obliterated toward the root of the tree. The bottoms of the leaves are enveloped in membranous sheaths, or fringed... | |
| Botany, Economic - 1830 - 438 pages
...Like youthful maids, when sleep descending Warns them to their silken beds*." The main stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining...obliterated towards the root of the tree. The bottoms of the leaves are enveloped in membranous sheaths, or fringed with very tough fibrous matter. These leaves... | |
| Botany, Economic - 1830 - 440 pages
...Like youthful maids, when sleep descending Warns them' to their silken beds*." The main stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining...a considerable part of the trunk. The trunk of the palrn is, in fact, made up of the remains of leaves, the ends of which are prominent just under the... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Cyclopaedias - 1831 - 484 pages
...When it attains this height, its diameter is from a foot to eighteen inches. The rnain stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining, and tapering, and each embracing at its insertion a considerable part of the trunk. Before the fruit is ripe, it is rather... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
..."When it attains this height, its diameter is from a foot to eighteen w inches. The main stems ? of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining, and tapering, and each embracing at its insertion a considerable part of the trunk. Before the fruit is ripe, it is rather... | |
| Bible - 1838 - 900 pages
...of leaves, which are equally graceful in their formation and their arrangement. The main stems oi' 36 tow.irda the root of the tree. The bottoms of these leaves are enveloped in membranous sheatlis. or... | |
| William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pages
...main stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining, anil tapering; and em-h embraces, at its insertion, a considerable part of...prominent just under the crown, but more obliterated toward the root of the tree. The bottoms of the leaves are enveloped in membranous sheaths, or fringed... | |
| Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...throwsoutaimgnificent crown of leaves, which arc equally graceful in their formation and their arangement. The main stems of these leaves are from eight to twelve...prominent just under the crown, but more obliterated toward the ront of the tree ; the bottoms of these leaves are enveloped in membranous sheaths or fringed... | |
| William Rhind - Botany - 1857 - 874 pages
...leaves, which are equally graceful in their formation and their arrangement. The main sterna of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, firm, shining, and tapering; end each embraces, at its insertion, a considerable part of the trunk. The trunk of the palm is, in... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1845 - 290 pages
...decay, the stalk advances in height. The main stems of the leaves are from eight to twelve feet long, and each embraces, at its insertion, a considerable part of the trunk. The leaves are pinnated, or in the form of feathers, each leaf being composed of a great number of long,... | |
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