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710. Cycas revoluta, 77*., Jap. Sotetsu / it<br />
grows in<br />
warm regions, attaining to a height of about 10 fts. and branching<br />
in groups. Its stem is covered with scales, and is highly prized<br />
as an ornamental garden or pot- plant on account of its beautiful<br />
slender lanceolate leaves growing pinnately. The male inflorescence<br />
of this dioecious plant comes forth in the middle stem in the<br />
form of a club, being 2-3 fts. long, while the female flowers open<br />
on the hand-like stalks, to which the seeds are attached. The<br />
seeds are about the size of a small peach, and are of a bright<br />
colour. The kernels are edible when broiled (217. c.).<br />
Starch is<br />
obtained from its stem. Its leaves are used for plaiting hats<br />
and baskets.<br />
711. diamserops excelsa, Tk. 9 Jap. Shuro ; it is produced<br />
in warm regions. Its stem .Stains to a height of 30-40 fts.,<br />
growing straight in the form of a club. The leaves grow<br />
at the<br />
summit of the stem, and expand like fans on long peduncles. Male<br />
and female flowers grow on separate plants.<br />
The male flowers are<br />
yellow and millet grain sized, and the fruits of the female flowers<br />
are bean-sized. The outside of the stem is covered with hair called<br />
Shuro-no-ke, which is used for many purposes (349. c.).<br />
is also used as an ornamental wood.<br />
Its stem<br />
712. Rhapis flabelliformis, Ait., Jap. Shuro-chiku ;<br />
an ornamental palm produced in warm regions. Its sterns grow in<br />
groups, attaining to a height of about 10 feet. In cold regions,<br />
they do not grow so high, but only about 1 ft. The leaves are<br />
fan-shaped and deeply cut into segments. Its flowers open in<br />
spikes spreading into branches. Like the preceding,<br />
it is a di;ocious<br />
plant. Its fruits are small and round with scales. Its stems<br />
being tough and strong are made into sticks, umbrella-handles, etc.<br />
713. Rhapis kwannontik, Jap. Kwannon-chiku, Rinkiu-skuro-chiku<br />
; a palm resembling very much the preceding,<br />
but the stem is covered with much more fibres, and its dark green<br />
leaves are short and stiff.<br />
714. _ > Jap. KikkQ-chikn ; a variety origi-<br />
PhylJostachys heterocycia,<br />
Carr.
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