Description
Palm trees: 1) True sago palm (Metroxylon sagu); 2) Solitary fishtail palm (Caryota urens) with nut and inflorescence ; 3) Latan palm (Latania lontaroides) with nut and shelled nut (left); 4) Carnaubeira palm (Copernicia prunifera) with inflorescence, blossom and nut; 5) Sea coconut, or Maldive coconut (Lodoicea seychellarum) with male inflorescence (left), female blossoms and nut; 6) Cuban royal palm (Roystonea regia) with blossoms and fruit spike; 7) Rhopalostylis baueri with fruit. Wood engravings, published around 1895.