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disappears, or is even slightly reversed. The large leaves which point high up against the sky in the morning are thus swung round in the afternoon through a vertical
Fig. 1. The Faridpur 'Praying' Palm: the upper photograph shows position in the morning; the lower position in the afternoon. The two fixed stakes are one metre in height. In front is seen erect trunk of a different Palm.
