"Arenga" Quotes from Famous Books
... brilliant green, and contrast with gray limestone and red sandstone rocks and silvery cataracts. Palms are more numerous here;* [There are upwards of twenty kinds of Palm in this district, including Chamaerops, three species of Areca, two of Wallichia, Arenga, Caryota, three of Phoenix, Plectocomia, Licuala, and many species of Calamus. Besides these there are several kinds of Pandanus, and the Cycas pectinata.] the cultivated Areca (betel-nut) especially, raising its graceful ... — Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker |