It was apparently a species of Areca.

Another of immense height closely resembled in appearance the Euterpes of South America.

Here also grew the fan-leafed palm, whose small, nearly entire leaves are used to make the dammar torches, and to form the water-buckets in universal use.

During this walk I saw near a dozen species of palms, as well as two or three Pandani different from those of Langundi.

There were also some very fine climbing ferns and true wild Plantains (Musa), bearing an edible fruit not so large as one's thumb, and consisting of a mass of seeds just covered with pulp and skin.
The people assured me they had tried the experiment of sowing and cultivating this species, but could not improve it.