| Latania commersonii, Gmel. (L. rubra, Jacq. L. borodnica, Lam., not Hort.). Leaves. 5-5 1/2 ft. long, dark green above, paler beneath; segms. lanceolate, acuminate, 2 ft. long, 3 1/4-3 1/2 in. wide, their margins entire, spiny in young plants, veins and margins tinged with red; petiole 4-6 ft., slightly tomentose, the margins smooth, spiny in young plants: spadix 3-6 ft. long: drupe globose, 1 1/2- 1 1/3 in. diam. Mauritius. | | Latania commersonii, Gmel. (L. rubra, Jacq. L. borodnica, Lam., not Hort.). Leaves. 5-5 1/2 ft. long, dark green above, paler beneath; segms. lanceolate, acuminate, 2 ft. long, 3 1/4-3 1/2 in. wide, their margins entire, spiny in young plants, veins and margins tinged with red; petiole 4-6 ft., slightly tomentose, the margins smooth, spiny in young plants: spadix 3-6 ft. long: drupe globose, 1 1/2- 1 1/3 in. diam. Mauritius. |