Show A deadly tree ree the cannibal tree of aust australia lia grows in the form of a gigantic raine pineapple apple seldom reaching a height exceeding ten or twelve feet feel its height however is not a criterion to its diameter as the reader will imagine when told that one eight feet in height may b be five feet through ali at the base tile the leaves resemble broad planks and fire are frequently fifteen feet long twenty inches broad arid and one and a half feet thick at the base these boardlike board like leaves all ali put out at the top and hang down sq so as to form a sort of umbrella around the stem upon up the apex of bf the cone around which cout these bese leaves concentrate are two concave fig f agures Tires resembling dinner plates one above the other these are constantly filled with an intoxicating honey A bird may light upon the edge of these or a man or an animal may walk up the leaves to indulge in stolen sweets but death deat i is the penalty for such rashness the instant the honey receptacles are touched the leaves close like a trap and squeeze the life out of the meddler after awhile the leaves leave will swill relax their viselike vise like grasp the horrid tentacles ten acles will slowly unfold and nature has set her trap for another victim |