Original: ISBN 0-935-86830-5 / ISBN 978-0-935-86830-2 They have large evergreen leaves that are either palmately ( ` fan-leaved ' ) or pinnately ( ` feather-leaved ' ) compound and spirally arranged at the top of the stem .
Simplified: They have large evergreen leaves that are either ` fan-leaved ' or ` feather-leaved ' and arranged in a spiral at the top of the trunk .