240 ARECACEAE 
1. S. minor (Jaeq.) Pers. Rootstock ei dd 
or del curved: leaf-blades glaucous 
pale-green, the segments sparingly if 
all Aliferous, the midrib very short: spadix 
mo branched at long intervals, 1-2 m 
long, erect or ascending at maturity: petals 
n dia 
M " UE-STE 
or sometimes rocky, run along streams, 
cs pr 
.—More ane 
2. S. MCN Small. Tree up to 8 m. tall: leaves spreading in all direc- 
tions, up to 3 m. long: blades a , deep- green, the oe oe 
the midrib extending i to à the length of ‘the blade: spadix elongate , EP to 5 
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ds | 8-9 mm. 
broad.—(DELTA-PALMETTO. PALMETTO-WITH-A-STEM.)—Flat a alluvial places, 
along the lower Mississippi Dou. and lakes, S La. | 
3. S. Etonia Swingle. Rootstock S-shaped and more or less spiral: leaves 
erect or ascending, dee No re filiferous: spadix closely branched, 
5-8 dm . long, often prostrate at n petals 3-3.5 mm. long: drupes 15—20 | 
: ds 10—18 broad. aca 
, ALMETTO. SCRUB 
pen. Fla.—The leaves ho usually less than half as large as those of the follow- 
ing speeies, as well as relatively shorter-petiole The bud is eaten like cab- 
bage. The stem is et imes so strongly spiral that the plant is known as 
CORKSCREW-PALM. 
4. S. Palmetto (Walt.) Todd. Tree up to 20 m. tall: — spreading in 
all directions, 2-3 m. long; blades often wider aia long: spadix 1-2 m. 
ong: drupes lea aes . in pi seed E depressed, 
less than 8 mm. broad.—(CABB bo CABBAGE-PALMETT CABBAGE-PALM. 
—Prairies, mode. inelands, and hammocks, Coastal Plain, Fla. to islands 
off the coast of N. C—(W. I.)—Almost ubiquito us in pen. Fla. where it 
grows not only in wet and dry T es, but in all kinds of soil and in fresh, 
sulphur, and salt waters. Rare on n the upper Florida Keys: abundant on som 
f the lower keys. The fruits were an aboriginal food. The Seminoles use 
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organizations as amulets. Within and near its range much planted as an orna- 
mental. The plant of the Everglade Keys has been described as Inodes 
Swartzii O. F. Cook, but does not appear i be distinct. The exact aa ue 
- the genus of S. Adansonii ? megacarpa as cited above, is uncerta It 
age. W n 
it is conspecific with S. Etonia or merely a juvenile condition of S. Palmetto. 
is Jamesiana Small. Tree up to 5 m. tall, the stout, often inclined trunk 
1-3 m. tall, usually elothed with EUM persistent leaf-bases: leaves loosely 
spreading in all directions, mostly 2—4 m. long; blades longer than wide, mostly 
1-1.5 mm. long, flat, the very numerous (70—100) segments much shorter than 
the undivided part of a Dd sparingly cate pug about 1 m. lon 
drupes depressed, abou n dia eed 7.5-8.5 mm. broad, no 
depressed.—High ee Everglade "Koye S pen. Fla. 
