3—4 mm. 
p with thick flesh. rE. goce Sarg.] 
ARECACEAE 241 
AX L. Unarmed trees. Leaves with flabellate blades pale or 
akei? scurfy beneath, and smooth petioles; the leaf-segments rather stiff: 
spadix relatively long, often decidedly elongate, erect or ascending in an- 
dix 
thesis, the branches pn at intervals on a long spadix. Stamens mostly 6: 
filaments united at the base. Style concave or flat. Drupe ivory-white.— 
bout 12 species of E America.— THATCH-PALMS. EF-THATCHES. 
Flowers, and fruits, on slender pedicels: sepals and petals united mo an oor rey 
lobed or truncate cup: filaments subulate. . T. parviflora 
Flowers, and fruits, on stout disk-like pedicels : sepals em pens 
partly united, the lobes acute: filaments nearly triangular. 2. T. microcarpa. 
1. T. parviflora Sw. Slender tree up to 9 m. tall: leaves with relatively short 
stiff petioles; blades T 9— bea e wide, yellowish-green above: pedicels 
ong: drupe 
LORIDA THATCH-PALM.)—-Hammocks and 
ici shores, pen. Fla. and the Keys.— 
(W. I.)—Spr.—First detected in Florida 
ra = o o treated and made 
cial house palms for PET 
eee. Plants a metimes referred t 
Cuban T. Wendlandiana seem to As dere 
2, T. microcarpa Sarg. Stout tree up to 10 m. tall: leaves with long pliable 
petioles; blades 10 dm. wide or more, usually pale-green above: pedicels dd 
) 
disks: drupe 3-6 mm. in diameter, with thin fle UMS RITTLE-THATCH. )—Pin 
lands, hammocks, and sandy shores, p Fla. and the Keys.—(W. I.)—Sp 
The status of T.keyensis Sarg. (KEY-THATCH) is b ful. The assigned diag- 
Er a elongate spadices and large (5-6 mm.) fruits—together 
mock habitat, may, upon further ee prove it to be entitled to 
ner aes 
7. COCCOTHRINAX Sarg. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves with 
flabellate blades we or pale- fare beneath, and smooth petioles; the leaf- 
segments pliable and somewhat in 
Spadix relatively short, nodding, the: ae 
congested on a short spadix. MR 
mostly 9: filaments distinet or nearly 
Style funnelform. Drupe black o P UD 
black—About 10 species, West Yadian. 
1. C. argentea (Lodd.) Sarg. Shrub or 
small tree up to 8 m. tall: leaf-blades 2-8 
dm. broad, with the ligule 1-1.5 em. broad: 
spa ix d g: mature pedicels 1-2 
ng: drupe 7—10 mm. th Thrinax 
oS Lodd. C. jucunda Sarg ]—(S1 
ISCAYNE-PALM.)— ine- 
lands pude in hammocks, Everglade Keys and Cape Sable, Fla. pud ges 
Keys.—(W. I.)—Spr., or other seasons following forest fires.—C. Garberi 
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