249. JA ARECACEAE 
( iR s is à stunted form at the northern end of its natural range, 
r Mia The most graceful of our smaller palms. On the mainland e 
fined to the Cape Sable region, the Everglade Keys, and to the lower E d 
dunes where seeds have been carried by migratory birds. 
8. SERENOA Hook. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves RU or spread- 
ing: blades flabellate, cordate at the base: petioles armed with short recurve ed 
spines along their edges. Stamens unequal, those opposite the petals with 
the broader filaments. Drupe and seed ellipsoid or oval.—One speci 
1. S. repens Cage Small, Shrub with simple or branched stems, or a tree 
the trunk 7 m. tall or less, or pei nie leaf-blades suborbieular, 
green or glau eh 3-8 dm. broad, cordat 
at the bri petioles frm Zl ines: petals 
4—4. mm. long. 
[S. deerit ped * giook. o -PAL- 
METTO. )—Hammocks, pinelands, serub, sand- 
dunes, and savanna ahs, Coastal Plain, Fla, to 
La. and S. C.—Spr.—Thi s palm oce upies a 
larg? range of habitats. alo ong ps eastern 
eoast of Florida and 1n the serub, the foliage 
is eel o but i in other localities it 
is green. Plants vary greatly in size. The 
stem norma X ereeping and copiously 
rooted pd the under side. Sometimes, how- 
ever, single plants or colonies have oblique 
to erect stems rooted only at the base. el 
trary to the habit of most of our palms 
stems Es pag aed much-branched. the ae were an important aboriginal 
food. are used in medicine. a e m a source of tannic-acid ex- 
tract. The flowers are an important s of honey. The deep-red fibrous 
uds at the bases of the petioles are noticeable = when the bud is pulled 
apart. 
9. PAUROTIS O. F. Cook. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves spreading: 
blades flabellate: petioles with mostly upeurved spines. Spadix elongate, pro- 
jecting beyond the leaves, with separated branches. Stamens equal or essen- 
tially so, the filaments broad. Stigmas ter- 
minal. Drupe globular, glabrous. Seed de- 
pressed. [Acoeloraphe H. Wendl.]—One 
species. 
I Ps hib ois (Griseb.) Britton.  Shrub 
with many stems, or a tree, the trunks rarely 
solitary or several, or very m y together, 
up to 12 m. tall or less: leaf. Dg half- 
orbieular orbieular, 5-10 dm. broad, 
sometimes Buc at the base, the segments 
slenderly oe lara with flat orange 
spines: petals abou m. long: drupe 8-10 
m r 
—(SAW-CABBAGE-PALM. | CUBAN-PALM. uu and low savannahs, Big 
Cypress and S Everglades, Fla.—(W. I.)—Spr.—Di = ers from our other palms 
in the extensive underground stem-sys ae ‘which supports a colony of tall 
slender often closely placed erect branches. The pee of pap red 
