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2. Oreodoxa regia, Kth. 



Royal Cabbage Palm. Several specimens in Nassau and through- 

 out the colony. West Indian. 



3. 0. oleracea, Mart. [Coll. Mart.) 



Barbadoes Cabbage Palm. West Indies. From the tree of this 

 genus is obtained the so-called cabbage, which consists of the young 

 leaf bud, and is eaten boiled or pickled. The pith affords a kind of 

 sago. From the fruit oil is obtained. 



4. Sabal umbraculifera, Mart. {Coll. Mart.) 

 Royal Palmetto. Fortune Island. (Eggers.) 



5. Palmetto, Lodd. 



Fortune Island, very common and used for making hats. (Eggers.) 

 Palmetto leaves when young and undeveloped are an excellent 

 vegetable or " cabbage," and later are used for thatch and for mak- 

 ing baskets, mats, etc., of best quality. The stem of T. parviflora 

 furnishes timber, and fibre is obtained from S. umbraculifera. The 

 roots are rich in tannin and very astringent. Canes of Palmetto- 

 wood readily break diagonally, and so can be used as daggers, the 

 edges being very sharp. On this account their use is forbidden in 

 Cuba. 



6. Thrinax parviflora, Sw. (Calesd.) 



Fan Palm, Royal Palmetto, Palmetto Thatch. 



7. T. argentea, Lodd. (Catesb.) 



Silver leaved palmetto, Silver thatch. 



8. Cocos nucifera, Linn. 



Cocoa nut, Porcupine wood, Palmyra wood, Cocoa Palm. Intro- 

 duced from West Indies; originally from Indian Archipelago or 

 from Islands west of Panama. It is needless to mention in detail 

 the manifold uses of this palm. One summary of them says, that it 

 yields sugar, milk, solid cream, oil, wine, cloth, cups, wood for build- 

 ing, thatch, etc. Cocoanut oil is obtained by pressing the albumen 

 when fresh ; it is transparent, and is used in cookery ; used in Eng- 

 land under the name of Copra. The thicker portion, stearine, is 

 used in making candles, the clear oil for burning in lamps ; for 

 affections of the chest. It is mildly depurative and laxative. 

 Glycerine is obtained from it. The fibre is used for "Coir" ropes, 

 matting, brushes, brooms, upholstery, etc. (Smith Diet., Econ. PI.) 

 Its young leaves are excellent " cahbage ". The pulp and milk of 

 young nuts are said to be strongly anthelmintic. 



