PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 21 



PLATE 17 



PARADISE KEY, ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK, LO\YKR EVERGLADES, FLORIDA. 

 FIGS. 1 and 4. Royal palm trees (Royslonea regia O. F. Cook), at edge of hammock as 



seen across sawgrass prairie, overtopping other hammock trees. (Photos by Wilson 



Popenoe.) 

 FIG. 2. View of tops of royal palms showing clusters of seed below foliage. (Photo by 



W. E. Brown. I 

 FIG. 3. View of royal palms showing clear length and taper of trunks. (Photo by 



W. E. Brown.) 



