438 PALM&. (PALMS.) 
single erect orthotropous or anatropous ovule in each cell. Styles 3, 
mostly united: stigmas entire. Fruit a drupe or berry. Embryo cylin- 
drical, placed in a cavity of the hard albumen, near the circumference of 
the seed. — Stems erect or creeping. Leaves long-petioled. Spadix 
axillary. 
1. SABAL, Adans. PALMETTO. 
Flowers perfect, sessile, bracted. Calyx cup-shaped, 3-cleft. Corolla 3- 
petalled. Stamens 6, hypogynous ; the filaments subulate, distinct. Anthers 
cordate-ovate, horizontal. Ovary 3-celled. Styles united, 3-angled: stigma 
capitate or obtuse. Fruit a l-seeded drupe. Embryo dorsal. Albumen ho- 
mogeneous, horny.— Stems simple or branched, erect or creeping. Leaves 
fan-shaped, long-petioled, with the divisions 2-cleft at the apex and often with 
long thread-like filaments interposed. Spadix long, branching, with sheathing 
spathes at the joints. Flowers small, whitish, rigid. Drupe oblong or globose. 
Sheaths of the leaves commonly composed of dry interlaced fibres. 
1. S. Palmetto, R. & S. (Camsacr-ParwETTO.) Stem erect, tall, sim- 
ple, leafy at the summit; leaves large, cordate in outline, pinnatifid-fan-shaped, 
recurved at the summit, mostly shorter than the smooth concave petiole ; the 
very numerous divisions deeply cleft, and with thread-like filaments at the si- 
nuses ; spadix smooth and spreading, commonly shorter than the leaves ; petals 
slightly united at the base; style thick; drupe globose. (Chamerops Palmetto, 
Michx.) — Šandy soil along the coast, Florida to North Carolina. June.— 
Stem 20°-40° high. Leaves 5°- 8? long, their bases long-persistent. Drupe 
black, 4” - 5” in diameter. 
2. S. serrulata, R. & S. (Saw-Patmerro.) Stem creeping, branching ; 
leaves circular in outline, fan-shaped, bright-green, shorter than the slender 
plano-convex more or less spiny-edged petiole ; the numerous '(15 - 30) erect 
divisions slightly cleft at the apex, and without thread-like filaments in the Si 
nuses ; spadix densely tomentose, much shorter than the leaves ; petals scarcely 
united ; style slender; drupe ovoid-oblong. (S. minima, Nuit.? Chamero 
Pursh.) — Sandy soil in the lower districts, Florida to South Carolina. June. 
— Stem 4°-8° long. Leaves 2°-4° high. Drupe black, 8" -9" long. 
3. S. Adansonii, Guerns. (Dwarr Parmerro.) Stem short, buried in 
the earth; leaves circular in outline, glaucous, fan-shaped, slightly pinnatifid, 
longer than the stout concave smooth-edged petiole; the numerous (20 -30) 
. divisions slightly cleft at the apex, sparingly filamentose at the sinuses; — 
dix erect, smooth, slender, much longer than the leaves; petals united at the 
base; style thick ; drupe globose. (S. pumila, 7I.) — Low grounds in the low’ 
districts, Florida to North Carolina. June and July. — Leaves 9o - 39 high. 
Spadix 39-6? high. Drupe 4" in diameter, black, Nut hemispherical. 
