438 palmjE. (palms.) 



single erect orthotropous or anatropous ovule in each cell. Styles 3, 

 mostly united : stigmas entire. Fruit a drupe or berry. Embryo cylin- 

 drical, ^^laced in a cavity of the hard albumen, near the circumference of 

 the seed. — Stems erect or creeping. Leaves long-petioled. Spadix 

 axillary. 



1. SABAXj, 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-cellcd. Styles united, 3-angled : stigma 

 capitate or obtuse. Fruit a 1-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 siirathing 

 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. (Cabbage-Palmetto.) 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, commonl}' shorter than the leaves ; petals 

 slightly united at the base; style thick; drupe globose. (Chamajrops Palmetto, 

 Mi.chx.) — Sandy 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-Palmetto.) 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 toraentose, much shorter than the leaves ; petals scarcely 

 united; style slender; drupe ovoid-oblong. (S. minima, Ntitt.? Chamarops, 

 Piirsh.) — 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, Guems. (Dwarf Palmetto.) 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 ; spa- 

 dix erect, smooth, slender, much longer than the leaves ; petals united at the 

 base ; style thick ; drupe globose. ( S. pumila, Ell.) — Low grounds in the lower 

 districts, Florida to North Carolina. June and July. — Leaves 2° -3° high. 

 Spadix 3° - 6° liigh. Drupe 4" in diameter, black. Nut hemispherical. 



2. CHAM^ROPS, L. 



Flowers polygamous, bracted. Calyx 3-cleft. Corolla 3-petalled. Stamens 

 6-9, with the filaments connate at the base : anthers oblong. Ovaries 3, more 



