PALMiE. (palms.) 463 



edged petiule ; the divisions slightly cleft at the apex, and without thread-like 

 filameuts ; spadix densely tomentose, much shorter thau the leaves ; drupe 

 ovoid-obloug. — Sandy soil in the lower districts. June. — Stem 4°- 8° long. 

 Leaves 2=' - 4° high. Drupe black, 8" - 9" long. 



4. EAPHIDOPHYLLUM, H. Wendl. 



Flowers polygamous, crowded ou the short branching spadix, sessile. Calyx 

 3-parted. Petals 3, round-ovate, imbricate. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the petals. Anthers linear. Ovaries 3-5. Stigma small, spreading. 

 Drupes 1-3, ovoid, woolly, 1-seeded. Embryo dorsal, in homogeneous 

 albumen. 



1. B,. HystriX, H. Wendl. (Blue Palmetto.) Stem short, prolifer- 

 ous ; leaves circular in outline, with numerous 2 -4-toothed divisions, on trian- 

 gular rough edged petioles; sheaths composed of obli(iue fi1n-es interwoven 

 with numerous erect strong spines ; spadix small, short-peduncled ; spatlies 

 about 4, oblong, woolly, 2-lipped ; drupe ovoid. — Low shady woods in the 

 lower districts, Florida to South Carolina. June- July. — Stem 2° -3° long, 

 erect or creeping. Leaves somewhat glaucous, 3° -4° high. Spadix 6' -12' 

 long. Partial spathes none. Drupe 9"- 12" long. 



5. OREODOXA, Willd. 



Flowers monoecious, sessile, bracted. Sepals 3, imbricated, at length united. 

 Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6, 9, or 12. Ovary 3-celled. Stigmas 3, sessile. 

 Drupe baccate. Embryo at the base of horny albumen. — Tall Palms, with 

 long pectinate-pinnate long-sheathing leaves. 



1. O. regia, HBK. (Royal Palm.) Stem 60° - 100^ high ; leaves 10° - 

 15° long, the narrowly lanceolate divisions acuminate, 1° long; drupe ol)long, 

 dark blue. — O^i Roger's River, ea.st of Caximbas Bay, and sparingh" near the 

 mouth of Little River, South Florida (Garber). 



6. PSEUDOPHCENIX, H. Wendl. 



Fruit stipitate, drupaceous, composed of one globose carpel, with the re- 

 mains of the stigma basal, or of 2 - 3 carpels with the stigma lateral or cen- 

 tral. Pericarp coriaceous, endocarp thin, crustaceous. Seed free, globular, 

 erect ; hiluni basal ; raphe ascending, branching ; albumen entire ; embryo 

 basal. Calyx 3-toothed. Corolla 3-petalled. Stamens 6. {Wendl and.) 



1. P. Sargenti, H. Wendl. Stem 20° -25° high; leaves abruptly pin- 

 nate 4° -.5° long, the segments rigid, glaucous beneath, 12'- 16' long; spadix 

 branching; fruit orange-scarlet, i'-f in diameter. — Elliott's and Long 

 Keys, South Florida. 



7. COCOS, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Sepals and petals 3. Stamens of the sterile flower 

 6, the filaments subulate. Sepals and petals of the fertile flower roundish. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Stigmas 3. Kut bony, with 3 pores at the base, enclosed in 

 a thick fibrous husk. Albumen hard or fleshy, hollow. Emltryo basal. — 

 Tall palms, with pinnate leaves, and small greenish or yellowish flowers. 



