408 PALMiE. (palms.) 



single crort ortliotropoiis or anatnipnus ovule in oacli etll. Stylos 3, 

 mostly united : stigmas entire. Frnit a drupe or berry. Knihryo cylin- 

 drical, placed in a cavity of tiie hard all)umen, near the circunit'erence of 

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

 a.xillary. 



1. SABAXj, Adiiiis. Palmetto. 



Flowers i)crfect, sessile, biiuted. C'silyx cup-sliapcd, 3-(lcft. Corolla 3- 

 pctalled. Stamens 6, liypofrynous ; tlic filaments subulate, distinct. Anthers 

 cordate ovate, horizontal. Ovary 3-ceIlcd. Styles united, 3-angled : stigma 

 capitate or obtuse. Fruit a 1-seedcd drupe. Embryo dorsal. Albumen ho- 

 mogeneous, horny. — Stems simple or branched, erect or creeping. Leaves 

 fan-shaped, long-pctioled, with the divisions 2-cleft at the apex and often with 

 long thread-like fiUiments interposed. Spadix long, branching, witli siicathing 

 spathi's at tlie joints. Flowers small, whitisli, rigid. Drupe oblong or globose. 

 Sheaths of llic loaves commonly composed of dry interlaced fibres. 



1. S. Palmetto, R. & S. (Caurage-P.^lmetto.) Stem erect, tali, sim- 

 ple, leafy at tiie summit; leaves large, cordate in outline, pinnatifid-fan-shaped, 

 recurved at the summit, mostly shorter than the smooth concave petiole ; tho 

 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. (Chamairops Palmetto, 

 Michx.) — 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 sliglitly cleft at the apex, and without thread-like filaments in the si- 

 nuses ; spadix densely tomentosc, much shorter than the leaves; petals scarcely 

 united; style slender; drupe ovoid-ohlong. (S. minima, ..Yh//. ? Chamajrops, 

 Pursli.) — 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, Gucrns. (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 slijjhtly deft 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 jrlobose. (S. pumila, EH.) — Low grounds in the lower 

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

 Spadix 3° - G° higli. Drupe 4" in diameter, black. Nut hemisphtrical. 



2. CHAM^ROPS, L. 



Flowers polygamous, hractcd. Calyx 3-cleft. Corolla 3-pctallcd. Stamens 

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



