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178. Coccothiinax Miraguano (Martius) Beccarl. Star Palm. 



Thrinax Miraguano Martius, Historia Naturalis Palmarum, III, 1850, p. 320. 

 Coccothrinax Miraguano Beccari, Webbia, II, 1908, p. 295. 



Near Nueva Gerona, May and April, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 423; 

 February-March, 1910, Dr. Jared F. Shafer; in savanna about two 

 miles east of Nueva Gerona, May 9, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 156; 

 near Nueva Gerona, May 14, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 623. General 

 Distribution: Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



The Star Palna is an odd plant. Its trunk is straight, smooth, 

 reaching perhaps a height of thirty feet, but very slender, usually 

 not over two or three inches in diameter. The leaves are borne in a 

 close cluster at the apex, very soon dropping when dead, rarely 

 reaching a diameter of two feet, and being borne on smooth slender 

 petioles. The palm is fairly common on the "Mai Pais" gravel of 

 the savannas in the northern part of the Island, reaching also the 

 sandy pine-barrens around Los Indios. Some fine specimens were 

 seen on the upper slopes (mica-schist) of the Canada Mts. See Plate 

 VII. 



179. Copernicia Curtissii Beccari. 

 Copernicia Curtissii Beccari, in Webbia, II, 1908, p. 176. 



Near Nueva Gerona, April 5, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 433; on the 

 open savanna near Nueva Gerona, May 5, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 7. 

 See Plate VIII. General Distribution: Isle of Pines, 



This is one of the characteristic palms of the open savannas growing 

 together with the Palmetto, Accelorraphe Wrightii. 



180. Sabal parviflora Beccari. Cabbage Palm. 



Sabal parviflora Beccari, in Webbia, II, 1908, p. 43. 



Near Nueva Gerona, January and April, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 

 484; growing among palmettoes on the savanna about one and one- 

 half miles east of Nueva Gerona, May 7, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 70. 

 General Distribution: Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



This is the large-leaved "cabbage palm" of the Isle of Pines. It is 

 quite largely used for purposes of thatching, and trees with a full crop 

 of leaves are difificult to find. It occurs not only upon the savanna 

 but also upon the slopes of the crystalline-limestone hills and moun- 

 tains in the northeastern part of the island. 



