BEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 43 £ 



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CHAMJEROPS. 



Spatha com\)YessdL, Spa^l Spathe compre^e^ 

 dix ramosus. (lalijx 3- I dix brandling. Caly 

 partitus. Corolla 8-pe- | parted. Corolla 3 petal- 

 ■tala. Filamcnta submo- j led. Filaments somewhat 

 iiodelj)ba. Dn//?^a, mo- monodelphous. Drup 

 ^lospermae. 



seeded 



1. St 



^ C. caiidice repente ; [ Caudexcreeping,^tip 

 stipitibus aculeato-serra- | sharply serrate ; fronds 

 tis;frondibiisplicato-paI- | plaited {mli 

 matis Pursh, i p. 239. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 1155. Mich. 1. p. 206. 



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Fronds about 2 feet high, with the stem on stipes most sharply ser- 

 iate. Scape paniculate.. Flowers small, only one germ comino^ to 

 maturity, producing a bluish black dnipe* ^ 



^ Grows on the southern islands of Carolina : more common in Geor- 

 gia, where it extends through the flat pine barrens. 

 Flowers July-^Augnst, 



:&. Hystrix. Fraser. 



C. caudice repente;! Caudex creeping; stipes 

 stipitibus aculeis longissi- j intermingled with long 

 mis intermixtis ; frondi- i thorns ; fronds plaited, 

 bus plicato-pabiiatis. — j palmate. 

 Pursh, 1. p. S40. 1 



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rhis palm was first noticed by the late Mr. ^aser. The leaves 

 fronds attain the hels^ht of 4—5 feet. It is remarkable for the 

 thorns, like porcupiie quills, which grow from the root intermingled 

 with the fronds. It is found in rich, clajey soils, along the margins of 

 swamps, and from its peculiar deep green colcnir, is sometimes "called 



" blue palmetto ^^ 



Flowers June — August. 



3. Palmetto. 



C. caudice arboreo ; j Caudex arborescent ; 



Stipitibus mermibus ; spa- 1 stipes unarmed ,* spathes- 



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