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Palmeto-Royal, or Palmeto-Thatch 





Spadix 



Ramoji 



ulis Jimplicibus, fpathis propriis fimplicibus tefiis 



Genitalia omnia 

 Periantium Nullum 



Spadix tmbri 

 hermaphrodita fi 



dit 





Corolla Nulla 



Stamina. Filamenta fex brevia germini lateraliter adnata vel incidentia 



anthers oblonga?. 



Piftillum. Germen parvum globofum \ ftylus brcvis fimplex ; ftigma amplia 



Pericarpium 

 This tree is freq 



turn vagtnatum & quafi infundibuliforme. 

 Bacca uniloculans, nucleo unico nauco offeo tefio, reft 



7 



d covers whole fields 



fland: it grows both in the rocky h 



d 



feems to thrive befl in the form 



from four or five, to ten or fourteen feet in height. 



many parts of the 

 ft plains near the fea, but 



leaves of the form of 



fa 



It fhoots by a fimple ftaJk, and rifcs generally 



ways furnifhed with 



It 



is 



fuftained by flender comprefTed fooi-ftdlks, and be 



a great abundance of fmall berries, which ferve to feed both the birds and hearts of 

 the wood, when they are in feafon. The trunk (eldom exceeds four or five inch 



diameter 



it 



lied the Thatch-pole, and is much ufed for piles in wharfs 



d 



other buildings made in the fea ; for it has been obierved to lland the water very well, 



d is never corroded or touched by the worm 



loot-ftalks of the leaves are very 



and ferve (when fplit and pared) to make baskets, , bow- firings 



lea 



pi 



thoufand other conveniences, where ftrength and toughnefs is required 



P* 



s 



and 

 The 



are called Thatch, and 



daily ufed as iuch in mod new let Lments and 



fpecially for all the out-houfes, and is found to (land the weather 



many years ; but fuch coverings are apt to harbour rats, and other vermin, which 



prev 



more general ufe of them 



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CORYPHA 



2. Palmaeca ajfurgem, foliis flabelliformibus femipinnatis t pe 



oils majoribus comprejjis. 



Corypha. L. H. C. & G. PI 



Th 



This tree is as common 



eafte 

 fimpl 



larger Palmeto 



eward parts of *f& 



ther is in the 



e 



; and each equally fcarce in the territories of the other. It grows by a ftrong 

 ftalk, and rifes commonly to the height of fixteen or twenty feet; it is 



adorned with a number of large palmated leaves at the top 



b 



the rib. wh 



is 



always comprefTed 

 tapers from the bafe 



d about 



ches or more 



breadth near the 



ddle 



top, and runs forward to the very center of 



demitting its conneded ribs or foliage equally on both fid 

 very large, and terminated by lb many radiated po 



the extremity ; 

 the circumfere 



thefe 

 ze. of 



the fan ; but throw out fo many thready nerves from their interftices, as they iep 



I have not feen the flowers of this pi 



but have been induced to place it he 



from its likenefs to the foreg 



The 



k 



put to no ufe in that ifland, that 



I could 



but doubtlefs would ferve for the fame purpofes with the foregoing 



d likely better, as it g 



to a larger 



fize 



The foot-ftalks of the leaves are 



fometimes fplit and made into bafketsj and the leaves much ufed for thatch, and 



probably, are much better than the others, as they are extremely tough 



alio fpl 



fmall flips, and ufed for mending old chairs 



they 



TRIOPTERIS 1. Eredla fruticofa, foliis obhngis acuminatis ramulis gra 



cilibus. Tab. 1 B . f. 1 . 



Triopteris. L. Sp. PI. 





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Carpinus 





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