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SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. PALMA. 
Coccothrinax jucunda was discovered in 1880 by Mr. A. H. Curtiss* on Bahia Honda Key. 
The specific name is in allusion to the sweet edible flesh of the fruit. 
1 See ii. 50. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puatzr DCCXXXVII. Coccormrinax sucunDA. 
1. A portion of a fruiting spadix, natural size. 
2. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
3. A seed, enlarged. 
4. A leaf, much reduced. 
5. A ligule, natural size. 
