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found growing from the old leaf axils on the trunks of cabbage pal- 

 mettos ; the strap fern, C ampyloneuron phyllitidis, with undivided, 

 strap - shaped fronds ; the well - known 

 "Boston fern " of our conservatories 

 {Nephrolepis exaltata), and the closely 

 allied sword fern (A 7 , biserrata). Other 

 species included in the flora are the brake, 

 Pteridium caudatum; the beautiful royal 

 fern (pi. 23) ; Anemia adianiifolia (pi. 

 24) ; and the wood ferns, Dryopteris patens 

 and D. angescens. 1 



FLORIDA PALMS. 

 Among the native palms of peninsular 

 Florida are the royal palm (pi. 25) which Fig. io.— epiphytal filmy 



. . .. . -r» > t» t aj_ ii fern, Trichomanes punctata. 



has given its name to Koyal .raim biate enlarged. 



Park; the saw palmetto so characteristic 



of the pinelands; the saw cabbage palm, Paurotis wrightii, of coast 



hammocks (pis. 26 and 27) which has sometimes been confused with 



the preceding ; the cabbage palmetto, 

 or cabbage palm (pi. 28) ; the small- 

 seeded, dwarf, blue-stem palmetto, 

 Sabal glabra, of northern Florida; 

 the large-seeded, dwarf palmetto, 

 Sabal etonia, of southern Florida ; the 

 silver palm of the pine woods near 

 Miami and Homestead, Coccothri- 

 nax argentea; the Florida thatch 

 palm, Thrinax ftoridana.; and the 

 brittle thatch, Thrinax microcarpa, 

 which occurs at the lower extremity 

 of the peninsula. The majority of 

 these species are found also on the 

 Bahamas and other islands of the 

 West Indies; the large-fruited Sabal 

 etonia, however, is endemic. The 

 coconut palm is not a native of 

 Florida, but may be regarded as a 

 naturalized citizen of the State. In 

 the accompanying illustration (pi. 

 28) are shown the seeds of most of 

 these palms which differ so strik- 

 ingly that they will serve to identify 

 the various species. In addition to 

 the seeds themselves the plate in- 

 cludes the dropping of a bird in 



1 For further information regarding Florida ferns the reader is referred to the beauti- 

 ful little pocket manual of Dr. J. K. Small, entitled " Ferns of tropical Florida, 1918. 



Fig. 11. — Cabbage palm, Sabal pal- 

 metto, SHOWING DECURVED LEAF- 

 BLADES. 



