32 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. PALME. 
The wood of the interior of the stem is spongy, pale brown, and much lighter than the hard 
heavy exterior rim, which contains numerous dark conspicuous fibro-vascular bundles. The specific 
gravity of the absolutely dry wood of the exterior of the stem is 0.7982, a cubic foot weighing 49.73 
pounds, the specific gravity of the interior being only 0.2128. The outer rim is sometimes manufac- 
tured into canes, its hardness and strength and the beauty of the markings caused by the dark-colored 
fibro-vascular bundles adapting it for this use. 
The name of the person who discovered Oreodoxa regia in the United States is not known.’ In 
Cuba it is often planted to form avenues, for which purpose its tall slender pale columnar stems and 
noble heads of foliage make it particularly valuable. It was cultivated in Europe as early as 1836, 
and now graces the gardens of all tropical countries. 
1 Nuttall, in his preface to The Sylva of North America (p. viii.), Garber subsequently collected it, and its existence on Rogue’s 
states that he was informed of the existence of a Palm ninety River and Long’s Key was established by Mr. A. H. Curtiss. 
feet high growing at some distance from the coast in east Florida. 2 H. Wendland, Index Palmarum, 31. 
This Palm must have been Oreodora regia. It was seen by Dr. J. 3 Gard. Chron. n. ser. iv. 302, £. 66.— Massart, Bull. Soc. Bot. 
G. Cooper, in 1859, on the shores of Bay Biscayne, where Dr. A.P. Belg. xxxiv. 159, f. 3. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
PuLatE DV. OREODOXA REGIA. 
. Portion of a flowering spadix, natural size. 
. Diagram of a staminate flower. 
A staminate flower, enlarged. 
Vertical section of a staminate flower, enlarged. 
. Diagram of a pistillate flower. 
. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. A pistillate flower, the perianth displayed, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a pistil, enlarged. 
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. A pistil divided transversely, enlarged. 
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. Portion of a fruiting spadix, natural size. 
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. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
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. A nutlet, enlarged. 
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. A seed, basal view. 
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. A seed, lateral view. 
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. Portion of a leaf, much reduced. 
