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SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. PALME. 
In Florida the trunks are sometimes used in making sponge and turtle-crawls. 
Thrinax parviflora appears to have been first noticed in Florida by Dr. A. W. Chapman’ in 1875. 
1 See vii. 110. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate DX. THRINAX PARVIFLORA. 
. Portion of a flowering spadix, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
A flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a pistil, enlarged. 
An embryo, much magnified. 
. A branch of a fruiting spadix, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
. A seed, enlarged. 
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. An embryo, much magnified. 
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. A leaf, upper surface, much reduced. 
