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edged petiole ; the divisions slightly deft at the apex, and without thread-like 

 filaments ; spadix densely tonieutose, much shorter than the leaves ; drupe 

 ovoid-oblong. Sandy soil in the lower districts. June. Stem 4 -8 long. 

 Leaves 2 -4 high. Drupe black, 8" - 9" long. 



4. RAPHIDOPHYLLUM, H. Wendl. 



Flowers polygamous, crowded on the short branching spadix, sessile. Calyx 

 3-parted. Petals 3, round-ovate, imbricate. Stamens 6, inserted on the base 

 of the petals. Anthers linear. Ovaries 3-5. Stigma small, spreading. 

 Drupes 1-3, ovoid, woolly, 1-seeded. Embryo dorsal, in homogeneous 

 albumen. 



1. R. Hystrix, H. Wendl. (BLUE PALMETTO.) Stem short, prolifer- 

 ous ; leaves circular in outline, with numerous 2 - 4-toothed divisions, on trian- 

 gular rough- edged petioles; sheaths composed of oblique fibres interwoven 

 with numerous erect strong spines ; spadix small, short-peduncled ; spathe* 

 about 4, oblong, woolly, 2-lipped ; drupe ovoid. Low shady woods in the 

 lower districts, Florida to South Carolina. June- July. Stem 2 -3 long, 

 erect or creeping. Leaves somewhat glaucous, 3 4 high. Spadix 6'- 12' 

 long. Partial spathes none. Drupe 9"- 12" long. 



5. OREODOXA, Willd. 



Flowers monoecious, sessile, bracted. Sepals 3, imbricated, at length united. 

 Petals 3, valvate. Stamens 6, 9, or 12. Ovary 3-celled. Stigmas 3, sessile. 

 Drupe baccate. Embryo at the base of horny albumen. Tall Palms, with 

 long pectinate-pinnate long-sheathing leaves. 



1. O. regia, HBK. (ROYAL PALM.) Stem 60 -100 high ; leaves 10- 

 15 long, the narrowly lanceolate divisions acuminate, 1 long; drupe oblong, 

 dark blue. On Roger's River, east of Caximbas Bay, and sparingly near the 

 mouth of Little River, South Florida (Garber). 



6. PSEUDOPHCENIX, H. Wendl. 



Fruit stipitate, drupaceous, composed of one globose carpel, with the re- 

 mains of the stigma basal, or of 2 - 3 carpels with the stigma lateral or cen- 

 tral. Pericarp coriaceous, endocarp thin, crustaceous. Seed free, globular, 

 erect ; hilum basal ; raphe ascending, branching ; albumen entire ; embryo 

 basal. Calyx 3-toothed. Corolla 3-petalled. Stamens 6. (Wendland.} 



1. P. Sargenti, H. Wendl. Stem 20 -25 high; leaves abruptly pin- 

 nate 4 -5 long, the segments rigid, glaucous beneath, 12'- 16' long; spadix 

 branching; frnit orange-scarlet, |'-f in diameter. Elliott's and Long 

 Keys, South Florida. 



7. COCOS, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Sepals and petals 3. Stamens of the sterile flower 

 6, the filaments subulate. Sepals and petals of the fertile flower roundish. 

 Ovary 1-cellecl. Stigmas 3. Nut bony, with 3 pores at the base, enclosed in 

 a thick fibrous husk. Albumen hard or fleshy, hollow. Embryo basal. 

 Tall palms, with pinnate leaves, and small greenish or yellowish flowers. 



