PALMJE. 651 



united rudimentary stamens at the base. Stigmas 3, sessile. Drupe baccate. 

 Embryo at the base of horny albumen. Tall Palms, with long pectinate- 

 pinnate long-sheathing leaves. Spadix enclosed in the 2-leaved spathe. 



O. regia, H.B.K. (ROYAL PALM.) Stem 60 - 100 high ; leaves 10- 

 15 long, the narrowly lanceolate divisions acuminate, 1 long; drupe ob- 

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

 near the mouth of Little River, South Florida ( Garber). 



SABAL, Adanson. 



S. Adansoni, Guerns. var. ? megacarpa. Leaves grayish green, the 

 divisions parted nearly to the sinuses ; spadix (2 long) ascending, prostrate 

 in fruit ; drupe (' in diameter) globose, black ; flowers unknown. Dry 

 rocky pine woods, Miami, South Florida ( Garber). 



THRINAX, L. f. 



Stamens 6-12, connate at the base: anthers oblong. Ovary 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled. Style dilated upwards. Stigma concave. Otherwise like 

 Sabal. 



T. parviflora, Swartz. Stem tall (10 -30 high), smoothish ; leaves fan- 

 shaped, soon smooth, the numerous lanceolate divisions tapering to the deeply 

 cleft apex, the lower third connate ; ligule triangular, acute ; spadix panicu- 

 late, nearly as long as the leaves, the branches bracted ; flowers very small ; 

 drupe globose. Coast and Keys of South Florida. 



T. argentea, Loddiges. Stem rather low (12-15 high); leaves 

 shorter than their petiole, silvery-sericeous beneath ; divisions united at 

 the base ; ligule semi-lunar ; spadix sparingly branched ; drupe small. Keys 

 of South Florida ( Curtiss). Leaves 1 - 2 long. Spadix 1 long. 



T. Garberi, Chapm. Stem very short ; leaves smooth, parted nearly to 

 the base into several strap-shaped entire divisions, sparingly filamentous ; 

 ligule rounded; spadix very small (6' -8' high), bractless ; stamens 6-10; 

 drupe globose, deep purple. Rocky pine woods, Miami, South Florida 

 (Garber). 



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-celled. Stigmas 3. Nut bony, with 8 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. 



C. nucifera, L. (CocoA.) Stem 40- 60 high ; leaves very long, the 

 divisions narrowly lanceolate ; spathe deeply grooved ; spadix long, branch- 

 ing ; nut very large, ovate. South Florida. Introduced. 



