38 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



PALMACE^E. 



No. 414. Sabal Palmetto, E, & S. Cabbage Palmetto. Coast of North 

 Carolina and southward. The well-known Palmetto-tree of the South- 

 ern States, from North Carolina to Florida. It grows in sandy soil 

 along the coast, with a stem from 20 to 40 feet high. The leaves are 5 

 to 8 feet long. "In the Southern States, the wood of this tree, though 

 extremely porous, is preferred to any other for wharves," and when con- 

 stantly under water is almost imperishable, but, when exposed to be 

 alternately wet and dry in the flowing and ebbing of the tide, it decays 

 as rapidly as other wood. 



No. 415. Brahea edulis, Wad. Guadalupe Palm. Gnadalupe Island. 

 Guadalupe Island is ofi the coast of Lower California, 200 miles from 

 San Diego. It is about twenty-six miles long by ten wide. It is owned 

 by a chartered American company for the raising of Angora goats. On 

 the island there is a palm-forest, of this species, of several thousand 

 acres in extent. They grow from 12 to 20 feet high, and have a diame- 

 ter of trunk of 8 to 15 inches. The fruit is about the size of a plum, 

 hanging in clusters, like grapes, 2 feet long, weighing from 30 to 40 

 pounds, growing from one to four bunches to a tree. The fruit is eagerly 

 eaten by goats. 



No. 416. PritcJiardia filamentosa, Wend. California Palm. Southern 

 California. This palm has been in cultivation to some extent for several 

 years, both in Europe and in this country, under the name of Brahea 

 filamentosa. It has recently been decided to belong to a different genus, 

 (Pritchardia,) It grows on rocky canons near San Felipe, some seventy- 

 live miles northeast of San Diego, California. It grows to the height 

 of 50 feet. The fruit is small, (as large as peas,) black, and pulpy. 

 Though containing little nourishment, they are used as food by the 

 Indians. 



No. 417. Tkrinax parviflora, Sw. Silver Palmetto. South Florida. 

 This palm was found last fall by Dr. Chapman in South Florida. The 

 stem is rarely 6 inches in diameter, yet they attain a height of 30 to 40 

 feet. u lt occurs first at Cape Bom aus and is found sparingly on the 

 mainland southward. It is more common on' the keys, but I never 

 heard of it before." (Chapman.) The wood is quite dense; the berries 

 white. 



LILIACE^E. 



No. 418. Yucca brevifolia, Eng. Desert Yucca. Arizona and South- 

 ern Utah. This singular tree grows in the deserts of Arizona and South- 

 ern Utah. It is from 10 to 20 feet high, with a trunk sometimes 10 or 

 12 inches in diameter. It is fibrous in all parts, so that the whole plant 

 may be converted to paper. 



No. 419. Yucca Treculiana, Carr. Spanish BayonetWestern Texas 

 and westward. Sometimes with a stem over 1 foot diameter and 50 

 feet high, branching only near the summit, every branch bears a thyrsus 

 of flowers 3 to 4 feet high, each consisting of several hundred white 

 fleshy flowers, shining like porcelain. The fruit is edible, resembling the 

 papaw. The leaves are 2 to 4 feet long, deeply channeled, and pointed 

 by a sharp thorn. (Dr. Lindheimer.) 





