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4. SEKENOA Hook. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves upright or spread- 

 ing: blades flabellate, cordate at the base: petioles with recurved spines. 

 Stamens unequal, those opposite the petals with the broader filaments. Drupe 

 and seed oblong. 



1. S, serrulata (Michx.) Hook. Trunk 9 m, tall or less, or usually horizontal. 

 Leaf-blades suborbicular, green or glaucous, 3-S dm. broad, cordate at the 

 base: petioles with firm spines: petals 4-4.5 mm. long: drupe 15-25 mm. long. 

 — Spr. 



The SAW-PAT,:vrETTo grows in pinelanrts, hammocks and low savannahs nearly 

 throughout northern and peninsular Florida, and also on the lower Florida Keys. 

 The wood is brownish, light, and soft, especially near the center of the trunk. {Cont.) 



5. PAUROTIS O. F. Cook. Armed trees. Leaves spreading: blades fla- 

 bellate: petiole with upcurved spines. Stamens equal or essentially so, the 

 filaments broad. Stigmas terminal. Drupe globular. Seed depressed. 



1. P. Wrightii (Griseb.) Britton. Trunks solitary or several, 12 m. tall. Leaf- 

 blades half -orbicular, 5-8 dm. broad, truncate at the base, the segments slen- 

 derly attenuate; petioles with flat orange teeth: petals about 1 mm. long: 

 drupe 8-10 mm. thick. — Spr. 



The Saw cabbage-pal]m grows in low savannahs and hammocks near the Cho- 

 koloskee River and in the vicinity of Cape Sable in southern peninsular Florida. The 

 wood has not yet been studied. (Bah., Cuba.) 



6. ROYSTONEA O. F. Cook. Unarmed trees. Leaves spreading: blades 

 pinnate: petiole nearly terete above. Spadix pendulous. Petals valvate, 

 deciduous. Drupe sessile. Seeds reniform. 



1. R. regia (H.B.K.) O. F. Cook. A stately tree 30 m. tall, the trunk often 

 fusiform. Leaf -blades 2.5-3.5 m. long, the larger segments 7-9 dm. long: 

 perianth of the staminate flowers 6-7 mm. long, that of the pistillate barely i 

 as large : drupe 12-14 mm. long, violet-blue. — Winter & spr. 



The Royal-palm grows in hammocks on the Everglade Keys and in the Ever- 

 glades of the lower portion of the western coast of Florida. The wood is pale-brown, 

 rather light, very soft within, but hard near the surface. (Bah., Cuba, Hisp.) 



7. PSEUDOPHOENIX H. Wendl. Unarmed trees. Leaves spreading: 

 blades pinnate: petioles concave throughout. Spadix spreading during anthe- 

 sis. Petals valvate, persistent. Drupe pedicelled. Seeds globular. 



1. P. Sargentii H. Wendl. A tree 8 m. tall, the trunk often slightly fusiform. 

 Leaf -blades 1-1.5 m. long, the larger segments 4-4.5 dm. long: perianth about 

 1 cm. wide: petals oblong to oval, yellowish, reflexed in age: drupe globular, 

 or 2-3-lobed, 11-14 mm. long, orange-scarlet. — Spr. 



The Hog cabbage-palji grows in hammocks on a few of the Florida Keys from 

 Elliott's Key to Long Key. The wood is brown, light, and soft. Also known as 

 Sargenfs-palm. (Bah., Cuba, Hisp.) 



8. COCOS L. Unarmed trees. Leaves spreading: blades pinnate. Spadix 

 ultimately drooping. Sepals and petals of the staminate flowers valvate, those 

 of the pistillate flowers imbricate. Drupe 3-angled, with a fibrous pericarp and 

 a hard endocarp. 



1. C. nucifera L. A stately tree 30 m. tall. Leaf-blades 3-5 m. long, the 

 numerous segments 5-7 dm. long: perianth of the staminate flower fully 1 cm. 

 long, that of the pistillate larger: drupe oval or ovoid. 2-3 dm. long, sessile: 

 endosperm enclosing a milky juice. — All year. 



The CocoANUT grows on sandy or rocky shores and in shore hammocks in 

 southern peninsular Florida and on the Florida Keys. Nat. from the tropics. The 

 wood is brown, rather heavy, and hard. Also known as Coco-palm. (W. I.) 



