TREES OF NOKTH CAROLINA 27 



ally open and spreading. The color is also quite vari- 

 able, some being decidedly bluish-green. The cedar 

 is common in the middle district, but rare on the 

 coastal plain except near the sea, and is absent in the 

 mountains except at low elevations. Dates of flow- 

 ering of the male trees : about March 1, 1903 ; March 

 2, 1908; March 15, 1912; January 25, 1913; Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1914; February 12, 1915; January 29, 

 1916. The male trees begin flowering first, and 

 sometimes the flowering of the female tree is delayed 

 by the return of cold weather, e. g., March 16, 1914; 

 March 25, 1915. For the years 1915 aed W& prac- 

 tically all of the pollen was shed before the female 

 trees bloomed, and although they formed the normal- 

 looking blue berries with seeds of usual size, the 

 seeds were empty and worthless. 



ANGIOSPERMS 



MONOCOTYLEDONS 



PALM FAMILY 



(PALMAE) 



19. Sabal Palmetto (Walt.) R.&S. Palmetto. 



The semi-tropical palmetto with large fan-like 

 leaves at the top of the thick stems, is found on 

 Smith's Island at the mouth of the Cape Fear River 

 where it is said to reach a height of thirty feet. This 

 is its northern limit. 



