PALM 



Bweet as well as the starch hokl 

 Ing fruits are at the coramami ot 

 the inhabitants From man\ sp 

 eies are out out the sott temi 

 l.ud (heart), which IS eatti 

 Palm s:ihi(l, anil fi ,ni ollu r ■ 



Ijuiljiny woud md m tlu iiti ii 

 industries of the Malays and I i 

 puas as well as that of the nitn i 

 of Brazil, such Palms furnish ii t 

 only the main timbers of thi ii 

 huts, but the leaves are pi ut il 

 and used for the sides and Iln 

 roof. Other leases cut in sin ili 

 strips give them tovi rings mil 

 fans, shields, lomplite clotlni ^ 

 and hats. Enn the spun s ii 

 used as tips tor spt irs, toi t it 

 tooing - paints and for houl -, 

 whereas the fish line itselt is 

 made of the strong fibers ot 

 other species. Other uses as 

 that of the betel nut (Areca), in 

 chewing, are worthj of mention 

 also." 



As the trunk of the Palm rises 

 the leaves underneath the cmwit 

 die and fall. Usuallj thf d 1 

 petioles, or their bases, riinim 

 for some time, forming a sh i__\ 

 capital to the column, this is m Ii 

 marked in the laige or CablM. 

 Palmetto of the South II 

 Palms are mostly tree 

 of them rise to the height 

 nearly 200 ft., but some aie chin 

 ing ami Mtli.i ui lov, shrul 

 In ^•■uu- -I" . I ilii stems are 

 prirkl\. I -iiill til \ make very 



strai^'ht. I\ 1 Its but a few species produce 



branches aboM Ibe flowers of Palms usualh arise 

 underneath or m the cromi from the axils of the 

 leaves. The clusters are really spadices although often 

 branched, and are covered in the bud by a drj spathe 

 composed of one or several leaves or parts The re 

 mains of these spathes aie well shown in Fig 14<t7 p 

 1100. In the upper duster on the left the spathe is 

 arching over the fruits The blossoms are relativeh 

 small, and usually dull colored and not showv The 

 flowers are perfect or unisexual, 3 merous —the seg 

 ments usually 6 in two series stamens usually 3 or (> 

 ovary usually 3 loculed or the 3 carpels wholly separate 

 stigmas 3 and usually sessile The fruit is various 

 being either a drupe or hard berr^ like structure, often 

 edible. 





^^I\.^W^: ; .>r 



Chamjed..,-. I, II I i - , 



trogyne, \V,-,lli M h i j ii \. i, i > i , 



I'hytelephas. 



Tribe PHa!NTCE.s Lis pmnattsect segmenti aeiimi 

 iinte and with tnduplicafe sides m vernation: spa- 

 dices interfoliar, the spathe solitary: fls. dicecious: 

 carpets S, only one maturinfi, the stigma terminal: 

 seed strongly ventrally sulcate, the embryo dorsal. 

 Phoenix. 



1620 A Palm house 

 Tribf CoiMUFj /, f,nisl,„p,,l ,i,d„. sl,„j„d <„ 



„,l„,l,l ,, ,,l III i] „i , 1,1 lit III I lis Kith 



mill, I, ,1 I I III, ,1' I I II jiathes 



1,1 1,1,1 II II /, (//(/ fill I 1,1, , lobed 



„, V „ li,i II I 1- ,,/, I I, In I II I III eiect 



pill I,/, I, iiiillii sii, ,„lh siiiiv ailli I iilial laphe 



Ullll S,H ,11 ll,l„„l 



Cnr\]lii "s il ,1 \\ ishingtonia Chamserops, Rhapido 



lih-\llnni \ intli ilii/i Brihea Er^thea, Pritchardia, 



Licuili liMstiiiii liuh\carpus Rhapis Thrinax 



Tribe LEriDor4r-iF.» lis piiiiuiit^i it oi fun shaped, 



till s»</»(i»/s 11 illi inliiplitiitf ^iih\ III mnatton 



'./lailiii-, tiniiinaln, iijillani the s/)»»iis niimeious 



ShiiuUd II clotlud uith leflejrcd, shining, imbii 

 cate nppri '■sed scales seed with dorsal raphe and 

 lential embi i/o 

 Calamus, Ceratolobus, Raphia 



Tribe Borasseje Lvs orhienla, fh wi/moi/? fan 

 shaped and the sides mdiipl, ,1 ^jm In s inter 

 folia) the spathes many and \lii ilhi,, I il ihunoiis 

 the male minute and sunk in mi iln \ un Iln ^padiT, 

 the female ten/ large oiaiij ciitiie, H loculed, the 

 ovule ascending fr larious 

 Borassus, Lodoicea Latania Hvphspne 



Tribe CoroiNri- !, v m •• 'h ' " ts vith 



iidupluitl ' ' iinl or 



inidiiiififn II often 



in ^ . Ihi I I I I fr 



Baitris. Astrocaryum, Acrocomia, Martinezia, Elaeis, 

 Diplothemium, Cocos, Maximiliana, Scheelea, Attalea, 

 Jubaea. 



