PALM 



Bweet as well as the starch hold 

 liig traits are at the command of 

 the inhabitants From nianj spe 

 cies are cut out the soft terminal 

 bud (heart), -nhich is eaten as 

 Palm silid and fiom other vers 



cut" ft liid the jrtat quantity t 

 bweit -II IS w rkpd t Mi^'U i 

 am. or i- us, d as Palm wmi 

 Min) stems furnish excellent 

 building wood and in the artistic 

 industries of the Mala> s and Pa 

 pu^s as well as that of the i 

 of Brazil such Palms, furnish not 

 only the mam timbers of their 

 hut's, but the leaves are plaited 

 and used for the sides and the 

 roof. Other leaves cut in 

 strips give them coverings, 

 fans, shields, complete clothing 

 and hats. Even the spines aie 

 used as tips for spears, for tat 

 tooing - paints and for hooks , 

 whereas the fish-line itself is 

 made of the strong fibers of 

 other species. Other uses, as 

 that of the betel nut (Areca), in 

 chewing, are worthy of 

 also." 



As the trunk of the Palm 

 the leaves underneath the 

 die and fall Csualh tl: 

 petioles, or their bases, r 

 for some time, forming a shaggv 

 capital to the column, this is well 

 marked m the laige or Cabbage 

 Palmetto of the South The 

 Palms are mostly trees, and some 

 of them rise to the hi i,::ht of 

 nearly 200 tt 1 ut s in ,i limb 

 ing and tl , u 1 hiubs 



In some 1 I li I Ills aie 

 prickl) I 1 ill\ th \ 111 il I \ ti> 



straight, c lueh i ks 1 ut i few species produce 

 branches abo\e The tlo\\eib of Palms usu*ll> aiise 

 underneath or m the crown, from the axils of the 

 leaves The dusters are really spadices, although often 

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

 composed of one or several leaves or parts The re 

 mains of these spathes are well shown in Fig 1497, p 

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

 arching u^ er the fruits. The blossoms are relativeh 

 sin 1 I ilh dull colored and not showy The 



II t ■ t or unisexual, 3-merous, — the seg 



11 111 two series, stamens usually 3 or 6, 



..% I I I.I. uled or the 3 carpels wholly separate, 



j.ii_iiKis . .tLi.l usually sessile. The fruit is various 

 beiug either a drupe or hard berry-like structure, often 

 edible. 



The genera chiefly known to horticulturists are the 

 following: 



Tribe AEEORa;. Lvs. pinnaiisect, the leaflets free oi 

 joined so as to form a plaited limb, the sides in lei 

 nation reduplicate: fls. monwcioiis in- ilia ci ii^ s I 

 umbilicafet with ventral raphe «."/ ^ . ' ' 

 Areca, Pinanga. Kentia, Hy.lri,. ; ' 

 Hedyscepe, Nenga, Archonthoph.ini 1. > 

 Dictyosperma, Ptychosperma, Cyii iii: ^ I 

 phloeus, Cyphopli.iiiix. ClinnsiiLjinii, i ^ [>l 

 Euterpe, Acanth.ij.lMrnix, . irr,.,l,.\;i. I;,iimi1:i I 



spadix, Howea. i '• r.i\\l'ni. \". r-'lmii .li in !' i 

 Cham^dorea. Hy..]ili.'ri"'. lu.si-h.Ti:.. iIi'.iimhi i \\] 

 trogyne. Wallichia. Didvniosperma, Arenga ( ir\ i>t i 

 Phytelephas. 



Tribe Phcenice.*;. Lvs. pinnatisect, segment's aeumi 

 nale and with indwplicate sides in vernation spa 

 dices interfoliar, the spathe solitary: fls. dicecwim 

 carpels S, only one maturing, the stigma terminal 

 seed strongly ventrally sulcate, the embryo dorsal 

 Phoenix. 





1620 A Palm house 



Tkibf ( ilMHFi- /is fill shall d uidni shaped 



Tribe Lepidocarte i 



shaped. 



the 



'Its 



spadiie^teimuial " i mucous- 



fls pnli/qamo tnoniKi ns uniiinliie mo,e oi less 



Jlniulid fr clothed v ith leflexed, shining, imbrt- 



tuti appteiicd scales seed it ith dorsal raphe and 



I Hit I il embryo 



Calamus Ceratolobus R ijihi i 



rniBE Borasse^ /' >i I'll 'hi segments fan- 



shiipiil mid thf s I I I ,1 It spadices niter 



I I , tl I III I ill lliiii'l "•■ dioecious, 



t s on the spadix, 



I ,1,1 I, mild, the 



the endocarp oi shell haid and uuody and proiided 

 It ith S-7 pores 

 Bactns Astrocarvum, Acrocomia, Martinezia, Eteis. 

 Dipl.ithemium, CocDS, Maximiliana, Scheelea, Attalea, 



Tulii 



Th. 



