cocos 



BB. Bachis not abitipthj contracted. 



C. Leaflets flaccid. 



D. Form of Ifts. linear. 



E. Arrangement of Ifts. eqnidistatil. 



Weddelli&na, H. Wendl. Fig. 508. Stem 4-7 ft. high, 

 IH in. in diam. , densely covered with persistent sheaths : 

 Ivs. equally pectinate-pinnatisect, 3-3M ft. long: petiole 

 8-20 in. : sheath coriaceous-fibrous, glabrous or tomen- 

 tose, with slender brown hairs, at length evanescent : 

 blade 2-3 ft. : segments about 50 on each side, widely 

 spreading, the middle 5 in. long, 2 lines wide, subequi- 

 distant, glaucous beneath : rachis filiform at the apex, 

 brown-scaly. Trop. Braz. R. H. 1879, p. 434. I.H. 

 22:220. A.G. 16:345.-The most important of small or- 

 namental palms for the north. 



EE. Arrangement of Ifts. in groups of S—f. 



plumbsa, Hook. Stem 30-36 ft. high, 10-12 in. thick, 

 ringed at intervals of n foot, clotlied near the apex with 

 remnants of the dr.i.l [.. t i,,i, ~ ; l\ ^. .■Mrr-si.rr;iiiiiit,'-. 12- 

 15 ft. long, recui V _ ' . r.- |..iil' ;.- the 



blade: segments h. ! ;. . i i ii. , -|.:m'-.-. -mIilhv or 

 mostly in groups ..i l'-i.i'.ii. Iluj.', .Ii>Hi>x.>cI ihmi- the 

 apex. Cent. Braz. H.M. rilsu.-'i'lie chief avenue palm 

 of the genus. A quick-grower, ultimately 50 ft. high in 

 S. Pla. and Calif. 



cc. Leaflets rigid. 



butyricea, Linn. Stems very tall, naked : Ivs. pin-' 

 nate ; Ifts. simple ; spathe cylindrical-oblong, 4-6 ft. 

 Venezuela. — Rare and perhaps confused with Scheelea 

 butijracea. Little known. 



D. Form of Ifts. sword-shaped. 



EomanzoHi4na, Cham. Stems 30^0 ft. high, some- 

 what fusiform above: Ivs. about half as long as the cau- 

 dex, the withered ones deflexed, pendent, the upper 

 spreading, incurved, segments conduplicate at the base, 

 ensiform. S. Braz., near the sea. 

 DD. Form of Ifts. linear: apex obtuse: petiole glaucous. 



austrWs, Mart. Pisdo Palm. Height 8 ft.: stem 

 erect, columnar, equal, strongly annular above ; petiole 

 naked ; segments linear, glaucous, rather rigid : fr. as 

 large as a pigeon's egg, outer pulp sweet, edible, seed 

 oily. Paraguay. G.C. III. 18:739. A. F. 5, 515, and 7:805. 

 K.H. 1876, p. 155.— A slow grower. Cult, under glass 

 and outdoors in Fla. and Calif. 



nuciJera, Linn. Csco Palm. Cocoanut Tree. Figs. 

 507, 508. Caudex 40-100 ft. high, flexuous, thickened at 

 the base Ivs 12-18 ft lon„' , Ifts linear lanceolate, 2-3 

 ft coriaceous flaccid petiole 3-5 ft stout Seashores 

 withm the tropic s Indigenous to Cocos or Keeling 

 Islands of the Indian 

 ocean R H lh')=; 



G P 7 15 -ProdiK ( ' 

 the cocoanuts of com 

 merce Rarely cult 

 m northern green 



the mouth ; petiole W^ ft. long, spinose-serrate ; seg- 

 ments 50-60 on a side, crowded below, then equidistant, 

 linear-lanceolate, the uppermost long-setaceous filiform. 



507. Staees in the growth of 



DDD. Form of Ifts. narrowly lanceolate. 



E, Lvs. long, 6-15 ft. in mature specimens. 



F. Petiole spinose-serrate: segments of leaf less 



mm^' 



Yat4y, Mart. Stem 12-15 ft. high, over 1 ft. in diam., 

 naked below, covered with dead sheaths above: lvs. re- 

 curved, spreading 6-9 ft. ; sheath 1 ft. long, fibrous at 



508 Cocos Weddelhana 



the middle ones 2% ft. long, 2-5 in. wide, the upper 20 

 in. long, J^in. wide, all rigid, glaucous beneath. Brazil, 

 Argentina. 



FF Petiole not spinose seitate segments of leaf 

 lerij nil Met mis 



D^tll, Drude & Griseb Stem 30 ft high, 8-12 in. diam. : 

 Its 12-n ft Imi^ sheath about lb in. long; petiole IK 

 ft 1 I 1 11 1 1 in thick, segments linear-acumi- 

 II if 11 h crowded in groups of 3 or 4, 



I II I I the lowest 2 ft., middle 2% ft. and 



HI 11 1 1 I I imost filiform all narrow, stiff and 

 ripi I il liie 1 l\ glaucous green or whitish. Argen- 

 tma islands mil mer banks The fruits are edible, 

 resembling those of the date palm Hardier in S. Calif, 

 than C plumosa,flexuosa, and Homamoffiana. 



coronita, Mart Trunk at length 18-30 ft. high, 8 in. 

 in diam , erect deeply ringed lvs erect-spreading, 6-9 

 It long short petioled, arranged m a close, 5-ranked 

 spiral, the long persistent bases of the petioles forming 

 I spiral twisted column below the crown; leaf -segments 

 in groups of 2 01 H folded together from the base (con- 

 duplicate) linear lanceolate acute coriaceous, densely 

 crowded about 100 on each side, midrib 4-sided below, 

 3 sided ibove Brazil 



EE Lis shoitet 3^% ft m mature specimens. 

 F Apex of Ifts obtuse. 



camp^stns, Mart. Stem 8-10 ft. high, thickened, scaly: 

 lvs. spreading-recurved, rigid, 3-^>2 ft. long: rachis ele- 

 vated, triangular above, convex below : segments nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 30-40 on each side, obtuse at the apex 

 and shortly cordate-acuminate. Brazil. — Hardier than 



FP. Apex of Ifts. acuminate. 



insignis, Mart. (Glazibva inslgnis.'RoTt.). Stem 3-6 ft. 



high, IK in. in diam.: lvs.4K-6 ft. long; sheath densely 



