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XXIII. PALM.E. 



Livittonia australis. 



I'hcenix dactyli/era. 



margins. Spathes imperfect, or rarely perfect. Flowers sessile, usually $f , or 



polygamo-dio2cions. Stamens hypogynous or perigyiious. Fruit a berry ; albumen 

 homogeneous or ruminate. Embryo dorsal. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 



Corj'plia. Brahea. * Trachycarpus. * Livistona. 



Copernicia. *Rhapis. 'Licuala. Sabal. 



Tkrinax. Saribus. ' * Chnmaerops. 'Phoenix. 



TEIBE V. COCOINE&. 



Large or small trees. Leaves pinnate ; pinnules with decurved margins. 

 Trunk thorny or not. Flowers at first enclosed in the spathe, diclinous, bracteolate, 

 sessile, or sunk in pits formed by the union of the bracts. Stamens hypogynous, 

 filaments confluent at the base. Fruit a drupe, sarcocarp fibrous or oily (Elaeis), 



