438 PALMES. (PALMS.) 



single erect orthotropous or anatropous ovule in each cell. Styles 3, 

 mostly united : stigmas entire. Fruit a drupe or berry. Embryo cylin- 

 drical, placed in a cavity of the hard albumen, near the circumference of 

 the seed. Stems erect or creeping. Leaves long-petioled. Spadix 

 axillary. 



1. SABAL, Adans. PALMETTO. 



Flowers perfect, sessile, bracted. Calyx cup-shaped, 3-cleft. Corolla 3- 

 petalled. Stamens 6, hypogynous ; the filaments subulate, distinct. Anthers 

 cordate-ovate, horizontal. Ovary 3-celled. Styles united, 3-angled : stigma 

 capitate or obtuse. Fruit a 1 -seeded drupe. Embryo dorsal. Albumen ho- 

 mogeneous, horny. Stems simple or branched, erect or creeping. Leaves 

 fan-shaped, long-petioled, with the divisions 2-cleft at the apex and often with 

 long thread-like filaments interposed. Spadix long, branching, with sheathing 

 spathes |it the joints. Flowers small, whitish, rigid. Drupe oblong or globose. 

 Sheaths of the leaves commonly composed of dry interlaced fibres. 



1. S. Palmetto, R. & S. (CABBAGE-PALMETTO.) Stem erect, tall, sim- 

 ple, leafy at the summit ; leaves large, cordate in outline, pinnatifid-fan-shaped, 

 recurved at the summit, mostly shorter than the smooth concave petiole ; the 

 very numerous divisions deeply cleft, an (i with thread-like filaments at the si- 

 nuses ; spadix smooth and spreading, commonly shorter than the leaves ; petals 

 slightly united at the base ; style thick ; drupe globose. (Chamaerops Palmetto, 

 Michx.) Sandy soil along the coast, Florida to North Carolina. June. 

 Stem 20 - 40 high. Leaves 5 - 8 long, their bases long-persistent. Drupe 

 black, 4" - 5" in diameter. 



2. S. serrulata, R. & S. (SAW-PALMETTO.) Stem creeping, branching ; 

 leaves circular in outline, fan-shaped, bright-green, shorter than the slender 

 plano-convex more or less spiny-edged petiole; the numerous (15-30) erect 

 divisions slightly cleft at the apex, and without thread-like filaments in the si- 

 nuses ; spadix densely tomentose, much shorter than the leaves ; petals scarcely 

 united; style slender; drupe ovoid-oblong. (S. minima, Nutt.? Chamasrops, 

 Pursh.) Sandy soil in the lower districts, Florida to South Carolina. June. 

 Stem 4 - 8 long. Leaves 2 - 4 high. Drupe black, 8" - 9" long. 



3. S. Adansonii, Guerns. (DWARF PALMETTO.) Stem short, buried in 

 the earth; leaves circular in outline, glaucous, fan-shaped, slightly pinnatifid, 

 longer than the stout concave smooth-edged petiole; the numerous (20-30) 

 divisions slightly cleft at the apex, sparingly filamentose at the sinuses ; spa- 

 dix erect, smooth, slender, much longer than the leaves ; petals united at the 

 base ; style thick ; drupe globose. (S. pumila, Ell.) Low grounds in the lower 

 districts, Florida to North Carolina. June and July. Leaves 2 -3 high. 

 Spadix 3 - 6 high. Drupe 4" in diameter, black. Nut hemispherical. 



2. CHAM-SHOPS, L. 



Flowers polygamous, bracted. Calyx 3-cleft. Corolla 3-petalled. Stamens 

 6-9, with the filaments connate at the -base : 'anthers oblong. Ovaries 3, more 



