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the Royal Palm Hammock; but was first collected in a ‘point 
of cypress 
westward a: f Marco. These three royal palms were 
killed in the ‘‘freezes’”’ of 1894 and 1895, ich occurred only 
six weeks rt arts of the column-like trunks of the royal 
through natural agencies. The oe range and the 
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dently been shrinking for many years as a result of destructive 
natural agencies. 
connection with the description in the Silva!, published 
three years later, where the palm was also figured, Professor 
Sargent says: 
“At the time of its discovery neither flowers nor fruit were 
collected, but in October, 1888, Mr. E. N. Reasoner visited the 
with the bas discovered by Mr. Reasoner, and a second species 
of Serenoa. 
1 Silva of North America 17: 77. pl. 734. 1902. 
