36 ANGIOSFERM^. 



The most useful Order next to the Grasses. Many gen. ; 1000 species, 

 all helpful to man. 5 Tribes. 



Tribe 1. Cocoineae.— Fls. ^ ov ^ 9- Spadix enclosed in the 

 spatha. Fr. a drupe; sarcocarp fihrous or oily; endooarp woody, 

 marked with 3 scars, of which 1 corresponds to the emb. ; sd. oily or 

 milky. Lvs. pinnate, large. Trees. Many genera. 

 ^ 1. Elaeis, Oil-Palm. ^ Q . Drupe with yellow, oily sarcocarp. 

 2 species. E. guineensis, Oil-Palm ; trunk thick, 30° high. Drupes 

 1^' long, in dense hds. 2° long and 2^° in circumf. ; Guinea. Am. 

 species creeping. 2. Attalea. Drupes in large clustere, 3-eelled, 3- 

 seeded. Sev. spec. ; valuable. Trop. Am. A. funifera, Coquilla- 

 NUT P. Sds. 4' long, hard, brown ; used in turnery. Leaf-stalk 

 furnishes strong fibre. Brazil. 3. Astrocaryum, Star-seed P. Pis. 

 (P. Sarcocarp opening into 6 stellate parts,— hence the generic name. 

 Stemless, or lofty trees. "Whole plant spiny, especially the handsome 

 spatha. Trop. S. Am. 4. Cocos. Pis. ^. Drupe large ; sarcocarp 

 fibrous, endocarp bony, 1-seeded. 12 species, all handsome trees with 

 large lvs. C. nucifera, Cocoa-nut P. ; trunk 2° in diam., 60°-I00° 

 high. Lvs. 18°-20° long, feathery, curving. Tropics, both worlds. 



Tribe 2. Coryphinese.— Pis. ^ ? or "g . Spatha rarely perfect. 

 Pr. a berry. Lvs. palmate-flabellate, rarely pinnate. Trees, or 

 stemless. 



1. Phoenix, w^ $. Lvs. pinnate, feathery. Berry 1-seeded. 12 

 species, low or tall trees, of S. E. Af., N. Af., and tropical Asia. P. 

 dactylifera, Datb-Palm, Desert-Palm. 60°-125° high. Mediter- 

 ranean States. The "palm of victory." Frontispiece, D. 2. Sabal. 

 Fls. § , white. Lvs. flabellate, plaited. Berry dark green. 8 or 9 species. 

 W. Ind. and Southern U. S. S. Palmetto, Palmetto. Only tree of the 

 genus ; wood valuable. S. Cai'.,Fla., W. Ind. 3. Chamaerops. Pis. 

 § or diclinous. Lvs. flabellate. 12 species, N. Asia, Af., Am., S. 

 Eur. ; dwarf or low trees, never more than 30° high. Fr. an olive-like 

 1-seeded berry. C. serruldia, Saw-Palmbtto ; C. Hpsiriio, Blue 

 Palmetto, both called Latanies by the Creoles. Gulf States. 4. 

 Corypha. Pis. § . Pr. a 1-seeded berry. Lvs. flabellate, plaited ; 

 5 species, nearly all tall trees ; trop. Asia. C. umbraculifera, Tali- 

 pot Palm, 70° high, crowned with gigantic prickly-stalked lvs. ; each 

 If, when fully expanded, forming a fan 13° in diameter with a fringe 

 of double points. Carried as fans before pereons of rank. Ceylon, 

 Malabar. 



Tribe 3. Borassineae. — Pis. usually (^ 9 ■ ^^- ^ drupe, rarely a 

 berry. Spath as woody or fibrous, sometimes imperfect. Lvs. palmate- 

 flabellate or pinnate. Trees. 



1. Latania. (^ $. Drupe 3-seeded, size of a small apple, edible. 

 Lvs. palmate-flabellate. L. Gommersonii, 30° high, Bourbon, Mau- 

 ritius. 2. H3rpha6ne. (^ ?. Drupe 1-seeded, size of an orange, 

 with smooth, brown, polished skin and mealy sarcocarp. Lvs. pal- 

 mate-flabellate. Stem branching when old. H. thebdica, DouM P., 

 Gingerbread P., 30° high ; drupes in long clusters, each cluster with 

 1-2-hundred drupes; sarcocarp with taste of gingerbread, edible. Egypt, 

 Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia. 3. Lodoicea seychelldrum, only spec. 

 Double Cocoa-nut P., Sea Cocoa-nut P., Solomon's Cocoa-nut 

 ^- cf ? • C? *''^^s ^^° ^'g^ i 9 t''^* shorter. Lvs. palmate-flabel- 

 late, 20° long, 12° wide, crowning the top. Fr. a thick fibrous husk, 



