PALaLE. 651 



united rudimentary stamens at the base. Stigmas 3, sessile. Drupe baccate. 

 Embryo at the base of horny albumen. — Tall Palms, with long pectinate- 

 pinnate long-sheathing leaves. Spadix enclosed in the 2-leaved spathe. 



O. regia, II.B.K. (Royal Palm.) Stem C0°- 100° high; leaves 10°- 

 lo long, the narrowly lanceolate divisions acuminate, 1° long; drupe ob- 

 long, dark blue. — On Roger's River, east of Caximbas Bay, and sparingly 

 near the mouth of Little River, South Florida (Garber). 



SABAL, Adanson. 



S. Adansoni, Guerns. var. ? megacarpa. Leaves grayish green, the 

 divisions parted nearly to the sinuses; spadix (2° long) ascending, prostrate 

 in fruit; drupe (V in diameter) globose, black; flowers unknown. — Dry 

 rocky pine woods, Miami, South Florida (Garber). 



THRINAX, L. f. 



Stamens 6-12, connate at the base: anthers oblong. Ovary 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled. Style dilated upwards. Stigma concave. — Otherwise like 

 Sabal. 



T. parviflora, Swartz. Stem tall (10° -30° high.), smoothish ; leaves fan- 

 shaped, soon smooth, the numerous lanceolate divisions tapering to the deeply 

 cleft apex, the lower third connate; ligule triangular, acute; spadix panicu- 

 late, nearly as long as the leaves, the branches bracted ; flowers very small ; 

 drupe globose. — Coast and Keys of South Florida. 



T. argentea, Loddiges. Stem rather low (12P-15° high); leaves 

 shorter than their petiole, silvery-sericeous beneath ; divisions united at 

 the base ; ligule semi-lunar ; spadix sparingly branched; drupe small. — Keys 

 of South Florida {Curtiss). — Leaves l£°-2° long. Spadix 1° long. 



T. Garberi, Cbapm. Stem very short ; leaves smooth, parted nearly to 

 the base into several strap-shaped entire divisions, sparingly filamentous ; 

 ligule rounded; spadix very small (6' -8' high), bractless ; stamens 6-10; 

 drupe globose, deep purple. — Rocky pine woods, Miami, South Florida 



COCOS, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Sepals and petals 3. Stamens of the sterile flower 

 €», the filaments subulate. Sepals and petals of the fertile flower roundish. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Stigmas 3. Xut bony, with 8 pores at the base, enclosed 

 in a thick fibrous husk. Albumen hard or fleshy, hollow. Embryo basal. — 

 Tall palms, with pinnate leaves, and small greenish or yellowish flowers. 



C. nucifera, L. (Cocoa.) Stem high ; leaves very long, the 



divisions narrowly lanceolate; spathe deeply groove! ; spadix long, branch- 

 ing; nut very large, ovate. — South Florida. Introduced. 



