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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... most commonly planted in the Honolulu region. These five species may be distinguished by means of the following key, which has been adapted from Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, --A. Leaf-blade longer than petiole. B. Trunk none, the rosette of leaves springing directly from the ground S. Adansoni BB. Trunk of considerable heighth, finally attaining 60 feet S. mauritiaforme AA. Leaf-blade shorter than petiole. B. Leaf-blade heart-shaped in outline 5." Palmetto BB. Leaf-blade orbicular in outline. C. Divisions of leaf rather rigid. S. Blackburnianum CC. Divisions of leaf pendant S. Mcxicanum The notes that follow relate chiefly to the Cabbage Palmetto, but in many respects apply to the palmettos in general. As was indicated in the discussion of the name "palmetto," there are two distinct types of Sabal, --(1) small, "stemless" species whose short trunks are buried in the ground; (2) species with stout, columnar trunks. The kinds planted in Honolulu belong largely to this latter class. The stem is covered with a reddish-brown rind, but this usually entirely hidden by the peculiar and characteristic arrangement of petioles. The leaves of the petioles, like those of the majority of palms, are tough and leathery, and their stalks or petioles are proportionately hard and woody. These tough petioles are persistent--that is, they do not drop from the trunk as do those, for example, of the Royal Palm. The leaves of the Royal Palm, when they have attained maturity, fall off entirely, leaving a smooth, ringlike scar. The leaves of the palmettos, like those of the date palm, persist for a long time. Finally the dead and withered leaf-blade drops away, leaving the petiole attached to the stem. The broad, concave...