. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 566 EUTERPE 0ler4cea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, fiexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-6 ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 566 EUTERPE 0ler4cea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, fiexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-6 ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent, linear- lanceolate, the upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, many-nerved. Braz.—Fig. 801 is adapted from Martins' Nat. Hist. ;of Palms. ^^^i£^. 801. Euterpe ol- mont&na, R. Grab. Stem 10 ft. high, swollen at the base, ringed: Ivs. 9 ft. long, elliptical-obovate; segments lanceolate, entire, glabrous, alternate; petiole 2 ft. long, scaly beneath, unarmed : racbis plano-convex below, subtriangular towards the apex. Grenada. 3874. Jared G. Smith. Euterpes constitute a small group of spineless palms, said to include 8 or 10 species in all, but of these there are but 3 species commonly found in cultivation, namely: MJ. eduUs, E, montana and U. oleracea. These are found under varying conditions in Central and South America and the West Indies, and all three species are valuable as food-producers to the natives of those coun- tries. E. edulis grows in great quantities in the low- lands of Brazil, where it is known as the Assai Palm, owing to the fact that its seeds are macerated in water, and by this means is produced a beverage known as Assai. E. oleracea is the well-known Cabbage Palm of the West Indies, growing in the lowlands near the coast, while E. montana is the IMountain Cabbage Palm, and is frequently found at considerable altitudes in the same islands, and consoquently does not attain the great dimensions of E. olerarm. EVAPORATING The Euterpes do not present any specia
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