Economic botany of Alabama (1913-1928) Economic botany of Alabama economicbotanyof12harp Year: 1913-1928. PALMAE 81 Fig. 21. Rhal^idophylluin in swamp of Murder Creek, southwest of Evergreen, Conecuh County. December 17, 1905. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM, Wendland & Drude. fOnl}- one species) Rhapidophyllum Hystrix (Pursh) \V. & D. (Xeedle Palm) (Map 11. Fig. 21) This has foliage much Hke Sabal minor, but a short thick erect trunk thickly covered with long sharp erect spines, whence its name. The flowers and fruit must be very rare, for I have never seen them. Around Evergreen twenty years ago this pal
Economic botany of Alabama (1913-1928) Economic botany of Alabama economicbotanyof12harp Year: 1913-1928. PALMAE 81 Fig. 21. Rhal^idophylluin in swamp of Murder Creek, southwest of Evergreen, Conecuh County. December 17, 1905. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM, Wendland & Drude. fOnl}- one species) Rhapidophyllum Hystrix (Pursh) \V. & D. (Xeedle Palm) (Map 11. Fig. 21) This has foliage much Hke Sabal minor, but a short thick erect trunk thickly covered with long sharp erect spines, whence its name. The flowers and fruit must be very rare, for I have never seen them. Around Evergreen twenty years ago this palm was being- exterminated by the evergreen shippers, who dug up 'crowns' of it (i. the bunch of leaves without roots), stuck them in pots or vases, and shipped them north to decorate the homes of rich people for a few days or weeks and then wither. (I could not find any of it there in the spring of 192T.) It is occasionally cul- tivated for ornament, in Montgomery and elsewhere. It grows in rich damp, especially calcareous, woods in the southern half of the state, sometimes with Sahal minor, but usuallv
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