Serenoa
(named in honour of Sereno Watson, a distinguished North American botanist). ORD. Palmae. A monotypic genus. The species is a handsome, greenhouse, dwarf, unarmed, tufted Palm, closely allied to Sabal (which see for culture).
S. serrulata (serrulated).* Saw Palmetto. fl., petals scarcely united; style slender; spadix densely tomentose, much shorter than the leaves. June. fr. black, eight to nine lines long. l. 2ft. to 4ft. high, circular in outline, fan-shaped, bright green; divisions fifteen to thirty, erect, slightly cleft at the apex, and without thread-like filaments in the sinuses; petioles plano-convex, slender, more or less spiny-edged, longer than the leaves. Stem 4ft. to 8ft. long, creeping, branching. Southern United States, 1840. SYN. Sabal serrulata.