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basi affixis. Styli apicales, uniti. Drupa baccoeformis, 1-cocca, endo- 

 carpio tenui. Albumen sequabile, per chalazum et raphem in latere 

 ventrali Isevissime impressum. Embryo dorsale, pauliilum supra basim 

 positum. — Arbores erectae, inermes, frondis flabelliformis, palmati- 

 sectis, petiolis inermis; spadicibus lateralibus, longe pedunculatis 

 paniculo-duplicatovel triplicato-ramosis. k 



The genus was named in honor of William T. Pritchard, 

 British consul at Fiji in 1860. It belongs to the tribe Corypheoe, 

 and is distinctive of the islands of the Pacific. If Colpothrinax 

 be incuded in the genus, the range is extended to Cuba. Colpo- 

 thrinax is distinguished from the true Pritchardia by the fact that 

 the former has an ovary made up of distinct carpels, the latter 

 does not. The inclusion of Colpothrinax with Pritchardia, which 

 is not favored by the writer, raises some very interesting problems 

 in geographical distribution, somewhat beyond the scope of this 

 paper. The writer views Pritchardia as a well-defined Polynesian 

 genus, which has reached its highest development in the Hawaiian 

 Archipelago. 



The exact nmnber of species comprising the genus is unknown. 

 The following forms are at present recognized in the literature^ 

 but the specific status of a number of the Hawaiian ''species" 

 is open to serious question. 



P. arecina Beccari; P. Beccariana Rock; P. eriphora Becarri; P. 

 eriostachia Beccari; P. Gaudichaudii H. Wendland; P. Hillehrandi 



^ In addition to the 16 species listed, there are numerous names either of 

 dubious significance or synonjons, in the literature Some of these are: 

 Pritchardia aurea H. Lind.^ — ? 

 P. borneensis H. Lind. — Licualae sp. 

 P. Cusiniana H. Lind. — Livistona sp. 



P. filamentosa H. Wendl.' — Washingtonia filifera. H. Wendl. 

 P. filifera Lind.' — Washingtonia filifera. 

 P. grandis H. Bull — Licuala grandis H. Wendl. 

 P. grandis H. Veitch — Licuala orbicularis Becc. 



P. insignis Becc.' — cultivated in botanic gardens, Georgetown, Demerara. 

 P. macrocarpa H. Veitch H. Lind — ? 

 P. Maideniana Becc— cultivated. 

 P. moensii Hort.' — ? 

 P. nobilis Hort. — ? 



P. pacifica var. Samoensis Becc. — Samoa. 

 P. robusia Hort. — ? 



