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Beccaii; P. lanigera Boccaii; P. Martii II. Wendland; P. minor Beccari; 

 P. Pacijica Seeiiiann & H. Wciullaiid; P. pericidarum Wendland; 

 P. remota Beccari; P. Rockaina Beccari; P. Thurstonii F. v. Mueller 

 and Driide; P. Vuijhtekeana H. Wendland; P. Wrightii Beccari. 



The geographical distribution of these 16 fonns is as follows: 



SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN 



Fiji, Tonga, Samoa P. Pacifica 



Fiji only P- Thurstonii 



' P. pericularum 



Paiimotu Archipelago | p] ^y^yi.i,^,^^^ 



NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 



Hawaiian Archipelago : 



f P. Hillehrandi 



a. All high islands of group •! P. Gaudichaudn 



I P. Martii 

 [ P. Beccariana 



b. Hawaii only \P. eriostachia 



[ P. lanigera 



c. Maui only P. arecina 



d. Oahu only P. Rockiana 



e. Kauai only P. minor 



f . Low islets only (Nihoa & Laysan) i p ^!^l^^^i^^ ^ 



WEST INDIES 



Cuba only (Colpothrinax) C. Wrightii 



P. Martii is recorded as in cultivation in southern California. 

 Seeds of other species have been sent, at various tunes, to 

 botanical gardens throughout the world, where the trees may be 

 seen in cultivation, and often erroneously labelled. 



The nanie apphed by the native Hawaiians to all species of 

 Pritchardia is loidu and this convenient designation will be used 

 generally in the subsequent remarks. The loulus are abundant 

 in many parts of the islands, especially in those parts of the 

 rain-forests that have not been ravaged by man or live stock. 

 In the Punaluu Mountains, Oahu, for example, there are 

 hundreds of trees; every ravine wall is marked by one to many 

 clumps of this characteristic and easily recognized pahn. It 

 usually does not grow on the extreme ridge-crests or summit 



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