Rock: A NEW SPECIES OF PRITCHARDIA 387 
seed globose, base slightly broader, dark, brownish black, albumen 
horny, snow-white, hilum orbicular, embryo situated immediately 
above the hilum. [PLATE 21 and TEXT FI. I.] 
IsLAND OF HAwall: in the rain forests in the neighborhood of 
Glenwood at an elevation of 3,200 feet; collected flowering and 
fruiting, December 23, 1914. The type specimen is preserved 
in the herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 
1G. I. PRITCHARDIA BECCARIANA Rock 
Mature fruit cut in half, showing 
Seed cut in 
A. Mature fruit, slightly reduced. 
whole seed, slightly reduced: , pericarp; é, endocarp; A tilum.” Ce See 
half, slightly reduced: h, hilum; e, embryo. 
This exceedingly distinct species is one of the handsomest and 
tallest of the genus Pritchardia. It forms large groves through- 
out the forest in the vicinity of Glenwood, several hundred feet 
below the volcano of Kilauea, growing in company with Metro- 
sideros polymorpha, Cibotium Chamissoi, Cibotium Menziesii, etc., 
towering as high as the tallest Metrosideros (Ohia Lehua) trees. 
This species differs from all other species of Pritchardia mainly 
in the enormous inflorescence, which branches into five distinct 
spadices; in the large globose fruits; and in the large dimensions 
of the plant in general. 
COLLEGE OF Hawau, 
Honoriutu, HAwAuAN ISLANDS 
Description of plate 21 
wing in the humid forest near Glen- 
Stand of Pritchardia Beccariana Rock, gro 
Ferns in the foreground, Cibotium 
fi 
wood, Olaa, Hawaii, at an elevation of 3,200 feet. 
Chamissoi and C. Menziesii; trees in the background, Metrosideros polymorpha. 
