58 AKECACEAE. 



develops large drooping flower-clusters at the upper axils and progressively 

 downward nearly to the base. 



Areca Catechu L., Betel Nut, Asiatic, occasionally planted, is an un- 

 armed palm with a slender trunk, becoming 40° high or higher, its pinnate 

 leaves 4°-6° long, with many, narrowly lanceolate, plicate segments; its in- 

 florescence is much-branched, drooping, with small white flowers, its ovoid, 

 smooth, orange or scarlet fruit about 2' long, used in large quantities in trop- 

 ical Asia for chewing. The Agricultural Station had seedlings in 1914. 



Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg., Silver Thatch Palm, Floridian 

 and West Indian, a fan-leaved palm up to 20° high, the slender-petioled leaves 

 silvery beneath, the petiole-bases fibrous-netted, the panicled, small, globose, 

 fruits black, is occasionally planted for ornament. 



Pinanga Kuhlii Blume, Kuhl's Pinanga, Malayan, was taken to Mt. 

 Langton from the New York Botanical Garden in 1913. Seedling plants 

 were also seen at the Agricultural Station. It is a pinnate-leaved palm, with 

 long leaf-sheaths and acuminate, falcate segments, the upper ones cuneate at 

 the base and incised at the apex; the fruits are small and ellipsoid. 



Chamaerops humilis L., Dwarf Palm, of southern Europe, a low, fan- 

 leaved species with slender spiny petioles, linear leaf-segments, the dark green, 

 orbicular leaves about 1° broad, the flowers in short, dense panicles, is occa- 

 sionally planted for ornament. 



Howea Belmoreana (F. Muell.) Becc, Curly Palm, from Lord Howe's 

 Island in the Pacific Ocean, is occasionally planted, and often eroneously called 

 Kentia. It becomes at least 20° tall, with great pinnate leaves 8°-12° long, 

 their narrow long-acuminate segments 2°-3° long, about 7' wide; the flowers 

 are borne on greatly elongated, solitary or few spadices, the fruit partly 

 enclosed in notches. [Kentia Belmoreana F. Muell.] 



Rhopadostylis Baueri H. Wendl., Bauer's Khopadostylis, native of 

 Norfolk Island, is a pinnate-leaved palm, becoming 10° high or more, the 

 leaves 6°-10° long, the tips of their numerous, narrow segments at first con- 

 nected by a very slender marginal band which disappears as the leaves become 

 older; it has white flowers and small, scarlet, short-ellipsoid fruits. A fine 

 specimen, apparently this species, was seen at Norwood in 1914. 



Neowashingtonia filifera (Linden) Sudw., Weeping Palm, of Lower 

 California, taken to Mt. Langton from the New York Botanical Garden in 1913, 

 has fan-shaped leaves 2°-4° broad on slender, unarmed petioles, the numerous 

 linear segments with marginal filaments; the inflorescence of this palm is 

 paniculately branched, with small white flowers. [Washingtonia filifera 

 Linden.] 



Dictyosperma album (Bory) Wendl. & Drude, White Dictyosperma, 

 of the Mascarene Islands, seen at Bellevue in 1914, is a pinnate-leaved palm, 

 with short-petioled, stiff leaves 6° long or more, short panicles of small, white 

 flowers, the narrowly ovoid pointed fruits nearly V long. I am indebted to 

 Mr. O. F. Cook, of the United States Department of Agriculture, for the identi- 

 fication of this species. [Areca alha Bory.] 



Dictyosperma rubrum Wendl. & Drude, East Indian, was represented by 

 seedlings at the Agricultural Station in 1914. 



Ptychosperma elegans (R. Br.) Blume, Elegant Ptychosperma, Austra- 

 lian, is a pinnate-leaved palm, similar to the preceding species, but with longer 

 panicles. One of the palms in the collection seen at Bellevue in 1914, is prob- 

 ably referable to this species. [Seaforthia elegans R. Br.] 



Martinezia caryotaefolia H.B.K., Martinezia, South American, recorded 

 by Jones in 1873, is a tall slender palm, wuth a spiny trunk, the pinnate leaves 

 3°-6° long also spiny, their segments wedge-shaped, clustered. 



Seedling palms, under the following names, were seen at the Agricultural 

 Station in 1914 : 



