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PRITCHARDIA 



PROMEN^A 



tonia is included in this genus. The genus was mono- 

 graphed by Beccari in Malesia, vol. 3 (1890). A good 

 horticultural account is that of Wm. Watson in G.C. 

 III. 13:332 (1893). True pritchardias, according to 

 Watson, differ from all other fan-lvd. palms in the 

 form of the blade, which is cuneate in outline; the Ivs. 



are also exceptionally 

 soft and pliant. The 

 best of the genus, prob- 

 ably, is P. pacifica, 

 which is remarkable for 

 its fibrous fluffy lf.- 

 stalks. 



A. Ovary 1, S-angled or 



S-lobed, attenuate 

 into style. 



B. Fr. black-purple, glo- 

 bose, 6 lines thick. 



pacifica, Seem &. 

 Wendl. Fig. 3193 

 (adapted from Martius) . 

 Trunk attaining 30 ft. 

 high, 10-12 in. thick, 

 straight, smooth: Ivs. 

 4^ ft. long, 3J^ ft. wide, 

 densely covered when 

 young with whitish 

 brown tomentum, finally 

 glabrous and of a fine 

 rich green; segms. about 

 90; petiole 3}^ ft. long. 

 Samoa, Fiji Isls. I. H. 

 21:161. F.S. 22:2262. 



BB. Fr. yellow or red, 



3193. Pritchardia pacifica. 9 li/nes thick ' 



Gaudichaftdii, Wendl. 



(P. macrocdrpa, Lind.). Trunk 20 ft. high, 1 ft. thick, 

 usually much lower in cult.: Ivs. roundish, 3-4 ft. 

 long, covered beneath with pale brown matted wool, 

 slit for about 1 ft. into about 60 segms. ; petioles 2-3 

 ft. long, without spines: calyx glabrous and not promi- 

 nently striate: fr. ovoid, %in. long, yellowish red. 

 Hawaiian Isls. I.H. 26:352. 



BBB. Fr. greenish, globose, 15-20 lines thick. 

 Martii, Wendl. Trunk generally not exceeding 

 5-6 ft., but recorded to 12 ft., as thick as in P. Gaudi- 

 chaudii: Ivs. glabrous and glaucous below, not woolly; 

 segms. about 40, not as deep; petioles longer: calyx 

 densely striate: fr. globose, lJ^-1% in. diam., greenish. 

 Hawaiian Isls. Cult, in S. Calif. 



AA. Ovary of distinct carpels. (Colpothrinax.) 



Wrightii, Becc. (Colpothnnax Wrightii, Wendl.). 

 BARREL or BOTTLE PALM. PALMA BARRIGONA. Fig. 

 3194; also Fig. 2725, p. 2437. Formerly retained in 

 Colpothrinax, as the only species, but recently (1907) 

 transferred to Pritchardia by Beccari: st. single, rising 

 for 3-6 ft. or more, at first cylindrical but gradually 

 increasing in thickness in a bottle-like or flask-like 

 form, the trunk slender and ascending beyond this 

 part till the whole reaches 30-40 ft.: Ivs. circular in 

 outline, more than 5 ft. across, suborbicular, flabellate- 

 radiate, regularly divided into about 80 segms. about 

 4J4 ft. long; segms. rigid, slightly leathery, pale green, 

 very glabrous and shining: spadix simply duplicate- 

 branched; spathes 2, slightly leathery, red-brown: fls. 

 sessile: fr. globose, 1-celled. Sandy savannas in Pinar 

 del Rio, Cuba. A very striking palm is indicated in 

 Fig. 3194, which is drawn from photo-illustration in 

 Pomona College Journ. EC. Bot., vol. 3. 



P. bomeensis, Hort., was intro. in 1891 by Linden, but 

 unknown to botanists. P. filamentdsa, Hort., is presumably a 

 catalogue error for P. filifera. P. filifera, Lind., is Washingtonia 

 filifera. P. grdndis. Bull, is Licuala grandis. P. periculdrum, 



Wendl., is characterized by its dark brownish golden petioles and 

 obliquely spherical fr. Pomotu Isl. P. robusta, Hort., listed 

 abroad, is without botanical description. P. Thirstonii, Drude, is 

 distinguished by its long slender fl.-stalks like fishing-rods bearing a 

 thyrse-like infl. Neither of the last two is in cult, in Amer. 



PRIVET: Ligustrum. P., Mock: Phillyrea. 

 PROBOSCIDEA: Martynia. 



L. H. B.f 



PROCHNYANTHES (Greek, kneeling and flower; 

 referring to the sudden bend in the flower which is 

 likened to a knee). Amaryllidacese. Interesting tuber- 

 bearing plants, probably suitable for cult, in pots and 

 also planted out: closely related to Polianthes and 

 Bravoa, differing chiefly in the shape of the flowers. 



Sts. slender, from oblong tubers which crown short 

 thick rootstock: Ivs. mostly basal: infl. a lax spike or 

 raceme: fls. always in pairs, tubular below, abruptly 

 bent at the middle, bell-shaped above; stamens 6, 

 included: fr. 3-celled, many-seeded. A genus, dis- 

 covered by E. Palmer in 1886, of which two species 

 have been described. Native of W. Mex. 



viridescens, Wats. Sts. 4-6 ft. high: Ivs. mostly 

 basal, numerous, 1-2 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad, erect: fls. 

 5-30 pairs, brownish; pedicels nearly wanting to \Yi in. 

 long. At first supposed to be a very rare species, 

 known only from near Guadalajara, Mex., but found 

 by the writer to be very common in the mountains of 

 the states of Jalisco, 

 Durango, and Zacatecas. 

 Not yet in the trade, 

 but it is a plant that 

 deserves to be intro. 



P. BulliAna, Baker. Hardly 

 differs from the above but 

 described as haying larger fls., 

 which are sessile instead of 

 having a long pedicel: fls. 

 brownish green. The fls. are 

 not jointed at the pedicel as 

 Baker says. B.M. 7427. P. 

 mridiflbra, mentioned under 

 B.M. 7427, is a mere slip of 

 the pen for P. viridescens. 



J. N. ROSE. 



PROMEN^EA (named 

 presumably after the 

 prophetess of Dodona). 

 Orchidacex. A group of 

 small herbs with the 

 habit of odontoglossum 

 but having leaves of 

 paler green. 



Leaves conduplicate in 

 the bud : pseudobulbs 

 evident: infl. originating 

 above the annual leafy 

 axis, 1-2-fld.; sepals and 

 petals subequal, spread- 

 ing, the lateral sepals 

 forming a mentum with 

 base of the column; 

 labellum movably joined 

 to the base of the col- 

 umn. About 10 species 

 in Brazil. It is one of 

 the many genera 

 formerly united with 

 Zygopetalum . For cult . , 

 see Zygopetalum. 



xanthina, Lindl. 

 (Zygop etalum xdnthi- 

 num, Reichb. P. citnna, 

 Donn). A little orchid 

 with small ovate pseudo- 



bulbs and lanceolate Ivs. 3194 pntchardia (or Colpothri- 

 2-3 in. long: fls. pale nax) Wrightii, from Cuba. Swell- 

 lemon - yellow J labellum ing is usually higher on trunk. 



