les, an important i 

 18-16 he publishiM 

 er days Mr. Prinoi- 



I-, . vr,.|,t apples. 

 l;- .-.•■ In his 

 oiMiy degrees of 



i Canada in order 



II lompany 

 . , iiuil Pro- 

 .. iii.nng 1849 

 ly for gold, he 

 vild flowers of 

 1 in the United 

 ignolias, salis- 



ilns), paying $im 

 uisignment,-acoii 

 small box. About 



for their 

 ulberries 

 r the one 



PKITCHARDIA 1437 



Palmlta, E. Mey. Stem stout, often forked, 2-t in. 

 in thickness, reaching a length of 5-6 ft.: Ivs. linear, 

 rigid, glabrous, 3-4 ft. long, in dense rosette at summit 

 of stem: inflorescence a large, dense, terminal panicle 

 on long peduncle: perianth and bracts Va in. long. 

 B.M. 5722. p. -vv. Barclay. 



PEITCHARDIA (W. T. Pritchard, British consul at 

 Fiji in IS'itM. Pal iniw <i . Nine species of spineless fan 

 palms fn.iu sin:ill ivh.iuls of the South Pacitic. True 

 Pritchar.liii-. ar, i.nlin- t.. Wiu. Watsoii, differ from all 



other f:Ui I :r ■••I |.:i'i|.- ill in- I'.. nil -f llii lil:i.li', ullioh 

 iSCUlleiil. '. . :''.■<.. ,■!.■•,-,.■. :': . . •,. . l.ih.iiiilh soft 



and j>li.-ii, ! ■ . I" .. ■ , I /', I'li- 



stalks. I'l ii.|,,iiiii,i I- ,mIi. : ■ • iiiueutjoiied 



under Li'ii:il:i I 'vlii'li ■- ■ ■ ■ l mshed as fol- 

 lows: o\ ;iiy ;:-i-MtiiiT-iii -I .,..,,, I, iri'.iwed into a 

 strong si>li-: .■i.nilla -.viil, ; • ' : . i i i ii.i- and decidu- 



monogr'aphed by Beceari in Jlalesia, vol. 3 (1890). The 

 best horticultural account is that of Wm. Watson in 

 G.C. III. 13:332 (1S93). The species in the supplemen- 

 tary list below are very imperfectly known. 



A. Fr. black-ptirple , globose, 8 lines thick. 



PaciHca, Seem. & Wendl. Fig. 1901. Trunk attain- 

 ing 30 ft. high, 10-12 in. thick, straight, smooth: Ivs. 

 4% ft. long, 3Ji ft. wide, densely covered when young 

 with whitish brown tomeutum, finally glabrous ; seg- 

 ments about 90 ; petiole S% ft. long. Samoa, Fiji. 

 I.H. 21:161. F.S. 22:2262. -The illustration (Pig. 1961) 

 is adapted from Martins. 



AA. Fr. yellow or red, 9 lines thick. 



Gaudichatidii, H. Wendl. {P. macrocdrpa, Linden). 

 Trunk 20 ft. high, 1 ft. thick: Ivs. roundish, 3-4 ft, 

 long, covered beneath with pale brown matted wool, 

 slit for about ! ft. into about 60 segments; petioles 2-3 

 ft. long. Hawaiian Islands. I.H. 26:352. 



Mue 



establishment. He was always more of : li ; I: t 

 and botanist than business man, and. :•- 



days, the Linnean Botanic Nursery . 



celebrated for its great variety of vcKet.il.l. hii i\iiler 

 than a commercial establishment. He was a vigorous 

 and prolific writer, and down to the time of his death 

 was a constant contributor to horticultural literature. 

 L. B. Prince. 

 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. See Canachi. 



PRINCE'S FEATHER. Amuranlhtis and d-losia. 



PElNOS. See Ilex. 



PRIdNITJM (Greek, snw ; refeniu- ti. I.;,v,.s, which 

 are sword-shaped, with serrati , i / , ,/,,,p. A 



genus of one species, a teml' • ■ from .S. 



Africa, where it grows in gre.ii nir water. 



This is one of the few plants III .having 



the Ivs, crowded at the top ol .v.. i : : ;. .- :,. .-lem .'j-C 

 ft, high, (Jeneric characters: uvary sessile, globose, 

 3-celled : ovules axile, usually 2 in a cell : stigmas 3, 

 sessile, spreadins: capsule rigid, 3-valved; seeds usu- 

 ally only 1 in each cell. For further description, see 

 Flora Capensis 7:28, This plant may be grown in a pot 

 placed in a pan of water, and, if desired, may be planted 

 out for the summer in a wet position. 



1961. Pritchardia Pacifica. 

 AAA. Fr. greenish, globose, 15-iO lines thick. 

 M&rtii, H, Wendl. Trunk generally not exceeding 

 5-6 ft., but as thick as in P. Gaudachaudii: Ivs. glabrous 

 and glaucous below, not woolly; segments about 40, not 

 as deep; petioles longer. Hawaiian Isl. — Cult, in S. 

 Calif. 



P. Bnme^nsis. Hort,, was introduced in 1891 by Linden, but 

 seenis unknown to botanists,— P, filamentitsa, Hort.. is presum- 



