Palmae. 



in the larger dimension of all parts, in the calyx which is more distinctly cam- 

 pauulate, and in the style which surpasses the urceolate androphore. The 

 flowers are a little larger, very attenuate at the base and broader at the mouth, 

 striate-nervose. ' ' 



The writer has never collected the typical Pr. Martii, which undoubtedly occurs 

 on Oahu. In the Punalim Mts., Oahu, quite a number of native palms occur, 

 some of which may have to be referred to this species. 



Pritchardia lanigera Becc. 



Loulu. 

 (Plate 32.) 



PEITCHAKDIA LANIGERA Becc. in Malesia III. (1889) 298. tab. XXXVIII. fig. 1-3. 

 Pr. Gaudichaudii (non H. Wendl.) Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 4oO ex pane. Wash- 

 ingtonia lanigera O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PL II. (1891) 737. Eupritchardia lanigera 

 O. Ktze. Kev. PL III. 2. (1898) 323. 



Spadix long pedunculate, spathes 7 to 8, broadly lanceolate-oblong with auriculate, 

 densely silvery-woolly clasping sheath, rhachys lanate, panicles short compact, ovate-thyr- 

 soideous (12 to 15 cm long) branchlets densely woolly to pilose, erect-spreading, short; 

 flowers somewhat large, calyx ovate, urceolate, rounded at the base, not striate outside, 

 apex crowned by 3 rather short ciliate teeth; corolla-lobes not striate, coriaceous; the 

 urceolate androphore as long as the calyx, filaments subulate, erect after the expansion of 

 the flower; fruits oblong (rather large?). 



This species occurs on the Island of Hawaii and was collected first by Mr. J. 

 Lydgate. It was again collected in the type locality by the writer in the Kohala 

 Mountains above Awini at an elevation of 3000 feet in the dense tropical rain 

 forest. It was in flower only, so that the mature fruits remain still undescribed. 



Beccari says: "A very distinct species, and uncomprehensible how Hille- 

 brand could confuse it with Pr. Gaudichaudii." He states that fruits (as de- 

 scribed above) were attached to the sheet in a separate envelope; he, however, 

 believes for some reason that they do not belong to Pr. lanigera, and it is therefore 

 wise to restrict the specific distinction to the floriferous spadix. Specimens of 

 this species, together with other palm material, were forward to O. Beccari, who 

 pronounced Xo. 8820 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium the typical Pritchardia 

 lanigera. 



Pritchardia Hillebrandi Becc. 

 Loulu. 



PRITCHARDIA HILLEBRANDI Becc. in Malesia III. (1889) 292 tab. XXXVIII fig. 



4-10. Pr. Gaudichaudii (non H. Wendl.) Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 450 (excl. 



specim. e Kohala ridge et e Bird Island). Washingtonia Hillebrandi O. Ktze. Rev. 



Gen. PL II. (1891) 737. Eupritchardia Hillebrandi O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. P. III. 2. 



(1898) 323. 



Caudex 6 to 7 m high, 30 cm in diameter; petiole 60 to 90 cm long, limb suborbicular 

 1 m to 1.3 m in diameter, woolly-furfuraceous underneath to one-third divided into 60 acute 

 bifid segments; spadices 50 to 60 cm long; panicle glabrous, diffuse, thyrsoid-ovate, inferior 

 branches simple or divided into 7 to 8 furcate branchlets, superior ones simple; flowers 

 oblong, apiculate; calyx cylindrical tubular or subcampanulately-dilated at the apex, trun- 

 cate at the base, not striate-nervose outside, the urceolate androphore shortly exserted, fila- 

 ments erect or spreading; fruits globose-ovate, symmetrical, 20 to 22 mm long, 17 to 18 

 mm wide, seeds globose, 11 to 12 mm in diameter. (Descript. ex Becc.) 



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