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Species: 2*. 



Distribution : — Lord Howe's Island. ' 



Cultivation in Europe. — The species of Hoivea are ornamental 

 stove palms. They do well in a compost of loam and peat, in 

 equal proportions, to which may be added a little silver sand. 

 They require plenty of pot room, and plenty of water throughout 

 the summer, both at the roots and overhead. Propagation is 

 effected by seeds, which quickly germinate in a light sandy soil, if 

 placed on a hotbed. 



When attacked by red spider or thrips, the plants must be 

 sponged with soapy water. 



Leaves 1 feet long and more H. Forsteriana. 



Leaves about 7 feet long H. Belmoreana. 



HO fVB A FORSTERIAN A, Becc. Malesia, I (1877), 66; Webbia IV 

 (1913), 159.— Gard. Chron. Dec. 12th, 1885, 748, and March 17th, 1888, 332.— 

 Hemsley, Fl. Lord Howe Island in Ann. of Bot. X (1896), 255. — Ricco- 

 bono in Boll. Orto Bot. Palermo, fasc. 3-4 (Die. 1906), 120 {H. forste- 

 riana) — Grisebachia forstenana, H. Wendl. & Drude in Linnsea, XXXIX 

 (1875), 203, t. IV, f. 2. Kerch. Les Palm. 325, t. Yll.—Kentia forste- 

 nana, Moore and Mueller in Mueller, Fragm. Phyt. Austr. VII (1870), 

 100. — Mueller, Sec. Syst. census Austr. PI. 201. — Maiden in Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales ex Gard. Chron. Dec. 24th (1899), AA^.—Kentia belmo- 

 riana (partim ? ) Andre in Revue Hort. (1896), 76. — Kentia belmoriana 

 (partim?) Mueller, Fragm. Phyt. Austr. VIII, 234. — Hoxoea belmoriana 

 (non Becc.) Bot. Mag. t. 7018. — Kentia australis, Hort. ex Gard. Chron. 

 (1873), 6 and Dec. 12th (1885), 748. 



Names. — English : Thatch Palm ; Flat-leaved Palm (according 

 to Mueller). 



German : Forster's Lord Howe Palme. 



Description. — Stem smooth, annulate, rising to the height of 

 about 60 feet, with a diameter of 1^-2 feet. Leaves (of cultivated 

 specimens) 10-12 feet long ; sheath green, yellowish on the median 

 line, elongate, much broadened below; but only for a short distance, 

 and there completely embracing the stem. Petiole stout, about 5 

 feet long, broad near the base, margins very acute, regularly convex 

 on the lower side, flattened or very slightly concave on the upper ; 

 rhachis flat above in its lower part, with a groove on each side 

 where the segments are inserted, the flat upper portion becomes 

 gradually narrower and ends in a very acute angle, the lower side 

 rounded in its lower part, becoming almost flat in its upper part. 



•It has been doubtful for a long time whether the two palms described below 

 formed one species or two. Beccari has settled the question in his paper : Contri- 

 butualla conoscenza dalle palms, in Webbia Vol. TV (1913) p. 156-168. It is from 

 this paper that we have drawn our descriptions. 



