36 Memoirs Bcniicc P. Bixhop Museum. 



6. PRITCHARDIA REMOTA Becc. Alalesia, III, 294 and in Webbia. II 

 (1907; 203, and I\', 222\ Rock, Ind. Trees Haw. Isls. (1913) 103. 



Pr. Gaudichaudii (non H. W'endl.) Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 450 (in part). 

 Washingtonia rcuiota O. Kimtze, Rev. Gen. PI. II (1891) jT^y. 

 Eupritchardia rciiiofa O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I'l. Ill, 2. (^1898} t,2t,. 



(Plates II, £; XXIII, O; fig. i, IV J 



Description. — One of the smallest species of the Genus, 4-5 ni. high. Stem 

 slender, llexuous, closely ringed, about 15 cm. in diameter; the crown of leaves 

 rather dense and somewhat ruffled. The leaf blade measures about 80 cm. from 

 the ligula to the apex, and has a relatively small central undivided part, is char- 

 tacecus, concolor on both surfaces, ver}- slightly pulverulent-waxy, especially 

 underneath, where it is also very sparingly besprinkled with very minute puncti- 

 form, almost rudimentary microlepidia; all segments are very long and narrow, 

 longer than the central undivided part of the blade, and very deeply divided into 

 two very gradually acuminate points, which end in very long capillary apices ; in 

 every sinus is a long filament; the central segments are 3 cm. broad at their 

 disjunction places; the costae are covered with a fugaceous woolliness. Petioles 

 apparently shorter than the blade, 2-2.5 cm. broad, glabrous on both sides, ligula 

 short, rounded. Spadices apparently shorter than the leaves, have a peduncular 

 subterete part, about 15 mm. through; the panicle is apparently longer than the 

 peduncular part, rather large. 30 cm. long, glabrous in every part, spreadinglv 

 divided into several primary branches, the lowest of which are 15-20 cm. long, 

 and carry spirally, at different heights, as many as 10-12 floriferous branchlets, 

 the lowest of which, at times, divide again, or are forked; in its upper part onlv 

 the panicle is simply branched. Floriferous branchlets slender, 10-12 cm. long, 

 2 mm. through at the base and subulate at apex; they carry the flowers, not very 

 crowded, spirally all around, seated on small orbicular convex pulvintili. each of 

 which is furnished with a Aery small, 2-t, mm. long bracteole. Flozcers (unopened) 

 oblong, with a nearly rounded obtusely apiculate top, 8-9 mm. long, 4 mm. through; 

 calvx cvathiform-campanulate. with 3 low but rather acute teeth, thicklv coriaceotis 

 and smooth in its lower part, and sharply marked (in the dry condition) near 

 the mouth with a thinner finely veined rim: corolla twice as long as the calvx, 

 the segments oblong, strongly and closely striately veined, or rather pluricostulate 

 externally; staminal ring slightly protruding beyond the calyx; filaments stibulate 

 from rather broad bases; anthers linear-sagittate; ovary obovoid-turbinate, 

 strongly sculptured above, conically narrowed above into a rather short, thickish, 

 trigonous, sulcate style; stigma pvmctiform. Fruit globose-ovoid, or very slightly 

 longer than broad, 19-20 mm. long, 18-19 mm. through, with the remains of the 

 abortive carpels and style exactly apical, and marked along side by two very 

 faint ridges, descending from apex; whole pericarp about 2 mm. thick; the 

 mesocarp slightly parenchymatous accompanied by several fine fibres ; endocarp 

 thinlv woody, brittle. Seed globular, slightly flattened on the raphe side. 

 Fruiting perianth pedicelHform. terete-ventricose, 4 mm. high and through. The 

 apparentlv nearlv completely mature fruit is of a light greenish-brown color and 

 has a polished surface, otherwise it is very similar to that of P. Flillehrandi. 



