52 Memoirs J] c mice P. Bishop Miisciim. 



XoTE BY Joseph F, Rock. 



PritcJiardia Gaiidiclmudii evidently occurs in all the ""ulches and valleys, or 

 rather on the ridges between them, from \\"aialeia to Pelekunu. In Pelekunu 

 proper many palms were observed growing on the steep cliflfs of that valley, 

 but no specimens could be collected. A\'aikolu A'alley has also numerous palms 

 growing on the steep walls along waterfalls, whether they all belong to Pritcliardia 

 Gaudichaudii or represent new species must be left for future explorers. In 

 Waiakapuu \'alley the typical PritcJiardia Gaudichaudii was collected with per- 

 fectlv spherical fruits: the panicles, however, retained their tomentum more or 

 less. Rock Xo. 17346 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. 



In O. Meyer's place at Kalae, Molokai, there is a palm in cultivation which 

 must be referred to this species, although no mature fruits could be collected. 

 Rock No. 17340 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. 



14. PRITCHARDIA FORBESIANA Rock sp. n. 



(Plate IX. .-i,B) 



Subhimiilis. Folioniin lamina finnc tciiuitcr coriacca, Htriiiqnc vircniia snbtiis lepidiis 

 iiiiiiutissiiiiis. liiicaribiis. fcrrugincis, crcbriiisciilc coiispcrsa, in parte ccntrali circitcr go cm. 

 longii. usque ultra medium iutegra; segincutis ad 57. majoribus ^1-38 em. longis et ad basin 

 6 cm. latis profunde bitidis. laciiiiis acumiiiatis. rigidis. .Spadi.v brezis et iudiiisHS, paniculam 

 simpliciter ra)nosam et breviuscule stipitatuin fereiis: spathis dense appresscquc tomcntosis: ramu- 

 lis fi.oriferis fugaciter piloso-floeeosis. Flores spiraliter alterni. diim clausi oblongi, obtusiusculi, 

 8 mm. lo>tgi, 4 mm. erassi : calyce cyathiformi-eampannlato, basi paullo attenuato, obsolete 

 yden-ato. glabra, obscure venoso: corolla quam caly.v ditplo et paullo ultra longiori; urceolo 

 staminali non. vel 'ci.r. e.r ore ealycis e.verto, petalis obtuse pluricostulatis. Fructus inaturus 

 globosus, 3-3.1 em. diain. symmetrieus: immaturus cllipsoideus. acittis. Perianthium fructi- 

 fcrum depressc pedicellifonne. ureeoli stamiualis e calyce calloso paullo e.vertis. 



Description. — A short stemmed palm, trunk 3-4 m. ( 5 m. C. X. F. ) high 

 with a small rigid crown. Leaf blade 72 cm. long from ligule to apex; number of 

 segniients about 60: width of median segments 4.5 cm. at their disiunction, 

 divided for about 26 cm. into long acuminate non-drooping points, dotted beneath 

 with elliptical scale-like, slightly fringed to subentire, yellowish lepidia ; transverse 

 veinlets very prominently protruding; the lower costae on the under surface of the 

 leaves covered with reddish brown wool, glabrous above. Ligule triangular in 

 young leaves, crescent shaped in old leaves : petioles about as long as the blade 

 or shorter, width at ligule 4 cm. Spadi.v evidently simple, the spathes ovoid 

 oblong, acute or bluntly acuminate, densely covered outside with a detachable 

 rufous brown wool; panicle short, about 12 cm. long, with many simple branchlets 

 in the upper and middle part, the few lower branchlets dividing once or twice; 

 branches 8 to 10 cm. long, apparently less than 2 mm. through, terete. Inn some- 

 what angular when dry, sinuously twisted, with large orbicular projecting pulvini 

 on which the flowers are borne; whole panicle with grayish to yellowish hair or 



