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thick almost leathery structure; it measures about i m. from the ligula to the 

 apex, is entire to above the middle in its central part, otherwise cut into rather 

 numerous large segments, which soon subdivide into two long, acuminate, stifif 

 (non-drooping) usually slightly falcate laciniae; it is apparently equally green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, but is closely dotted underneath with minute, light 

 colored, orbicular, elliptical, or shortly linear not fringed lepidia ; the central, 

 largest, segments are up to 6 cm. broad at their disjunction places; ligula large, 

 rounded-oblong. Petiole robust, a little shorter than the blade (90 cm. long, and 

 4 cm. broad at apex in one specimen). In the adult leaves, the petiole and the 

 base of the blade are almost glabrous on both surfaces, except on the lower costae, 

 which are more or less permanently cottony. Spadix (whole) 1-1.20 m. long, 

 and drooping; it divides into two partial inflorescences, but of these only the 

 upper one bears an enormous cluster of fruits (Rock). The spathes sheathing the 

 long peduncular part, are, at the fruiting stage, glabrous, much slashed and marces- 

 cent. The fruiting panicle is dense, has the lower branches divided into 2-3 branch- 

 lets, and is simply branched above; floriferous branchlets glabrous, 10-12 cm. 

 long, slender and somewhat angular (when dry) and strongly sinuous between 

 the spirally alternate flowers ; at the fruiting stage are subterete and 2-3 mm. 

 thick. Every flower is furnished with a capillary deciduous bracteole. Flozvers 

 (unopened) 8-9 mm. long, 3 mm. through, very similar to those of Pr. Gaiidi- 

 chaiidii, narrowed a little above acute and often slightly asymmetrical ; calyx cam- 

 panulate, narrowed to the base, distinctly veined, the veins converging to the short 

 sharp pointed teeth; corolla somewhat more than twice as long as the calyx; its 

 segments broadly irregularly linear subhastate, acute, strongly striately veined; 

 staminal ring about level with the mouth of the calyx ; filaments subulate ; anthers 

 linear, sagittate, blunt. Oz'ary turbinate, sculptured above, and narrowed into a 

 thickish, trigonous, sulcate style; stigmas punctiform. Fruit very large, quite 

 symmetrical, ovoid, broadly conical in its upper part, acute, 6 cm. long, 4 cm. 

 through at its middle, slightly narrowed to the base, which, however, is rounded; 

 the surface is smooth and rather shiny, not, or only very faintly, marked by longi- 

 tudinal ridges : it is of a deep brown color in the herbarium specimens, but the 

 mature fruit is black (Rock) ; whole pericarp 5-6 mm. thick, mesocarp grumous 

 and permeated bv rather numerous sinuous branched fibers ; endocarp woody, 

 about imm. thick on the sides, pointed and considerably thickened at the base; the 

 endocarpal cavity is nearly polished white. Seed ovate, conical in its upper part ; 

 hilum orbicular, 12-14 "'"■'''• ™ diameter. Fruiting pcria)ith callous, depressed, very 

 shortly pedicelliform. 



Habitat. — Pr. Loivrcyana was discovered in June, 1918, by Professor Rock 

 at Waialeia on Molokai, immediately above the leper colony, at an elevation of 

 about 650 m. It was found at the same time with Pr. Gaudichaudii, not, how- 

 ever, on the clift's overhpnging the sea (the station of the latter) but inland on the 

 flats, and was growing among masses of Frcycinctia arborca Gaud. Professor 

 Rock distinguishes this fine palm with the specific name of Lowreyana in "honor 

 of the late Mrs. F. J. Low-rey of Honolulu, an ardent admirer of palms, who was 

 in a measure responsible for the embellishment of this city." 



Observations. — It is related to Pr. Gaudichaudii and must have had a com- 

 mon derivation with it. The flowers of the two plants are almost indistingui.shable 



