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specimens in Honolulu are usually less than fifteen feet tall. Two 
can be seen at the entrance to the building of the Board of Agri- 
culture on King Street. 
Hyophorbe Verschaffeltii Wendl. is another species belonging to 
the genus Hyophorbe which is peculiar to the Islands of the Mas- 
carene group. It differs considerably from the Bottle Palm, mainly 
in the trunk, which does not reach such a height nor such a diameter 
and does not seem to bulge, at least not to the extent of the bottle 
palm, and then only a few feet above the ground. The pinnae have 
no prominent lateral nerves as in the former species, and the petiole 
has a distinct yellow line on the back. The drupe is cylindrical- 
oblong, the seed subcylindrical and an inch long. This species is 
quite rare in Honolulu ; the writer knows of only four mature 
specimens, one in the grounds of "The Roselawn" on King Street 
near Keeaumoku Street, the others in Mrs. Jaeger's and Mrs. Foster's 
grounds. Mention must be made of Hyophorbe (Chrysalidocarpus) 
lutescens Hort., a very handsome house palm, but planted out in 
Honolulu in several places. The largest specimen can be seen in 
the Moanalua Japanese Garden, while smaller specimens have been 
planted in the Japanese Consulate grounds on Nuuanu Street. It 
is generally known under the name of Areca lutescens and sold as such 
by horticultural dealers. 
Oreodoxa regia H. B. K. 
Royal Palm. 
Plate XIX. 
The name Oreodoxa which has been taken from the Greek and 
is composed of a double word meaning "mountain" and "glory," has 
been applied to a tropical American genus consisting of five species. 
One is now cultivated in man) tropical countries and is much planted 
in Honolulu. 
The Royal Palm has a whitish stout trunk reaching a height of 
seventy-five to one hundred twenty feet, and is usually swollen in 
the middle, tapering above and below ; the base is also swollen and 
is often twenty-four inches in diameter. The leaves are crowded 
at the apex, their sheaths are elongated and overlapping; the very 
numerous leaflets are narrow and pointed ; the inflorescence is borne 
below the leaf-sheaths. The spadix is large, the branches long, 
slender and drooping, the two cylindrical spathes or flower bracts 
are as long as the spadix or fleshy flowering spike. The flowers are 
