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for ornamental purposes in all tropical and subtropical countries. In 
Honolulu nearly every yard has one or more specimens. Livistona 
austral is Mart., a much handsomer palm, is not at all common in 
Honolulu. The best specimens occur in the Government Nursery 
grounds, facing Keeaumoku Street. It differs from the former species 
mainly in the blue, globose seeds, and, as the name implies, is a 
native of Australia. There are a few other species of Livistona in 
cultivation in Honolulu, single specimens occurring in private 
grounds, but as yet not definitely determined. See Plate VII. 
Erythea armata (L.) Watson. 
Blue Palm. 
Plate VIII. 
The Blue Palm is indigenous in lower California and belongs 
to a genus of five species. This extremely handsome and ornamental 
palm has often a trunk of more than two feet in diameter in its 
naked portion while the part covered with the old leaves measures 
eight feet in circumference. The leaves, which are of the fan 
type, are rigid and intensely glaucous, and suborbicular in outline ; 
the leafstalk is nearly four feet long, and very closely armed with 
compressed unequal spines, whence the specific name. The flower- 
ing branches are very long, often six feet or more, and droop to the 
ground when loaded with fruit, as can be seen in the accompanying 
illustration. When in flower this palm is an object of great beauty, 
which is enhanced by the handsome bluish symmetrical fronds. 
It is a native of southern California, where it grows in canyons 
along dry water-courses. In Honolulu there are only two specimens 
in cultivation ; the one figured was introduced by Air. Jordan, in 
whose grounds it grows, the other, a less handsome specimen, may 
be seen in Kapiolani Park near the race track. 
Pritchardia pacifica Seem, et Wendl. 
Fiji Fax Palm. 
Plate IX. 
The genus Pritchardia numbers about sixteen species, twelve of 
which are natives of the Hawaiian Islands, where the writer has 
discovered seven new species, five of which have been described by 
Dr. Beccari of Florence, and one by the writer, the remaining one 
will be described in the near future in a monograph on the Ha- 
waiian species of that interesting genus. 
