Palmae. 21 
Livistona rotundifolia Mart. 
The Livistonas are remarkable for their elegant appearance 
and beautiful foliage, but they do not possess many useful qualities 
found in species of other genera. The genus consists of twelve or 
perhaps fourteen species, which are natives of India and Australia 
ranging from Assam and South China to the tropical North and 
sub-tropical East coast of Australia in New South Wales and even 
to Victoria. 
Livistona rotundifolia is a tall palm reaching a height of forty- 
five to sixty feet with a straight smooth trunk, marked with close 
annular scars, the leaves are crowded at the apex, their long stalks 
are armed on the sides with hard sharp teeth ; the leaf-blade is 
orbicular, cleft into numerous segments, one to two inches wide, 
which are again cleft at the apex into two lanceolate pointed lobes, 
two inches long; the base is heart-shaped and about three feet in dia- 
meter. The inflorescence is axillary, drooping, and over three feet 
long. The flowers are small, sessile and numerous ; the fruit is glo- 
bose, somewhat fleshy, yellowish-red, and about half an inch or more 
in diameter. 
This palm is a native of Celebes in the Sunda Straits, but is 
cultivated in many tropical countries. The wood and leaves are 
employed for various economic purposes by the natives of Celebes. 
In Honolulu this palm is sometimes met with, but is not so com- 
monly cultivated as Livistona chinensis Mart. The finest specimens 
can be seen on Pensacola Street opposite the Makiki cemetery. 
Scattered trees occur here and there, as on King Street, Keeaumoku 
Street, and in the grounds of the Grammar School, the old residence 
of Princess Ruth Kelikelani. 
Livistona chinensis Mart. 
Chinese Fax Palm. 
Plate VI. 
The Chinese Fan Palm is the palm most commonly met with 
in Honolulu. Its trunk is arboreous, gray, nearly a foot in diameter 
and unarmed. The palmate leaves are of a bright green, the 
petioles are furnished with spines at the edge, and copious fibres at 
the base. The white flowers are arranged in axillary panicles. The 
fruit is a drupe of the size of an olive with glaucous hue and 
orange-yellow fruit-flesh. 
It is a native of Eastern Asia, but now most extensivelv cultivated 
