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leaves, being arranged on two sides of the trunk, only, as in the 
Traveler's Tree. A specimen, now fairly well grown has been 
planted by Mr. Jordan on Wyllie street; it is the only one in the 
Territory. Copernicia cerifera Mart., the W ax Palm, is a native of 
northern Brazil, where it grows either isolated or aggregated in 
immense forests. It attains a height of twenty to forty feet. The 
leaves are covered by a glaucous bloom, and are arranged so as to 
form an almlost perfect ball. A single specimen which flowers and 
fruits profusely, is in cultivation ; it grows in the grounds of Mr. 
W. Macfarlane on Pensacola Street. Archontophoenix alexandrae 
W. et D., the Alexandra Palm of Australia, is quite plentiful in Hono- 
lulu. It is a tall pinnately leafed palm with short inflorescence and red 
subglobose fruits. Specimens occur in private grounds ; two rather 
tall ones may be seen on King Street near the Board of Agriculture 
and Forestry building, and others on the premises of Lunalilo Home. 
A few specimens of Trachycarpus excelsa, a small Chinese fan 
palm with blackish fibre around the base of the leaf stalks are also 
present in Honolulu but seem not to thrive well in this climate as 
they require a cold winter season. Specimens are located at the 
Queen's Hospital grounds, on Mrs. Jaeger's premises, and one or 
two on Wyllie Street in Nuuanu Valley. Closely related to it is 
Chamaerops humilis Linn, of which there are one or two specimens 
in cultivation in Honolulu. It is the Dwarf Fan Palm of southern 
Europe where it grows in abundance ; it was known to the Romans 
under the name P.alma probably on account of a certain resemblance 
of its leaves to the hand (palma). Later on the name was adopted for 
other members of the order until it was employed as the Family 
name of this wonderful group of plants. 
Chamaerops mncrocarpa Juss. is also under cultivation in Hono- 
lulu ; fine specimens may be seen in Mr. Jordan's grounds on Wyllie 
street. 
Phoenix dactylifera L. 
The Date Palm. 
Plate III. 
The Date Palm is usually a stately tree with a tall trunk marked 
with the scars of fallen leaves. The leaves are pinnatisect, bearing 
linear segments, the lower segments often assuming the appearance 
of spines ; they are moreover conduplicate at the base, a peculiarity 
distinguishing Phoenix from all other genera of palms. The flowers 
groW on branched spadices, which appear in the axils of the leaves 
and are dark vellow and dioecious. In order to make the tree bear 
