Palmae. 1 1 
The stranger's attention is of course first of all drawn to the 
magnificent palms found throughout Honolulu, where as many as 
sixty to eighty species of these so-called princes hold forth. 
The nature of this work forhids going into detail concerning 
every species of palm found cultivated in this Territory, as it would 
make a book in itself. Many have been introduced in recent years 
by enthusiastic horticulturists and the number of species found in 
the Territory now will probably amount to well over a hundred. 
Many of them, however, are as yet small plants and will be passed 
over without comment. 
The writer wishes to call attention to the fact that in Hawaii 
there is a single indigenous genus (Pritchardia) , represented by about 
eleven or twelve species growing wild in isolated regions in the moun- 
tains of these Islands. The genus Pritchardia is strictly speaking an 
oceanic genus with most of its species occurring wild in this Terri- 
tory. Only one foreign species, Pritchardia pacifica Seem, et Wendl., 
a native of Fiji, is here in cultivation. 
Mention must be made of various palms which are under cultiva- 
tion in Honolulu but of which only very few, or sometimes only a 
singly specimen may be found. The most noteworthy and handsome 
of these are described below. Actinophloeus Macarthuri Becc, com- 
monly known as Kentia; it is a soboliferous palm of great beauty but 
cannot endure strong wind on account of its fragile narrow stems. 
Two specimens may be seen at the entrance to Mrs. F. J. Lowrey's 
grounds corner of Victoria Street on the Punahou car line ; another 
much stronger and fruiting specimen on King Street near the en- 
trance to Kalakaua Avenue. 
Hoivea Belmoreana Becc, and Howea Forsteriana Becc, are both 
commonly known as Kentias. Of the former a fine specimen is in 
Mrs. Foster's grounds on Nuuanu Street, and of the latter only a 
single mature one, in Mrs. Jaeger's place on King street. Hoicea 
Belmoreana differs from H. Forsteriana in the leaves, the segments 
of which are turned upward, and in the long flowering spike, wmich 
is produced singly in the axil of the leaf; while in H. Forsteriana 
the leaf segments are turned downward and the much shorter flower- 
ing spikes are produced in pairs or even groups of three from one 
leaf axil. Both are natives of Lord Howe Islands, from w T hich name 
the generic name is derived. 
Pinanga Kuhlii Bl., a very handsome, broad leafed, soboliferous 
palm, a native of the East Indian Archipelago, is found planted out 
in Mrs. Jaeger's premises. Didymosper/na (Ifallichia) distichurn, 
the Sikkim Palm is exceedingly curious on account of its distichous 
