Botanical Novelties St. John 
163 
most of the older collections are incomplete 
or immature^ an illustration made from the 
Niihau collection, St.John 23,398, is included. 
PALMAE 
Fritchardia Aylmer -Robins onii sp. nov. 
Fig. 3 
NOM, VERN.; ’'wahane,” or occasionally 
''hawane/’ 
DIAGNOSIS HOLOTYPi: Arbof, stirpe unica 
erecta 7 m. alta, 2 dm. diametro, summa tur- 
binata densa 35-40-folifera, foliis adscendenti- 
divergentibus, deinde foliis marcidis penden- 
tibus, petiolis 92 cm. longis in basi 19 cm. 
ktis in apice 3.7 cm. latis clariter viridibus 
glabris, scutello 2-4 cm. longo glabro valde 
obliquo late obtuso apice anguste acuminato 
fugaceo, laminis 1 m. longis clariter viridibus 
et in maturis in lateribus ambis glabris, seg- 
mentis multis per 4 dm, partitis apicibus bi- 
lobatis tenuibus pendulis sensim diminuen- 
tibus acutisque, paginis ambis cum nervulis 
transversis minute striatis, segmentis cen- 
tralibus in basi 17 mm. latis, segmentis im- 
maturis complicatis infra in costis et petiolis 
dense fuscodanatis, pilis omnibus similibus 
gracilibus et implicatis vel cum lepidiis paucis 
permixtis, spadicis glabris apicibus liberis ex- 
pansis 15-20 cm. longis anguste ellipticis 
concavis, inflorescentiis geminatis 6-9 dm. 
longis glabris, pedunculis 40-55 cm. longis, 
paniculis 25-30 cm. longis, 25-30 cm. dia- 
metro ovoideis, ramis secundariis ferentibus 
2-9 ramulis floriferis 4-13 cm. longis 2-4 mm. 
diametro glabris, bracteis et alabastris in ex- 
emplare desunt, calycibus 4 mm. longis 
minime tridentatis subcylindricis, nervis ob- 
scuris sed in apicibus ad dentibus manifestis 
et convergentibus, petalis 7.5 mm. longis 
3.8-4 mm. ktis ellipticis in basi truncatis intra 
cum impressio antherarum sulcatis caducis, 
circulo staminali extra calycem 1-1.5 mm. 
exserto et distento, filamentis rotatis parte 
libera 1.5-2 mm. longa, antheris 4.5 mm. 
longis diver gentibus anguste oblongis ob- 
tusis et emarginatis, ovario sulcato apici co- 
nico, stigmati trigonal! truncate, fructibus 
orbicukribus 18-20 mm. diametro nigris du- 
ris, pericarpiis 2. 5-3. 5 mm. crassis, mesocar- 
piis grumosis et fibrosis pallidis, endocarpiis 
0.5 mm. crassis brunneis, testis levigatis atro- 
brunneis, endospermiis albis osseosis, perian- 
thiis fructiferis 3.5-4 mm. longis 4-5 mm. 
ktis subcylindraceis a latere compressis. 
Tree with single erect trunk 7 m. tall, 2 dm. 
in diameter; crown turbinate, dense with the 
numerous (35-40) leaves, ascending, spread- 
ing, then on withering becoming pendent, 
and the inflorescences making the same de- 
scending, semicircular course of movement; 
petiole 92 cm. long, 19 cm. wide just above 
the base, 3.7 cm. wide at apex, after expansion 
bright green, glabrous; scutellum 2-4 cm. 
long, glabrous, very oblique, broadly obtuse 
with a narrow acuminate, fugaceous apex; 
blade parted into numerous segments, meas- 
uring 1 m. from the liguk to the apex, bright 
green and glabrous on both sides long before 
maturity; segments parted for about 4 dm., 
rather thin and drooping, deeply parted into 
two, gradually tapering acute tips; both sur- 
faces finely striate with oblique transverse 
veinlets; central and largest segments 17 mm. 
wide at their disjunction points; young un- 
expanded leaves having the back of the 
petiole and the costae of the lower blade 
surface densely knate with a fawn-colored 
coat, the hairs fine and tangled, uniform or 
mixed with a few lepidia; spadices glabrous, 
the free expanded tips 15-20 cm. long, nar- 
rowly elliptic, concave; inflorescences paired, 
6-9 dm. long, glabrous; peduncle 40-55 cm. 
long; panicle 25-30 cm. long, 25-30 cm. in 
diameter, ovoid; secondary branches bearing 
2-9 floriferous branches, these 4-13 cm. long, 
2-4 mm. in diameter, slightly zigzag between 
the nodes, glabrous; bracts and buds not 
collected; calyx 4 mm. long, perceptibly 3- 
toothed, subcylindric, nerves obscure but 
their tips visible and converging towards the 
calyx teeth; petals 7.5 mm. long, 3.8-4 mm. 
wide, elliptic, the base truncate, the apex 
