Lord Howe Island. 
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139 . Clinostigma Mooreanum, F. Muell. Fragm. viii, 
p. 235 ; Benth. FL Austral, vii, p. 139 ; Wendi. et Drude in 
Linnaea, xxxix (1875), pp. 185 et 218, t. 2, fig. 5. 
Clinostigma Moorei , F. Muell. Fragm. ix, p. 78 ; Duff in 
Wils. Rep. p. 31. 
Kentia Moore ana, F. Muell. Fragm. vii, p. 101 ; viii, p. 234. 
Endemic. 
A dwarf Palm not more than six feet high, restricted to the summits 
of the mountains. 
140 . Howea Belmoreana, Becc. Malesia, i (1.877), p. 66. 
Kentia Belmoreana , F. Muell. Fragm. vii, p. 99, t. 61 ; viii, 
p.234; ix,p-78; Benth. FI. Austral, vii, p. 137 ; Duff in Wils. 
Rep. p. 30. 
Grisebachia Belmoreana , Wendi. et Drude in Linnaea, 
xxxix (1875), p. 202, t. 4, fig. 1. 
Endemic. 
The Curly Palm of the settlers. 
141 . Howea Forsteriana, Becc. Malesia, i (1877), p. 66 . 
Kentia Forsteriana , F. Muell. ex H. Wendi. in Kerch. Palm. 
p. 248 ; F. Muell. Fragm. vii, t. 61 ; ix, p. 78 ; Duff in Wils. 
Rep. p. 30. 
Grisebachia Forsteriana^ endl. et Drude in Linnaea, xxxix 
(1875), p. 203, t. 4, fig. 2. 
Endemic. 
The Thatch Palm of the settlers. 
Mr. Duff gives the following particulars of the Palms, which have 
been confused in the young state : — 
‘ Both palms \Howea Forsteriana and //. Belmoreanal\ flower 
exactly alike, i.e. they produce their flower-spikes generally from 
the axils of the lowest row of leaves, but occasionally young un- 
developed flower-spikes spring from the axils of the leaves above 
them, and their ripe seeds [fruits] are always emitted from immediately 
under the leaves. The seeds [fruits] of the curly palm are oval and 
a greenish-yellow colour when ripe, whilst those of the thatch palm 
taper to a point at both ends and are dark crimson when mature.’ 
* The curly palm is the most abundant and wide-spread species, as 
it extends from the beach to an elevation of about 1,200 feet on the 
