Phoenix dactylifera.
DATE (red and yellow variety).
The accompanying cut shows fruit from two of the best date trees in Honolulu, and it is curious to note that both of them were grown from seeds taken from packages of dried dates purchased from a local grocer.
Plate CXI.—Date (red and yellow var.)
One third natural size.
G. P. W. Collection. [Plate CXII]
Acrocomia sp.
This interesting palm is seldom seen in Hawaii; there being but two specimens of its kind that have produced fruit in Honolulu. Its stem is capitately thickened at the persistent bases of the armed petioles. The glaucous leaves are pari-pinnate with narrow, lanceolate, accuminate segments, having a prominent mid-rib.