Erythea Brandegeei, Purpus. In nature 125 ft. high and having slender trunk: petioles slender, armed with recurved spines; Lvs. bright shining green, composed of 10-12 fronded, flabellate lfts.: spadix slightly branched: frs. as in E. armata, but somewhat streaked. Low. Calif. Gt. 52, p. 12.—Intro. by Franceschi in 1912, who says, "Appears to grow much faster than other kinds and is not less hardy."