| − | Erythea edulis, S. Wats. (Brahea edulis, Wendl.). St. 40-50 ft. high, 15 in. thick, with thick, corky bark: sheaths fibrous; petioles stout, 1 in. wide, plano-convex, unarmed on the acute margins, fibrous-pubescent or glabrate above; ligule 2-3 in. long, densely silky-tomentose; blade 3 ft.; segms. 70-80, at first tomentose, lacerate at the apex and fibrous on the edges: spadices numerous, 5-6 ft. long, branched: fr. shining black. Calif. R.H. 1893, p. 297; 1897, p. 77. G.C. III. 13:507; 22:157.
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