Erythea armata, Wats. (Brahea armata, Wats. B. glauca, Hort. B. Roezlii, Lindl.). Blue Palm. Tall and slender, 40 ft. high: Lvs. very glaucous; petiole narrow, deeply channeled, margined with numerous stout, more or leas hooked, slightly spreading spines; segms. 30-40, sub- lacerate at the apex, slightly filiferous: spadix 18 ft. long or somewhat less, sparingly branched: frs. reddish brown at maturity. Low. Calif. G.C. III. 20:425.