Howea
(from Lord Howe's Island, where only the genus is found). Sometimes spelt Howiea. SYN. Grise-bachia. ORD. Palmeae. A genus comprising two species of stove palms. For culture, see Kentia.
H. Belmoreana (Belmore's).* Curly Palm. fl., inflorescence of long and thick, simple, nodding or pendulous spikes; rachis with a triple spire of deeply-excavated notches, closely crowded, with raised margins. fr. oblong or ellipsoid, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long; the pericarp hard in the dried state. l. 6ft. to 8ft. long, with numerous acuminate segments. Stems attaining 35ft. in height. SYNS. Grisebachia Belmoreana, Kentia Belmoreana. H. Forsteriana (Forster's).* Flat or Thatch Leaf Palm. This closely resembles above in the male flowers and fruits; but the leaf segments are said to be always hanging, whilst in H. Belmoreana they are converged upwards. SYN. Kentia Forsteriana.