Prestoea
(named after H. Prestoe, the present Director of the Trinidad Botanic Gardens). ORD. Palmae. A genus comprising two species of pinnate-leaved, slender, dwarf, stove palms, with a reed-like caudex. For culture, see Phoenix.
P. montana (mountain). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Euterpe montana.
P. pubigera (puberulous).* fl. minute, sessile; outer spathe two-keeled, 5in. long, the interior one 1ft. to 1 1/4ft. long; peduncle 2in. to 4in. long; spadix branches twenty to thirty, the inferior ones 6in. long, much thickened at the base. fr. an ovoid berry. l. 3ft. to 4ft. long, pinnatisect at base, on petioles more than 2ft. long, green, with pale nerves, glabrous, chartaceous; lower segments somewhat distant, 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long, three lines broad Trunk 10ft. to 12ft. high. West Indies. SYN. Hyospathe pubigera.