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Heterospathe elata adaxial rachis and leaflet attachment

Heterospathe elata abaxial rachis and leaflet attachment

Heterospathe elata abaxial rachis and leaflet attachment

Heterospathe elata leaf tip

Heterospathe elata fruit

Heterospathe elata close view of fruit

Heterospathe elata abaxial leaflet surface with midrib and ramenta

Heterospathe elata abaxial leaflet surface with close view of ramenta

Howea forsteriana left, and Howea belmoreana center, with pendulous inflorescence spikes. Photograph courtesy of Kahuroa. Retrieved from "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howea-2-species.jpg"

Howea belmoreana young palm. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Howea belmoreana young stem with leaf scars

Howea belmoreana leaf upper surface

Howea belmoreana leaf lower surface

Howea belmoreana rachis

Howea belmoreana leaflet tips

Howea belmoreana basal leaflet attachment

Howea belmoreana rachis and tan ramenta on leaflet under surface

Howea belmoreana tan ramenta on leaflet under surface (mm scale)

Howea belmoreana close view of tan ramenta on leaflet under surface (mm scale)

Howea forsteriana canopy

Howea forsteriana young stem with leaf scars, bulging at the base and turning gray

Howea forsteriana conspicuous fibers and long petioles

Howea forsteriana young stem with leaf scars

Howea forsteriana leaf

Howea forsteriana leaf rachis with leaflets attached; yellow midrib

Howea forsteriana undersurface of leaf with rachis and pale green leaflets attached; ramenta along midrib

Howea forsteriana leaf rachis with leaflets showing midribs and prominent secondary veins

Howea forsteriana close view of tan ramenta on leaflet under surface (mm scale)

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis habit

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem with closer view of leaf scars

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem with horn-shaped inflorescence buds

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaf