PALM 2. 415 
23. ELAGIS. 
Eleis, Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. p. 280, t. 272; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 944. 
Alfonsia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 306. 
Four or five species divided between Tropical Africa and Tropical America. 
1. Elewis melanococca, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 18, t.6; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 
i. p. 64, tt. 33, 35; Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p. 279; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 204 ; 
Cirst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 51 (var. semicircularis). 
Costa Rica, on the western side (sted); Panama, in woods, common all over the 
country (Seemann).—VENEZUELA to BRAZIL. 
24. COCOS. 
Cocos, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1223; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 945. 
Of this genus, about thirty species are enumerated; they all inhabit Tropical and 
Southern Subtropical America, and one of them the tropics of the Old World as well. 
1. Cocos nucifera, Linn.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. p. 123, tt. 62, 65 et 68; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p. 285; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 204; Griseb. ‘FL Brit. W. 
Ind. p. 522. 
Panama, both wild and cultivated on the sea-shores and northwards (Seemann), 
The cocoa-nut tree is now so generally distributed on tropical sea-coasts that it is not 
possible to say whether it has spread from America or the Old World. Some writers 
regard the western coast of America as its original home, while others think the evidence 
points to the Indian Archipelago. 
25. ATTALEA. 
Attalea, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp.i. p. 309, tt. 95 et 96; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. 
p. 947. 
About twenty species spread over Tropical America. 
1. Attalea cohune, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. p. 300, t. 167; Walp. Ann. i. 
p-. 1008; Gérst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 50; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 204. 
Honpvras (Loddiges ; Temple); Panama, common (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
2. Attalea? rostrata, Gérst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 50. 
Costa Rica, Puntarenas (rsted). 
[The PanpaNE&, an order of two genera and about eighty species, are restricted to 
the Old World, and for the greater part inhabit maritime districts. Pandanus utilis 
is cultivated in the West Indies. | 
