Vo^l PALMAE 143 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Phoenix dactylifera Linn,; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 282. 



The date palm is very rarely found in gardens in the larger towns of the 

 Philippines. It is not adapted to Philippine climatic conditions. 



Phoenix farinifera Roxb.; Naves 1. c. 

 Phoenix sylvestris Roxb.; Naves 1. c. 



2. CORYPHA Linnaeus 



CORYPHA ELATA Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 176; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 123, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 84; Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 14 (1919) 341, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3023; Brown & Merr. 

 in Philip. Bur. Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) 68, t. 2U-28. 

 Corypha iimbraculifera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 228, ed. 2 (1845) 

 160, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 290; Naves Novis App. (1882) 281; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 41, t. 93, f. A; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 27 (1905) 88, non Linn. 

 Corypha sylvestris Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1849) 233, saltern 



quoad, cit. Philip. 

 Sagus rumphii Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 143, non Willd. 

 Livistona vidalii Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 343. 

 Throughout the Philippines in most islands and provinces, in some 

 regions widely scattered, in others subgregarious and abundant at low and 

 medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Bagatai (Is.) ; buri (Bis., Bik., Pamp., Tag.) ; busi (Pamp., 

 Bis., Tag.); ibus (Tag.); piet (Tag., Pang.); sllad (Bik.); silag (Ilk., 

 Pang.); silal (Sub.); sirar (Bag.); taktak (Is.). 



CORYPHA MICROCLADA Becc. in Webbia 5 (1921) 7. 



Biliran, B. S. 18720 McGregor. In open places at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



3. LICUALA Wurmb 



LICUALA SPINOSA Wurmb in Verb. Bat. Genoots. 2 (1780) 469; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 53; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 281; Becc. 



in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 45, Webbia 1 (1905) 338, Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 339; Brown & Merr. in Philip. Bur. Forestry 



Bull. 18 (1919) 88, t. S3. 

 Culion, Palawan, Balabac, Merrill 5U3, Phil. PI. H63, B. S. 836 Fox- 

 worthy, 269 Bermejos, 448 Mangubat,. F. B. 3611 Curran. In thickets at 

 low altitudes, sometimes immediately back of the mangrove in brackish 

 mud; now cultivated in Manila for ornamental purposes. Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Balatbat (P. Bis.); ugsang (Sul.). 



excluded species 



LicuALA elegans Mart.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 281. 

 LICUALA RUMPHII Blume; Naves 1. c. 

 LiCUALA SPECTABILIS Miq.; Naves 1. c. 



