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CARYOTA MITIS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 569, ed. Willd. (1793) 697; 

 Becc. & Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1892) 423; Becc. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 14 (1919) 338, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3020. 

 Caryota sobolifera Wall. Cat. (1848) No. 8594; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1882) 279. 

 Palawan, Elmer 12606, F. B. 3838, JflJf8 Curran. In forests near streams 

 at low altitudes; cultivated in Manila for ornamental purposes. Burma 

 and Indo-China to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 

 Local name: Bato (Tagb.). 



CARYOTA RUM PHI AN A Mart. var. PHILIPPINENSIS Becc. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 337, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3019. 

 Caryota rumphiana Naves Novis. App. (1882) 274; Becc. in Webbia 



1 (1905) 331, Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 48, vix Mart. 

 Caryota maxima Blume in Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1838) 195; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 123. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Negros, 

 Mindanao (Agusan, Davao, Cotabato), Elmer 109^0, 13623b, 9301, 1J^929, 

 15572, 15931, Merrill 2006, 8037, Whitford 1373, F. B. 10064, 19^03, 17157, 

 17764 Curran, 19961 Villamil, 7850 Curran & Merritt, B. S. 13471 Fox- 

 worthy & Ramos, 11572 Robinson. In primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. 



Var. OXYODONTA Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 337. 



Luzon (Laguna), F. B. 10045 Curran. In forested valleys at medium 

 altitudes. The two varieties endemic, the species widely distributed in 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Anihung (It.); anivung (Ibn.) ; bagsang (Bis.); kalalios 

 (Bis.) ; lumang (Ibn.) ; pogahan (Mbo.) ; pola (Bag.) ; pugahan (Tag.) ; 

 pula (Mag.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Caryota griffithii Becc; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 279. 

 Caryota propinqua Blume; Naves 1. c. 



Caryota nana Linden 111. Hort. 28 (1881) 16, nomen nudum "Philippines." 

 Caryota speciosa Linden 1. c. nomen iiudum "Philippines." 

 13. ARENGA Labillardiere 



ARENGA AM BONG Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 229, 14 

 (1919) 335. 

 Arenga tremula Becc. op. cit. 4 (1909) Bot. 612, 14 (1919) 335, 



quoad descr., excl. syn., non Caryota tremula Blanco. 

 Wallichia oblongifolia Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 328, non Griff. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Sorsogon), Palawan, Basilan, Balabac, Cebu, Minda- 

 nao (Zamboanga), Sulu Archipelago, Merrill 5^372, 8367, Elmer 12596, 

 16237, Ahem 653, Copeland 11681, F. B. 10213, 10280, 3542 Curran, 403^, 

 Hutchinson, B. S. 735, 1081\6 Foxworthy, 1737 McGregor. In forests at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Ambung (Sul.) ; banisan (Sul.) ; bat-bat (Tagb.). 



ARENGA PIN NAT A (Wurmb) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 119, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 88; Brown & Merr. in Philip. Bur. 

 Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) 26, t. 78. 



