PLANTS FROM KATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 399 



CLADIUM K. Br. 



C. latifolium Merr. 



Batan, summit of Mount Iraya, 3822 Fenix. 



A species known only from the higher mountains of the northern Philippines. 



SCLERIA Berg. 



S. scrobiculata Nees. 



Camiguin, 2950 Fenix. Sabtan, 37^7 Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines ; Andaman Islands to Riu Kiu and 

 New Guinea. 



CAR EX Linn. 



C. cruciata Wahl. 



Batan, Mount Iraya, 3801 Fenix. 



Not previously reported from the Philippines, but common on the higher 

 mountains of northern Lxizon ; India to China and Madagascar. 



PALM^E. 



DAEMONOROPS Bl. 



D. gaudichaudii Mart. 



Camiguin, JfOBG Fenix. 



A widely distributed species in the Philippines ; endemic. 



CALAMUS Linn. 

 C. mollis Blanco. 

 Camiguin, Jt032 Fenix. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines j endemic. 



C. siphonospathus Mart., var. batanensis Becc. supra 342. 

 Batan, in thickets near Mount Iraya, 3611 Fenix. N. v., Valit. 



C. mitis Becc. supra 341. 



Camiguin, ^075 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3811 Fenix, from a 

 cultivated specimen, the fruit white, edible. N. v., Tehdas. 



PINANGA Bl. 

 P. barnesii Becc. 

 Camiguin, Jill/Jt Fenix. 

 Luzon and Mindoro at medium altitudes. 



P. elmerii Becc. 



Camiguin, I^lJid Fenix. 



Common in the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes ; endemic. 



P. urosperma Becc. supra 341. 

 Camiguin, in forests, JiOJj.'i Fenix. 



P. batanensis Becc. supra 340. 



Batan, along mountain streams, 38Ifl Fenix. 



ARECA Linn. 

 A. catechu Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 383Jt Fenix. N. v., Dapiau. 

 Cultivated throughout the Philippines; India, Malaya, etc. 



