contribution to our knowledge of papuan flora. 17 



Family PALMACE^. 



A few specimens of palms collected were sent to the late 

 Dr. Beccari for determination ; unfortmiately he did not have 

 time to identify the material before his death. The following 

 species were observed but no specimens collected. 



Areca Catechu Linn. Occurs either cultivated or semi- 

 wild practicaUy throughout the territory. 



Nipa fruticans Wurmb. Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 28. 

 Common along the Ethel River and its tributaries (Mekeo 

 District). 



Metroxylon Rumphii Mart. {Sagus Rumphii Willd.) 8ag() 

 Palm. 



Beccari in DAlbertis" " New Guinea, ' ii, 399, records M. Rumphii 

 from the Fh' River. ?>ago palms are common along the coast, and ] 

 also saw several along the edges of a small lake below Hombrom Bluff 

 (Astrolabe Range). I did not collect specimens but have placed it inider 

 the above species. 



Cocos nucifera Linn. Coconut. Extensively planted about 

 villages around the coast. 



Family ARACE.^. 

 Epipremnum Zippelianum (Schott.) Engl. Becc. Malesia 

 i. 274, tab. xx. pp. 10-12. Diene. 



Family FLAGELLARL4CE.^. 



Flagellaria indica Linn. F. Muell Pap. PI. i (iv), 73 ; Rendle 

 in Britt. Journ. Bot., xxiv, 3.")S ; Bail. Queens. Agric. Journ., 

 iii, 161, and Rep. Visit B.N.G., 28. Dilava ; [Samarai, W. E. 

 Armit.] 



F. indica, Linn., var. minor (Bl.) Hook. f. Bail. Queens. 

 Agric. Journ., xxiii, 219. Port Moresby ; Laloki River : Mt. 

 Warirata ; Astrolabe Range. 



With the Mt. Warirata and Laloki River plant is the following 

 note: — '"Th? common and larger typical F. indica also present V)ut not 

 collected." 



Family COMMELINACE^.. 



Pollia macrophylla Benth. Deva Deva and Mafulu. 



Commelina nudiflora Linn. Mekeo District. 



Aneilema nudiflorum R. Br. Commelina ensifolia Bail. 

 Queens. Agric. Journ., xxii. loO [yion R. Br.). Boku, Mrs. 

 H. P. Schlencker. 



Mrs. Schlencker's specimens, referred by Bailey I.e. to C. ensifolia, 

 I think are more correcttv referable to the above. 



