86 



3. Areca minuta Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 1 

 (1876) 145. 

 Dutch Borneo, Teysmann. Endemic. 



1. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Select. Stirp. Am. (1763) 280, 

 t. 172; Becc. Nelle Foreste di Borneo (1902) 493. 



The oil palm; cultivated as in various parts of the tropics, a 

 native of tropical Africa. 



1. Cocos nucifera Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1188; Becc. Nelle 

 Foreste di Borneo (1902) 598. 



Commonly cultivated as in all tropical countries; the coconut 

 palm. 



1. Nipa fruticans Wurmb. in Verh. Bat. Genoots. 1 (1779) 

 350; Miq. Anal. Bot. Ind. 1 (1850) 7, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 150; 

 Becc. Nelle Foreste di Borneo (1902) /. 29. 



Borneo, Beccari. Along tidal streams India to Malaya; the 

 nipa palm. 



Araceae. 



1. Pothos argenteus Bull. Cat. (1887) 11; Kew Bull. Add. 

 Series 4 (1900) 334. 



Introduced into cultivation from Borneo. Endemic; a species 

 of uncertain status. 



2. Pothos barberianus Schott Aroid 1 (1857) 24, t. 53, 

 Prodr. (1860) 573; Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 82; 

 Engl. in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 90, Pflanzenreich 21 (1905) 

 40; Becc. Malesia 1 (1885) 264; Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. 

 As. Soc. 44 (1905) 187. 



Labuan, Barber, Motley; Sarawak, Beccari 953. Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



3. Pothos beccarianus Engl. in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 4 



(1879) 267, DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 92, Becc. Malesia 1 

 (1885) 264; Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 44 (1905) 

 187; Engl. Pflanzenreich 21 (1905) 44, /. 17, A-C. 



Sarawak, Beccari 1699. Endemic. 



4. Pothos brevistylus Engl. in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 4 (1879) 

 267, Becc. Malesia 1 (1885) 264, t. 16, f. 10-12; Engl. Pflanzen- 

 reich 21 (1905) 37; Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 

 44 (1905) 188. 



Sarawak, Beccari 3984, Haviland 971. Endemic. 



5. Pothos celatocaulis N. E. Br. in Card. Chron. II 13 



(1880) 200, Veitch Cat. (1880) 23, Fl. des Serres *. 2419; Kew 

 Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 334; Engl. Pflanzenreich 21 (1905) 

 44. 



