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List of Synonj^ms, excluded species, and species of which the 

 name alone is known : (^) 



Maeis Di/boivskii Hua in Bull, du Museum I (1895) 315=E. 



guineensis, Jacq. var. idolatrica Aug. Chev. 

 E. macrosperma Welw., Apontamentos p. 584=E. guineensis 



var. communis dura, Becc ? 

 B. microsperma Welw., Apontamentos p. 584^E. guineensis 



var. communis tenera, Becc ? 

 IE. montana Page ex Steu.d. Nom. ed. 2, I, 545. — Jamaica. 



Quid ? 

 E. nigrescens Aug. Chev. Docum. 46 (subsp.). Comprises several 



varieties of B. guineensis, Jacq. 

 U. occideyitalis Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. I, 619=Calyptrogyne Sch- 

 wartzii, Becc. in Pomono Coll. Journ. II (Dec. 1912) 356. 

 :E/. odora Trail in Journ. Bot. XV (1877) 81=Barcella odora 



Trail. 

 B. Pernambucana Lodd. ex G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit. 399.— 



Brazil (ex Ind. Kew.) — Quid? 

 U. S2yectabilis Lodd. ex Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 3, p. 716. — 



Ind. Orient, (ex Ind. Kew.) — Quid ? 

 U. vireseens Aug. Chev. Docum. 60 (subsp.). Comprises several 

 varieties of Elaeis guineensis. 

 For the convenience of those who are interested in this palm and 

 wish to have fuller information on its economic aspects and its 

 cultivation, we append a list of the more important publications on 

 Elaeis guineensis : 



Adam, J. Le Palmier a huile en Afrique occidentale frangaise. 



Paris, 1909. 

 Almeda, J. J. de. Noticia sobre a Palmeira de Dendem. 



Lisbon, 1906. 

 Anonymus. The varieties of the Oil Palm in West Africa, 



Kew Bull. (1909), No. 2. 

 Beccari, 0. Contribute alia conoscenza della Palma a Olio. 

 Estratto da ' L' Agriciiltura Coloniale,' Anno VIII, 1914. 

 Chevalier, A. Documents sur le Palmier a Huile. In A. Che- 

 valier, Les Vegetaux Utiles de I'Afrique trop. Franoaise, 

 Paris, 1910. 

 Daniel, J. Le Palmier a huile au Dahomey. Revue Colon. 



1902. 

 Drabble, E. Comparison of Palm Fruits from the West Coast. 

 In Quarterly Journ., Liverpool Univ., Instit. of Commerc. 

 Research in the tropics II (Sept. 1907), No. 5. 

 Drabble, E. Note on the cultivation of the Oil Palm. Ibid. Ill 

 (Jan. 1908), No. 6. 



(1) Beccari, 0. Gontributo alia conoscenza della Palma a.01io-In L'Agric. Col. 

 Anno VIII (1914), p. 76. 



