644 COCOACE^ PONTEDERACE^. 



sap of this as well as of other palms is found to be the simplest and 

 easiest remedy that can be employed for removing constipation in 

 persons of delicate habit, especially European females. {Ainslie. Roxb. 

 Lindl.) 

 2.flexuosa, Mart. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 141.) b Brazil. Has been 

 introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



* Hyospathe elegans. Mart, b Brazil. — Leopoldinia pulchra, Mart. Bra- 

 zil. — L. insignis. Mart. Brazil — Euterpe oleracea, Mart. Brazil. — E. 

 edulis, Mart. Brazil. — Oenocarpus Bacaba, Mart. Guiana. — O. minor. 

 Mart. Brazil. — Areca crinita, Bory. Mascarenhas Islands. — A. humi- 

 lis, Willd. Amboyna. — A. rubra, Bory. Mascarenhas Islands. — Plec- 

 tocomia elongata. Mart. Java. — Ceratolobus glaucescens, Bl. Java. — • 

 Deemonorops melanochcetes, Bl. Java. — Mauritia vinifera. Mart, Bahia. 

 — M. flexuosa, Mart. Essequebo. — Lepidoearyon gracile, Mart. Brazil. 

 ■ — L. tenue, Mart. Brazil. — Lodoicea Sechellarum, Labill. ; B. M. 54, t. 

 2734-8 (incl.) Sechelles. — Hyphcene coriacea, Gartn. Upper Egypt. 

 Introduced into Bombay, in 1828. — Geonoma simplifrons, Willd. 

 Brazil. Caracas. — G. acaulis. Mart. Guiana. — Corypha rotundi/olia, 

 Lam. Moluccas. Cochin China. — C. cerifera, Arruda. S. America. — 

 C. dulcis, Humb. and Bonpl. New Spain.-— C. tectorum, Humb. and 

 Bonpl. Caraccas. Curaana. — C. Pumos, Humb. and Bonpl. Mexico. — 

 C. maritima, Humb. and Bonpl. Cuba. — C. nana, Humb. and Bonpl. 

 Mexico. — Licuala pumila, Bl. Java. — L. rotundifolia, Bl. Java. — 

 ChamcBrops Mocini, Humb. and Bonpl. Mexico. — Thrinax radiata, 

 Lodd. Trinidad. — Cocos campestris. Mart. Brazil. — C oleracea. Mart. 



Brazil C. coronata. Mart. Brazil. — Desmoncus poly acanthus. Mart. 



Brazil. — D. orthocanthus. Mart. Brazil. — Bactris mitis. Mart. Brazil. 

 — B. riparia. Mart. Brazil. — Guilielma speciosa. Mart. Brazil. — Aero- 

 comia sclerocarpa, Mart. W. Indies. — Astrocaryon aculeatum, Meyer. 

 Guiana. — A. vulgare. Mart. Brazil. — Attalia humilis, Mart. Brazil. — 

 A. amygdalina, Humb. New Granada. — Elaiis melanococca, Gartn. 

 New Granada. — Diplothemium campestre. Mart. Brazil. — D. littorale. 

 Mart. Brazil. — Maximiliana regia. Mart. Brazil. — M. insignis. Mart. 

 Brazil. 



ORDER CCXXXVIII.— PONTEDERACEtE. Ach. Rich.— Lindl. 

 Nat. Syst. p. 347. 



Water or marshplants, by Lindl. referred to 4 genera. Of these, 5 spe- 

 rie.s have been found in N. America ; 14 in S. America Mexico, and the 

 W. Indies ; and 7 (Pontedera) all over the E. Indies. Monochoria, rresl. 

 is unknown to us. Properties of no known use. 



