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PALMAE 

 Cocos L. 



C. nucifera L. Sp. PI. 1188 (1753): very abundant at 

 various places along the shores of the island. It is especially 

 abundant at Dampier Head on the southeast side of the island. 

 No specimens were taken for botanical purposes. Widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Palmae sp. : an undetermined species of palmi occurring 

 quite abundantly on the hillsides above both Chatham and 

 Wafer bays. It seems to be most abundant above 400 ft. ( Nos. 

 273-74). 



ARACEAE 



Anthurium Schott. 



A. scandens (Aubl.) Engl, in Mart. Fl. Bras. III. p. 2, 78 

 (1878-82). Dracontium scandens Aubl. PL Gui. II. 836 

 (1775) : common on trees at 600 ft. (No, 279). Further 

 distr. Cent. Am. 



Philodendron Schott. 



P. sp. : occasional, covering bushes and small trees on the 

 banks of the stream near Wafer Bay. The specimens are ster- 

 ile, (No. 280). 



Spathophyllum Schott. 



S. Wendlandii Schott, in Ostr. Bot. Zeitschr. VIII. 179 

 (1858) : common in densely shaded places on the banks of 

 streams near sea-level, occasional at 600 ft. (Nos. 275-78). 

 Further distr. Cent. Am. 



BROMELIACEAE 



Tillandsia L. 



T. sp. : very abundant on the trunks and branches of trees all 

 over the island. The fruiting specimen is fragmentary, but 

 seems to be close to T. utriculata L., differing in the broader 

 leaves and the shorter pedicels of the flowers. 286-87. A 

 specimen doubtfully labeled Catopsis aloides Bak. in the Gray 

 Herbarium, which was collected on "this island by Snodgrass & 

 Heller of the Hopkins Stanford Expedition, is probably the 

 same. 



