Vo1 - 1 PALMAE 143 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Phoenix dactylifera Linn.; Naves Novis* App. (1882) 282. 



The date palm is very rarely found in gardens in the larger towns of the 

 Philippines. It is not adapted to Philippine climatic conditions. 



Phoenix farinifera Roxb; Naves 1. c. 



Phoenix sylvestris Roxb.; Naves 1. c. 



2. CORYPHA Linnaeus 



CORYPHA ELATA Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 176; Merr. Fl. Manila 



(1912) 123, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 84; Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 



14 (1919) 341, Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3023; Brown & Merr. 



in Philip. Bur. Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) 68, t. 24-28. 

 Corypha umbraculifera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 228, ed. 2 (1845) 



160, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 290; Naves Novis App. (1882) 281; Vidal 



Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 41, t. 93, f. A; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 



(Philip.) 27 (1905) 88, n on Linn. 

 Coryplia sylvestris Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1849) 233, saltern 



quoad, cit. Philip. 

 Sagus rumphii Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 143, non Willd. 

 Livistona vidalii Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 343. 



Throughout the Philippines in most islands and provinces, in some 

 regions widely scattered, in others subgregarious and abundant at low and 

 medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Bagatai (Is.) ; buri (Bis., Bik., Pamp., Tag.) ; busi (Pamp., 

 Bis., Tag.); ibus (Tag.); piet (Tag., Pang.); silad (Bik.); silag (Ilk., 

 Pang.); silal (Sub.); sira'r (Bag.); taktak (Is.). 



CORYPHA M1CROCLADA Becc. in Webbia 5 (1921) 7. 



Biliran, B. S. 18720 McGregor. In open places at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



3. LICUALA Wurmb 



LICUALA SPINOSA Wurmb in Verh. Bat. Genoots. 2 (1780) 469; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 53; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 281; Becc. 

 in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 45, Webbia 1 (1905) 338, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 339; Brown & Merr. in Philip. Bur. Forestry 

 Bull. 18 (1919) 88, t. 33. 



Culion, Palawan, Balabac, Merrill 543, Phil. PI. 1463, B. S. 836 Fox- 

 worthy,, 269 Bermejos, 448 Mangubat,. F. B. 3611 Curran. In thickets at 

 low altitudes, sometimes immediately back of the mangrove in brackish 

 mud ; now cultivated in Manila for ornamental purposes. Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Balatbat (P. Bis.); ugsang (Sul.). 



excluded species 



Licuala elegans Mart.; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 281. 

 Licuala rumphii Blume; Naves 1. c. 

 Licuala spectabilis Miq.; Naves 1. c. 



