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CARYOTA MITIS Lour. PL Cochinch. (1790) 569, ed. Willd. (1793) 697; 

 Becc. & Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1892) 423; Becc. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 14 (1919) 338, Leaf!/ Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3020. 



Caryota sobolifera Wall. Cat. (1848) No. 8594; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1882) 279. 



Palawan, Elmer 12606, F.B. 3838, 4148 Curran. In forests near streams 

 at low altitudes; cultivated in Manila for ornamental purposes. Burma 

 and Indo-China to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Local name: Bato (Tagb.). 



CARYOTA RUMPHIANA Mart. var. PH ILIPP! N ENSIS Becc. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 337, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3019. 

 Caryota rumphiana Naves Novis. App. (1882) 274; Becc. in Webbia 



1 (1905) 331, Perk. Frag. PL Philip. (1904) 48, vix Mart. 

 Caryota maxima Blume in Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1838) 195; 



Merr. FL Manila (1912) 123. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Negros, 

 Mindanao (Agusan, Davao, Cotabato), Elmer 10940, 13623b, 9301, 14929, 

 15572, 15931, Merrill 2006, 8037, Whitford 1373, F. B. 10064, 19403, 17157, 

 17764 Curran, 19961 Villamil, 7850 Curran & Merritt, B. S, 13471 Fox- 

 tvorthy & Ramos, 11572' Robinson. In primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. 



Var. OXYODONTA Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 337. 



Luzon (Laguna), F. B. 10045 Curran. In forested valleys at medium 

 altitudes. The two varieties endemic, the species widely distributed in 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Anihung (It.); anivung (Ibn.) ; bagsang (Bis.); kalalios 

 (Bis.) ; lumang (Ibn.) ; pogahan (Mbo.) ; pola (Bag.) ; pugahan (Tag.) ; 

 pula (Mag.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Caryota griffithii Becc; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 279. 

 Caryota propinqua Blume; Naves 1. c. 



Caryota nana Linden 111. Hort. 28 (1881) 16, nomen nudum "Philippines." 

 Caryota speciosa Linden 1. c. nomen nudum "Philippines." 



13. ARENGA Labillardiere 



ARENGA AM BONG Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 229, 14 

 (1919) 335. 

 Arenga tremula Becc. op. cit. 4 (1909) Bot. 612, 14 (1919) 335, 



quoad descr., excl. syn., non Caryota tremula Blanco. 

 Wallichia oblongifolia Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 328, non Griff. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Sorsogon), Palawan, Basilan, Balabac, Cebu, Minda- 

 nao (Zamboanga), Sulu Archipelago, Merrill - 5\3'7 2, 8367, Elmer 12596, 

 16237, Ahem 653, Copeland 1J6.81, F. B. 10213, 10280, 3542 Curran, 4032, 

 Hutchinson, B. S. 735, 10816 Foxworthy, 1737 McGregor. In forests at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Ambung (Sul.) ; banisan (Sul.) ; bat-bat (Tagb.). 



ARENGA PINNATA (Wurmb) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 119, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 88; Brown & Merr. in Philip. Bur. 

 Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) 26, t. 78. 



