﻿200 S. Kurz — Enumeration of Burmese Palms, [No. 4, 



Cocos, L. 



2. C. NUCTFERA, i., Fl. Zeyl., 391 ; Boxh., Gorom. PI., I, 52, t. 37, 

 et Fl. Lid., Ill, 6M ; Mart., Palm., 123, t. 62-63 et t. 88,/. 3-6; Iliq., 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., Ill, 64. 



Hab. Generally cultivated all over Burma, more especially within 

 the influence of the sea, and also wild along the sandy beaches of the Cocos 

 islands. Fl. C. S., Fr. H. S. 



Ung is the Burmese name of the cocos-palm. 



Areca, L. 



8. A. Catechu, L., sp. pi., 1189 ; Boxh., Corom. PI., I, 54, t. 75 et 

 Fl. Ind., Ill, 615 ; Kayne, Arzney Gew., VII, t. 35 ; Mart., Palm., 169 

 et 311, t. 182 et t. 149,/ 4, t. Z, X, / 11. ; Bl. Bumpli., II, 65, t. 102 A, 

 ett.lO^; Miq.,Fl.Ind. Bat., Ill, 8; Griff., Ind. Palm., 147, et in 

 Mad. Gale. Journ., V, 450; Sclieff., Group, d. Arec, 9. 



Hab, Frequently cultivated by the Bunnans and Karens, especially 

 in Martaban and Tenasserim, 



Kunti is the Burmese name. 



4. A. TEiANDEA, Boxh., Fl. Ind., Ill, 617 ; Griff., Ind. Palm., 148, 

 t. 230, A, et in Macl, Gale. Journ., V, 451 ; Mart., Palm., 171, t. 149,/ 

 1-3 ; Schfff., Group, d. Arec, 16. (A. laxa, Ham. in Mem. Wern. Soe., V, 

 309 ; Griff., Ind. Palm., 149, et in Macl. Gale. Journ., V, 452 ; Sclieff., Group. 

 Arec., 17; A. pumila, Bl. Biomph., II, 71, t. 99 et 102, noii Mart, nee 

 Griff., Sclieff. Group, d' Arec, 15). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the evergreen tropical forests from Martaban 

 down to Tenasserim and the Andamans ; also in Chittagong. Fl. H. and 

 K. S. ; Fr, the following year. 



Tau Kunti (wild betel-palm) is the Burmese name of this as of all 

 other wild species of Areca ; the Andamanese call it abaradali. 



5. A. COSTATA, {Pinanga eostata, Bl. Bumph., II, 80, t. 109 ; Pinan- 

 ga Ktihlii, Bl. Bumph., II, 82, t. Ill, Sclieff., Group, d. Arec., 34 ; Seafor^ 

 thia KuUii, 3Iart., Palm., 185, t. 6, t. Z,f. 4 et 5). 



H.AB. In the evergreen tropical forests of the Andamans, around 

 Mount Harriet, and probably elsewhere. Fr. June. 



I have changed the specific name according to a rule laid down in De 

 Candolle's 'Laws of Botanical Nomenclature.' Dr. Scheffer and a very few 

 others object to this rule, but to me it appears a sound one inasmuch as it 

 rigorously comipels an author to adopt a name which otherwise would be 

 altered either out of pedantry or personal feelings, for illustrations 

 of which Dutch literature especially furnishes examples enough. The 

 rule is exact and therefore truly scientific, admitting of no excep- 



