﻿1874.] S. KvLYz—Umimeration of Burmese Palms. 203 



rather concur with Rumphius, who compared the pabn to a " ragged dirty 

 drunken fellow." 



Besides its well-known value for toddy, sugar, and fibre, this palm is 

 especially adapted for the support of orchids, ferns, and other epiphytical 

 plants, for which purpose it is highly recommendable to horticulturists in 

 tropical climates. 



Wallichia, Boxl). 



12. W. CAETOTOTDES, Eoxh., Co7^om. Fl., in, 91, t. 295 ; Iliq., Fl. 

 Ind. JBat., Ill, 34. {JVrightia caryotoides, Moxh , Fl. Ind., Ill, 621 ; Hari- 

 na caryotoides, Ham. in Wern Soc, V, 317 ; Grijf. in Mad. Calc. Journ., 

 >, 485 and Ind. Falm., 174, t. 237 ; W. demijlora, IlooJc, Bot. Mag., t, 

 4584, vix Mart, nee Griff.). 



Hab. In the evergreen tropical and damp hill-forests of Martaban 

 and Tenasserim ; also in the hills of eastern Ava and Chittagong, up to 

 4000 feet elevation. Fl. li. S. ; Fr. the following year. 



Zanong is the Burmese name of this as also of the other species of the 

 genus. 



13. W. DEisrsirLOEA, Mart., Falm., ed. I, 189 and suppl., 190. (W. 

 ohlongifolia, Grff. in Macl. Calc. Journ. .^ F, 486, and Ind. Falm., 175, t, 

 237, vl— (7). 



Hab. Not frequent in the moister upper mixed and tropical evergreen 

 forests of Arracan, apparently always on siliceous sandstone ; also Chittagong. 

 Fl. Apr. 



13Z'. W. DiSTicnA, T. And. in Journ. Finn. Soe. Lond., XI, 6. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the moister upper mixed forests of the eas- 

 tern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, and on the spurs of the Kambala-toung. 

 Fl. Apr. 



The Burmese plant differs chiefly by much longer {l\-2 ft. long) pin- 

 nee, and may possibly form a distinct species. It is also a much lower 

 palm, 



Caetota, L. 



14. C. UEENS, L., Fl, Zeyl., 187; Foxl,, Fl. Ind., Ill, 625; MaH., 

 Falm., 193, t. 107-108, 168 and t. V,f. 1-3 and 11 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., 

 HI, 41 ; Grff. in Macl. Calc. Journ., V, 478. and Ind. Falm., 169. 



Hab. Frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah and 

 Ava. Fl. Sept. 



Burmese call this, as also the other species, mindo. 



15. C. SOBOLIEEEA, Wall, in Mart. Falm., 194, t. 107, / 2 .^ Miq., 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., HI, 41 ? Griff, in Macl. Calc, Journ., V, 481 and Ind. Falm., 

 171, t. 236 {simple-stemmed) ? {C. Gumming ii, Lodd, ex Mart., Falm., Ill, 

 159? Bot. Mag., t. 5762; C. Griffitliii, Beccari in Giorn. Ital), 



