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2. CARYOTA CUMINGI! Lodd. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2:195 (2d ed.) ; 
Becc. in Perk. Fragm. FI. Philip. (1904), Webbia 1 (1905) 331. 
Curtis’s Bot. Mag. Ill 25 (1869) f. 5762; Farnsworth Philip. Bur. 
Ed. Bull. 54 (1915) 59, with plates. 
Caryota urens (non Linn.) Blanco (partly) FI. Filip. (1837) 740, 
ed. 2 (1845) 510, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 141 t. 3U9. 
Caryota sp. Cuming exsicc. No. 1915; Vidal Phan. Cuming (1885) 153. 
Luzon, Manila, Gaudichaud in Herb. Delessert, Merrill 8036, cultivated: 
Tayabas Province, For. Bur. 103^8 Curran; Union Province, Bauang, Elmer 
56Jf7. Mindoro, For. Bur. 6216 Merritt, local name apican. Panay, 
Miagao, Vidal 4067 in Herb. Becc. Guimaras, For. Bur. 119 Gamill, local 
name patisan. Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Banga, For. Bur. 9077 
Whitford & Hutchinson. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 873 Foxworthy; Taytay, 
Merrill 9360. 
The Mindanao and Palawan specimens do not seem to be such 
typical representatives of Caryota Cumingii as those from Luzon. 
8. CARYOTA MERRILL! I Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 333. 
Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Bautista, Merrill 2880. 
This is known only from the type collection, a rather imper- 
fect specimen ; it may perhaps be but a variety of C. Cumingii. 
4. CARYOTA MAJESTICA Lind. Illustr. Hort. 28 (1881) 16 (name only); 
Becc. in Perk. Fragm. FI. Philip. (1904) 48, Webbia 1 (1905) 334. 
Caryota urens (non Linn.) foliis angustioribus Blanco FI. Filip. 
(1837) 740. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Bosoboso, Merrill 1892, Merrill 8490, local name 
anibung. Perhaps Vidal 3949 (Herb. Becc.) from Tarlac (sterile specimen) 
is also referable to this species. 
6. CARYOTA MITIS Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 569. 
Palawan, For. Bur. 3838, 4148 Curran. 
These specimens are indistinguishable from typical specimens 
of C. mitis collected in Cochinchina ; the male flowers are larger 
than in C. Cumingii and with 12 to 18 stamens. I consider also 
Elmer 12606 collected at Brooke’s Point, Palawan, with the local 
name bato as referable to C. mitis. Of this it is noted that the 
stems are usually 3 to 5 in a cluster, which is one of the essential 
characteristics of C. mitis. 
NIPA Rumphius 
NIPA FRUCTICANS Wurmb in Verb. Bat. Genootsch. 1 (1779) 349. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, For. Bur. 17265 Curran. Biliran, Bur. Sci. 
18700 McGregor. POLILLO, Bur. Sci. 9061 Robinson, Bur. Sci. 10462 
McGregor. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 273 Bermejos. 
Along tidal streams throughout the Philippines, in places gre- 
garious over very large areas, forming the so-called “nipales” 
or nipa swamps. 
