XIV. 8 Beccan: The Palms of the Philippine Islands 351 
Card. Calcutta 11 (1908) 495, t. 228, and Suppl. 125, t. 71, Leafl. 
Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 649. 
Calamus Lindenii Rodigas Illustr. Hort. 30 (1883) 157, t. i-89 ; Ridley 
. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 44 (1905) 200. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Lucban, Elmer 9299: Laguna Province, San 
Antonio, Bur. Sci. 12035 Ramos, Tagalog hamlis. 
CALAMUS DISCOLOR Rodigas var. NEGROSENSIS Becc. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 635, Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutta 11: Suppl. t. 72. 
Negros, Cadiz, For. Bur. 12A32 Danao, For. Bur. 20893 Tamesis. 
9. CALAMUS CUMINGIANUS Becc. in Record Bot. Surv. Ind. 2 (1902) 
210, Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutta 11 (1908) 348, t. H2. 
Calamus sp. Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 18, 154. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Cuming' 762 in Herb. Kew. 
To this species apparently also belongs Elmer 136 lf6, collected 
at Cabadbaran, Mount Urdaneta, Agusan Province, Mindanao. 
10. CALAMUS SIMPHYSIPUS Mart Hist Nat. Palm. 3: t. Z, 8, /. U; 
Becc. in Ann. Bot Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 346, t. HI. 
Mindanao, Agusan Province, Cabadbaran (Mount Urdaneta), along Can- 
tagan Creek at about 900 meters’ altitude, Elmer 13902, Manobo name 
balanog. 
11. CALAMUS MERRILLII Becc. Ann. Bot Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 390, 
t. 167, and Suppl. 78, t. 11, Webbia 1 (1905) 347, Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 629. 
Calamus maxim, us (not of Blanco) Becc. in Perk. Fragm. FI. Philip. 
(1904) 45. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Bosoboso, Merrill 1893 (type specimen) ; Mount 
Matulid (1,200 meters’ altitude), Loher 7071 in Herb. Kew. (male speci- 
men) ; Montalban, Loher 7076 in Herb. Kew. (fruit) : Laguna Province, 
For. Bur. 20651 Villamil. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. 
Clemens 1112, 1121: Agusan Province, Cabadbaran, Mount Urdaneta, Elmer 
13926, Manobo name palasan: Davao District, Todaya, Mount Apo, Elmer 
11885, Bagobo name acab-acab. 
The specimens from Mindanao represent a transition to var. 
Merrittianus. Apparently it grows also in Basilan Island, 
judging from a sterile specimen collected by Hutchinson, For. 
Bur. 6098. 
CALAMUS MERRILLII Becc. var. NANGA Becc. in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cal- 
cutta 1 1 : Suppl. 79. 
Mindanao, Davao District, Mount Apo, Elmer 11871, 11110. 
CALAMUS MERRILLII Becc. var. MERRITTIANUS Becc. in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta 1 1 : Suppl. 78 t. 12. 
Calamus Merrittianus Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 233, 
4 (1909) Bot. 629. 
Mindoro, Bongabong River, For. Bur. 3912 Merritt. 
