Vol. 36, No. 1

Front cover:  Dictyocaryum lamarkianum (Martius) Wendl. growing on slopes of the western Cordillera in Colombia.  Photo by Andrew Henderson.

Back cover:  Close-up of a staminate inflorescence of Wettinia hirsuta Burret growing on Cerro Jefe, Panama.  Photo by Andrew Henderson.

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Contents for January 1992

A New Species of Heterospathe (Palmae) from New Britain

Frederick B. Essig

Ecology and Distribution of Nibung (Oncosperma tigillarium) within the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia

T. Partomihardjo, E. Mirmanto, S. Riswan and U.J. Whittaker

Palms of China

D.A. Griffiths

Mycoflora of Roots of Texas Palm (Sabal mexicana) in Louisiana

D.A. Hollier and S.C. Doughty

Tapping Patterns of the Kitul Palm (Caryota urens) in the Sinharaja Area, Sri Lanka

Neela de Zoysa

Distribution Update:  Sabal domingensis in Cuba

Scott Zona

Licuala grandis in its Native Habitat in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Philip Cribb

Chamaedorea minima

Bill Gunther

Seedling Blight Disease of Raphia hookeri Caused by Glomerella cingulata in Nigeria

E.A. Oruade-Dimaro and Comfort A. Ekundayo

Notes on the Treatment of Palm Fruits by Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

P.W. Lucas and R.T. Corlett

Vol. 36, No. 2

Front cover:  Pejibaye Palms tower above an Indian village of the Sequoya tribe on the Putumayo River, Peru.  Photo by Jorge Mara-Urpi

Contents for April 1992

On the Pejibaye Palm:  A Presentation

Jorge Mora-Urpi

Pejibaye Palm Fruit Contribution to Human Nutrition

A. Blanco Metzler, M. Montero Campos, M. Fernandez Piedra and J. Mora-Urpi

Domesticated Palms

Charles R. Clement

A New Species of Areca from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra

John Dransfield and Lim Chong-Keat

Some Aspects of the Palms of Madagascar, and Their Cultivation at the Parc de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo

Blaise and David Du Puy and Voara Randrianasolo

Commercial Transplanting of Wild Cabbage Palms, Sabal palmetto, in Florida

James T. Menge and Kyle E. Brown

Vol. 36, No. 3

Front cover:  Ripe fruit of Voanioala gerardii, Madagascar.  Photo by J. Dransfield.

Back cover:  A tree of Voanioala gerardii in the rain forests of northeast Madagascar.  Note the conspicuous leaf scars on the trunk.  Photo by J. Dransfield.

Contents for July 1992

Voanioala, The Forest coconut

John Dransfield

Some Field Observations of Brahea in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Bruce Erickson

The Use of Palms by the Pume Indians of Southwestern Venezuela

Red L. Gragson

An Ethonobotanical Sketch of the Palm Bactris (Guilielma) gasipaes

Victor M. Patino

Borassus aethiopum, A Threatened Multiple Purpose Palm in Senegal

Bienvenu Sambou, Jonas E. Lawesson, and Anders S. Barfod

Biogeography of the Coconut Cocos nucifera L.

Hugh C. Harries

Vol. , No. 4

Front cover:  Two Borassus aethiopum at Fairchild Tropical Garden blown over by Hurricane Andrew.  These two specimens were later righted and braced.  Photo by Will Houghton.

Back cover:  Tree of Scheelea fairchildensis uprooted by Hurricane Andrew at Fairchild Tropical Garden.  Herbarium, wood and tissue samples for the National Cancer Institute are being collected by scientists from Fairchild Tropical Garden and N.Y. Botanical Garden.  Photo by Will Houghton.

Contents for October 1992

Cayon Tajo

Bill Gunther

Additions to Chamaedorea Palms:  New Species from Mexico and Guatemala and Miscellaneous Notes

Donald R. Hodel

Current Status of Mexican Palms

Hermilo J. Quero

Lethal Yellowing Susceptibility of Date Palms in Florida

F.W. Howard