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carinatis ; spadice abbreviate ; spathis inferioribus verticillatis spi- 

 Bosis, superioribus varie fissis et fibroso-laceris ; spathis ramorum 

 brevibus, glabris ; ramis inferioribus approximatis decompositis, su- 

 perioribus remotis simplicibus ; floribus distantibus; baccis ellipsoideis, 

 apice mammillatis ; squamis profunda sulcatis. 



Hab. In prseruptis siccis vallium fluminum Teesta et Rungeet dietorum, 

 ail altitudinem 500-1000 ped, 



Caudex erectus, nudus, annulatus, 5-10-pedalis, 15 uncias in circum- 

 ductu- Intemodia 6-8-uncialia, Vagin<e spinosee, furfuracese. Aculei 

 vaginales nigri, 1-1^ unc, longi. Folia 8-12 pedes longa. Pe- 

 tiolns erectus, rigidus, 4-5 pedes longus; aculei petiolares pallide 

 aurei, apice nigri, Pinnce 1-2 ped. longse, ad insertionem plicatse, 

 carina et nervis duobus supra et subtus setigerse. Spadices suberecti, 

 in fructu nutantes, basi compressi, 2-4-pedales. Spatha inferior 

 2 ped. longa, dorso verticillatim spinosa ; superiores 3-6 unc. longse, 

 aculeata;. Rami decompositi 6-10 unc. longi; rami simplices bre- 

 viores. Bacc(B 1 unc. longse. Squama rhomboidese, uninervise, mar- 

 ginibus nigris. 



This Zalacca-like Calamus is found on tbe steep northern 

 slopes of valleys where micaceons shale abounds. It is called 

 "Eong" by the Lepchas. C. erectus of Eoxb., from Silhet, and 

 perhaps from Chittagong, is a nearly allied species ; but its ripe 

 fruits are nearly half as large again as those of C. schizospatTius. 

 I possess ripe fruits of G. scMzospatMis^ and have raised young 



plants in the Botanical Grardens. 



;3. Scandentes. 

 t Rachi non producia, cirris vaginalibus (loris) scandentes, 



2. C. FLAGELLUM, Griff. Palms of British East India, p. 48. 



Hab. Common in most of the valleys of Sikkim from the level of the 

 plains to 3500 feet above the sea. 



This cane, the " Eeem '* of the Lepchas, is by far the commonest 

 Calamus in Sikkim. Its canes are soft and useless. It reaches 

 the tops of the highest trees by means of the powerful whip-like 

 prolongations from the sheaths of the leaves. 



3. C. LEPTosPADix, Griff. Calcutta Journ. of Nat. Hist. v. p. 49 ; 

 Palms of British East India, p. 60, tab. 194. 



Hab. In moist places in tropical valleys, from tbe level of the plains to 

 2000 feet above the sea. 



This species occurs in most of the deep valleys of the outer 

 ranges of the Sikkim Himalaya, and extends into the interior 



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along the course of the large rivers and their tributaries. It is 



