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6. C. iNERMis, T. Anders. Vaginis cylindricis, glabris, inermibus^ 

 ad insertionem petioli gibbis; ligula parva, inembranacea; petiolo 

 supra piano, subtus convexo, marginibus armatis ; radii convexa, 

 demum obtuse tetragona, subtus aculeis rigidis reflexis solitariis 

 vel verticillatis armata; flagcUo elongato, aculeis uneinatis reflexis 

 verticillatis obteeto; pinnis solitariis vel fasciculatis, fasciculis bi- 

 uatis ternatisve, alternis vel suboppositis, liaeari-lanceolatis, utrinque 

 glabris, apice longe aristatis; spadicibus foemineis axillaribus vel 

 supraaxillaribus, suberectis, ramis flexuosis ; spathis inferioribus tu- 

 bulosis, compressis, sparse armatis, ore obliquo integro, snperioribus 

 rotuudiscarinatis ; spicis flexuosis, glabris ; floribus approximatis, so- 

 litariis; fructibus immaturis ovatis, apice et basi mamraillatis, ca- 

 lyce urceolato persistente suffultis. 



Hab. In vallibus bumidis, calidis, prassertim jugorum exteriorum, ad 

 altitudinem 1000-2000 pedum. 



Caudex flagellis aculeatis extensis alte scandens, cum vaginis fron- 

 dium persistentibus 3 pollices crassus, nudus 2 pollices. Vagin(B 

 veteres albido marmoratai, non furfuracese. Rachis (cum flagello) 

 16-20 pedes longa, plus minus fusco-furfuracca. Pinn(e lineari- 

 lanceolatae, apice acuminata^ et longe aristata*, utrinque glaberrima;, 

 1^-2 ped. longaj, 2-2^ unc. latse, supra venis tribus setigeris notatse. 

 Setce minutae, adpressae. Spadices foeminei 2-4 pedes longi; rami 

 alterni, suberccti vel patentes, 1-1^ pedem longi. Spicce recurva;, 

 multiflora?, 2-5 unc. longa?. 



The canes of this Palm are used for walkiiig- sticks, and some- 

 times in the construction of cane suspension-bridges. The Lep- 

 cha name for this species is " BrooL'* 



Sect. II. Cymbospathes. 



7. C- Jenkinsianus, Griff, Calcutta Journ, of Nat. Hist.y. p. 81 ; 

 Palms of British East India, p. 89. — Dsemonorops Jenkinsianus, 

 Mart. Palm. ii. p. 227, tab. Z. xvii. f. 5, et Z. xxi. f. 1. 



Hab. In the dense marshy forests of the Tersd. 



This species abounds in the Dhulka Jhar, in the Terai. I 

 found it bearing ripe seed in December. Its canes are exported 

 to the Dinagepur and Maldah districts. 



Plectocomia, Mart 



P. HiMALAYANA, Griff, in Calcutta Journal of Natural History, v. 

 p. 100 ; Palms of British East India, p. 108, tab. 219. Vaginis tu- 

 bulosis, furfuraceis, spinis setiformibus verticillatim armatis ; petiolo 

 basi piano, incrmi vel marginibus aculeatis ; racbi furfiiraceaj aculeis 

 validis recurvis binis vel pluribus basi confluentibus ; flagello gra- 

 cili, dense aculeate; pinnis laxe ternatim vel binatim fasciculatis. 



