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Subgenus V. CARICANDRA. Style trifid. Terminal spike (and 
often many others) male at top, female at base (no spikes 
male at base, female at top). 
Sect. A. HEMIscAPOsE. Flowering stems scapiform, with 
short (or no) leaves; the basal leaves, and those on 
sterile tufts, often very long. 
13. C. scaposa. 14. C. eryptostachys. 
Sect. B. Ponystacuex. Stems not scapiform, with 10-200 
spikes. 
* Brevispicz. Spikes short, rarely up to 10-15 mm. long. 
+ Stramentitie. Spikes straw-coloured. 
15. C. indica. 16. C. Dietrichie. 17. C. stra- 
mentitia. 18. C. repanda. 19. C. perakensis. 
20. C. malaccensis. 
Tt Cruciate. Spikes not straw-coloured. 
21. C. cruciata. 22. C. gembolensis. 23. C. Raffle- 
siana. 24. C. scaberrima. 25. C. fuirenoides. 
26. C. Horsfieldit. 27. C. Balansai. 
28. C. Cumingii. 
ttt Filicine. Spikes not straw-coloured, rather slenderer 
than in Tt Cruciate. 
29. O. filicina. 30. C. continua. 31. C. spatiosa. 
32. C. neo-guinensis. 33. C. saturata. 
94. C. rhizomatosa. 
** Longispice. Spikes linear-cylindrie, more than 2 em. 
long. 
a. Peduncles (some) 2 or more from one bract-sheath. 
35. C.arridens. 36. C. hypsophila. 37. C. Havi- 
landi. 38. C. turrita. 39. C. sumatrensis. 
b. Peduncle never more than one from each bract- 
sheath. 
40. C. baccans. 41. C. curvirostris. | 42. C. ton- 
kinensis. 43. C. composita. 
Sect. C. OnrcosrAcuy;. Stems not scapiform, with 1-5 
(rarely 8) spikes. 
a. Psilosacce. Utricles glabrous. 
44. C. borneensis. 45. C. speciosa. 
f. Trichosacee. Utricles hairy. 
46. C. Loheri. 47. C. madoerensis. 
48. C. longibracteata. 
