442 CLXIII. PALMEX. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [ Calamus. 
larger, less crowded. Fruit à in. long, subtended by ihe spreading perianth ; 
scales broader than long, pale yellow, not channelled, narrowly bordered with red- 
brown. 
Grovur II. See p. 437. 
10. C. pachystemonus, Tiw. Enum. 431 (in part.); stem slender 
scandent, leaves pinnately 4-7-foliolate, leaflets elliptic acute or acumina 
3-5-costate, margins and costæ beneath setulose, petiole short and e 
armed with solitary stout recurved spines, sheath striate sparing!y 
tubercled and armed with flat pale spines, ochrea very short tries 
spadices very slender elongate decompound, spikes very many recurv 
male corolla slender. 
CEYLON; Walker; near Galle, Thwaites. 2. : 
The greater part of Thwaites C. pachystemonus including the fruiting D 
are C. digitatus, which differs in the longer petioles, few terminal longer oblanceo 
leaflets and smaller curved male flowers. 
11. C. digitatus, Bece. mss.; leaflets digitately 2—4-foliolate oblancedlate 
cuspidately acuminate 3-5-costate, petiole slender, sheath armed with Fi 
strong straight flat spines and conical short ones, ochrea ligulate, spacic? 
very slender elongate decompound, spikes very many recurved, male coro 
slender, fruit small globose. C. gracilis, Tiwaites Enum. 330 (not 4 
oxb.). 
CEYLON; in the southern parts of the island, Thwaites (O. P. 2334 ie part 
Stems very slender, scandent. Leaflets at the end of the short petiole, 8-12 by i 
in., concolorous, many-nerved ; petiole 6-8 in., unarmed or with a few sm 
curved spines and small prickles; sheath copiously armed. Spadices 3- 2s 
branched below, male spikes j in., fem. 1-2 in. Lower spathe elongate, cylin f 
i in. long; corolla very narrow, curved, twice as long as the calyx. st ne Zei 
_ seriate, filaments thickened upwards, Fruit j in. diam., subtended by the spree 
perianth ; scales pale yellow, very broad with narrow brown margins. 
12. C. radiatus, Thw. Enum. 431; leaflets 6-7 subradiately dispose 
at the apex of a shortly spinous petiole linear acuminate, sheath den ong 
armed with short straight spines and long bristles, spadices very 
slender branched armed with small recurved spines, spikes many eho 
recurved. 
CEYLON ; in the southern parts of the island. Walker, Thwaites. ` th and 
Stems very slender, scandent. Leaflets 8-12 by 2-1 in., thin, midrib rere rt re- 
margins quite without bristles or spines; petiole 2-3 in. with scattered E long, 
curved spines. Spathes few, very long and slender. Peđuncle of spadix 2-3 d, n0 
as slender as a sparrow-quill; spikes j-2 in. long; spathels cup-shape A 
densely imbricate, deeply striate. Fruit } in. diam., globose, shortly beaked ; 
broader than long, triangular, pale yellow with a narrow brown entire border. 
Group III. See p. 437. 
" : ogllia 
; * Fruiting calyx hardly callous below, indistinctly or not pedice 
orm. 
T Leaflets few broad ; terminal large, often connate at the base. 
13. C. javensis, Blume Rumph. ii. 187, iii. 62, var. PENINSULARIS, PR 
me, leaflets 3-6 inequidistant elliptic or oblong-lanceolate if 
