448 OLXII PALMEEX. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [ Calamus. 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 117. C. Roxburghii, Griff in Cale. Journ, Nat. 
Hist. v. 43; Palms Brit. Ind. 55, t. 195 A (under fasciculatus) (and t. 112 
P monoicus, Roxb.); hw. Enum. 330. C. monoicus, Rogb. Fl. Ind. ii. 
783; Mart. l. c. (209, Ed. 1) 334 (exel. descr.) Wall. Cat. n. 8604P; Grif. 
ll. cc. 48 and 58; Kunth l. c. 208; Walp. il. cc. 484 and 830. C. scipionum, 
Lam. (in part) Encycl. vi. 304 ((excl. Syn. Lour. & Rheede). 
The DEccAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. . edi 
Stem scandent, very slender. Leaves 2-3 ft.; leaflets 8-10 by 4-3 m, m a 
costa unarmed on both surfaces or armed beneath only, lateral unarmed on " 
surfaces ; in Madras specimens there is often a strong solitary spine above the tally 
of the leaflet on the midrib beneath; sheath in Madras specimens with horizontally 
flattened spines. Spadiz and its slender tubular spathes unarmed oF ed 
so. Male fl. biseriate, but not distichous, densely crowded, }—} in. long ; ipee id 
acuminate. Fruit 2—4 in. diam.; scales with an obscure sometimes discolou 
channel, margins not or faintly narrowly discoloured. 
29. C. Brandisii, Becc. mss.; stem slender, leaflets few fascicled at 
late ensiform naked beneath sparsely setose above on the 3 costz, petio t 
slender with few very long slender straight spines, rachis with long petes 
solitary straight and recurved spines, sheath armed with solitary or agg" 
gate slender flattened straight spines mouth with very long seele hatt? 
spinules, male spadix elongate shortly flagelliferous with few partial ini 
rescences, spathes narrow tubular upper funnel-shaped unarmed embracing 
the bases of the spikelets, flowers 4-seriate in bud. 
TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, alt. 3-5000 ft., Brandis. w tole 
I have seen no specimen of this species, which appears from a photogeep leaf- 
remarkable for the long straight very slender spicules at the mouth of the 
sheath.—J. D. H. 
_ 90. C. Feanus, Bece. mss. ; stem scandent, leaflets few remote e 
distant elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate 7-9-costate, petiole very sho deeg 
rachis armed with short hooked spines, sheath flagelliferous bora 
green marbled with black scurfy spots strongly armed with scatters ian 
spreading or deflexed and short stout reflexed spines, male spadix e 
pound erect rigid with 7 partial inflorescences, lower spathe ta r 
2-keeled mouth compressed keels armed with short stout spines uppe 
truncate obliquely, spikelets recurved, fruit broadly ovoid. 
TENASSERIM ; alt. 3-5000 ft., L. Fea. ft. 3 in. 
Stem scandent ; internodes 3-1 in. diam. Leaves rather short, about 3 8-12 by 
Jong ; sheath 3-2 in. ; ochrea very short, truncate; leaflets 6-8, the larger 
2-23 in., terminal free. Male spadix 1j in. Fruit about } in. by + dam are 
conical acute; scales about 15-seriate, not channelled on the back, where d dLeplY 
opaque and as if pulverulent with a broad rather discoloured band. led scales 
Ke, Zen acanthospathus, but very distinct by the opaque not channel! 
o le fruit. 
. 39; 
3l. C. acanthospathus, Grif. in Cale. Journ, Nat. Hist. V... 
Palms Brit. Ind. 50, t. 190 B Texel A, f. 1); leaflets few large inequity 
tant elliptic-lanceolate strongly 5-7-costate usually unarme od with 
surfaces, rachis and long petiole very stout scurfy an am armed 
2-3 series of very stout recurved spines, sheath stout densely adices 
with long flattened and short stout straight or recurved spines; g ines 
very stout flagelliferous, peduncle armed with unequal subu/8. 
lower spathe very stout tubular compressed with a lanceolate bm, aa 
armed with conical based spines, upper spathes clavate unarme% 
