460 CLXIII. PALMEX. (Beccari & Hook. f.) [Calamus. 
Maracca, Fernandez. PERAK, Scortechini. . 
Stem scandent, as thick as a goosequill, shining; internodes 2 in. Tee 
12-18 in.; leaflets 3-6 by 1-14 in., polished above, cross.nervules very many an 
close set; petiole 3-5 in.; sheath not so thick as the little finger, very long, 
cylindric and smoott:.—The leaflets resemble those of C. spathulatus but are prion 
— have seen no Perak specimens, of which Beccari says that they are more TO ust, 
and have rather larger and more numerous leaflets with more distant transverse 
nerves. J.D.H. 
67. C. quinquenervius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 777; scandent, leaves 
flagelliferous, leaflets alternate remote equidistant narrowly lanceolate 
spines in belts slender, fruit spherical. Kunth Enum. iii. 209; Mart. Hist. 
War. Dalm ii. 939; Grif. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 61; Palms Brit. 
nd. 72. 
SILHET, Rorburgh. 
Climbing. Stem exclusive of the leaf-sheaths, about as thic 
finger, internodes 6-8 in.—Probably a well-known species, but no 
the character given, nor recognized by Beccari or myself. 
68. C. ornatus, Blume in Ren. § Sch. Syst. vii. ii. 1326; Rumphit 
ii. t. 148; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 208, t. 116, f. 2:— large 
Var. HORRIDA, Becc. mss. leaves petioled not flagelliferous, leaflets mW 
equidistant narrowly ensiform acute 3-5-costate glaucous beneath, marg 
and costæ beneath caducously setulose, petiole and rachis shortly are a 
sheaths with long flat spines, fem. spadix very long flagelliferous, spa th 
tubular armed with very long spines, branches few erect, spathels peers 
male spikes close.set recurved very stout, spatnellules broadly imbricatt d 
C. ornatus, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 37; Palms of P C. 
46; Mig. in Journ. Bot. Neerl, Ind. i. 21; Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 286. 7^ 
ovatus and C. aureus, Reinw. ex Mart. Le 208, 241. 
Matacoa, Fernandez. PERAK; Scortechini (5875) (Herb. Calc. 
DisTRIB. Malayan Islands. 
_ Stem robust; 50-80 ft., 1} in. diam. without the sheaths; shea often 
diam. Leaves 12-15 ft.; leaflets 2-21 ft. by 24 in. broad, tip rather obtu ` 
2-fid, bristly; mid-costa above with stout bristles towards the tip; peti trong 
1} in. diam., somewhat flattened, rusty-pubescent, much armed with broa gës 
flattened spines 4 in. long; sheath copiously armed with whorled flat apr 6-18 
often imbricating spines 1 in. long, and }—} in. broad at the base. Spares in 
ft. ; branches 2} ft. apart ; spathes tubular, armed like the sheaths; $ ed, å it. 
spathels smooth, bracts and spathellules ciliate. Male spikes recurved, flatten terete, 
across the distichous large spreading spathellules; male fl. broadly OV0 > gy 3 
obtuse; calyx sessile, hemispheric, petals twice as long. Calyz oblong, 
toothed, fruiting pedicelliform. Fruit 2 in. long, obovoid ; scales rufous, M!S yards 
l icerate.— Descript. chiefly from Griffith; of the fruit from Martius.— Beccari, e an 
the Malacca plant as a var. (horri;a) with glabrescent sheaths, seriate 8P nt 
adult leaflets 3- or sub 5-costate aud scarcely spinulose. 
k as the middle 
t identifiable by 
3931).— 
ths about 2 in. 
D 8, 
69. C. giganteus, Becc. mss. ; very robust, leaves large flagellifer™ 
leaflets many equidistant broadly ensiform acuminate plicately q with 
costate, costæ and margins unarmed, petiole long and rachis arme, vet 
short spines, sheath very stout woody smooth densely arme wit 
broad basal flat long scattered or subseriate spines and shor 
ones, male spadix supradecompound, branches close together, tI 
tubular shortly spiny, fruiting calyx pedicelliform, fruit lar 
ovoid, acute. 
