Demonorops.] erem, PALMER, (Beceari & Hook. f.) 463 
Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 81; Palms Brit. Ind. 89 (excl. fruit. & 4.186 A. f. 3 (=C. 
Flagellum), T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 11. Q. nutantiflorus, 
Griff. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 79; Palms Brit. Ind. 88, t. 908. 
The Breu HIMALAYA, Assam, the Kuasta HILLS, BENGAL and CHITTA- 
GONG. 
Stem very stout, with the sheaths 1% in. diam., young parts grey-pubescent. 
Leaves large; leaflets 2 ft. by 3-4 in.; petiole 5-6 in.; spines of rachis many, short, 
scattered ; of sheath 1-1} in. long. Outer spathe 1-2 ft., spines 1—$ in.; inner 12- 
18 in., lanceolate, long acuminate, quite smooth. Male spadix thyrsiform, dense- 
fld. ; calyx oblong, 3-toothed, and petals and bracts deeply grooved. Fem. spadiv with 
spreading branclies, fruiting erect ; calyx cupular, not pedicelliform ; petals twice as 
long. Fruit 2 in. diam., pale yellow brown ; scales deeply channelled, margins narrowly 
Sarous Seed subglobose, smooth; albumen puuctate, or the surface ruminate by very 
slender channels. : 
2. D. Manii, Bece. mss. ; leaflets very many and narrow naked be- 
neath setulose on the 3 costæ above, spadix very long slender, peduncle 
compressed hardly armed, outer spathe very long gradually narrowed into 
along pale dorsally-keeled beak, spines few large flat, inner lanceolate acumi- 
nate, fruiting spadix erect glabrous, fruit globose shortly mamynillate scales 
Pale slightly channelled margins pale, tip not discoloured. 
ANDaMAN Isrps, E. H. Man. 
Allied to C. Jenkinsianus.—I have seen no specimen. J.D.H. 
3. D. Kurzianus; stem and petioles very stout, leaflets very many 
*quidistant elongate ensiform acuminate margins minutely aculeolate, 
cost 3-5 naked or with a few long bristles above, rachis semi-terete very 
stont flat above with short scattered spines on the margins, outer spathe 
mth seriate spines inner linear, fruiting spadix erect branches very stout, 
ruting calyx explanate, fruit globose very shortly beake pale yellowish. 
C; grandis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlii. ii. 208 (not of Mart.). 
alamus grandis, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 593 (not of Grifith). 
Bour ANDAMAN Isrps,, Kurz. . 
Stem with the sheath as thick as the arm. Leaves shortly petioled ; leaflets 
a f. by 1-14 in., tips ciliate; rachis enormously stout, 1} in. diam., dorsally 
convex and unarmed, ending in a clawed flagellum ; petiole armed below with long 
àt and short recurved spines; sheath with whorled spines. Outer spathe cymbi- 
‘rm, scurfy, inner unarmed, Fruit 2 in. diam., pale brownish yellow, scales deeply 
H unnelled, margins brownish with a very narrow scarious edge ; fruiting calyx with a 
"ery short base and broad striate lobes; petals twice as long, striate. Seed sub- 
COupressed, albumen as in € Jenkinsianus.—1 have seen only a portion of a leaf with 
wit enormous rachis described above, imperfect leaflets, and a very old fem. spadix 
ith fruit, J.D. jr. , 
l 4 D. Srandis, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 327, t. 173; leaves and 
ĉatlets ag in D. Kurzianus, but pale and subglaucous, costæ beneath naked 
i SParsely ciliate ag are the margins, spathe as in D. Kurzianus, calyx 
e ntire villously ciliate, fruit globose. Mig. Fi. Ind. Bat. ii. doy 
od. § Binn. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 74; Walp. Ann. ii. 476, y; gar. 
91 {ts grandis, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 84; Palms Brit. Ind. 
+ 210 A (PB et OC t. 216, £. iii. Mig. Palm. Archip. Ind. 28. 
ALACOA, Grifith. PrraK, Scortechini. 
18.997 very stout scandent, cathe 2 in. diam. Leaves 15-16 ft.; leaflets 
eluded Y li in.; petiole about 2 ft. Lower spathes 14-15 in. FICA 
» Unarmed, rustily seurfy. Male spadix 16-18 in., dccompound, spikes abou 
