Plectocomia.] CLXII. PALMES. (Beccari & Hook. f.) | 419 
A lofty climber. Leaflets approaching in pairs, 12-18 in. long, linear-lanceolate, 
finely acuminate ; petiole and rachis spinous, spines straight. Branches of spadi« 
4-5 ft.; spathels 13-2 in. long, blackish towards the upper border. Fruit unknown. 
—I have seen no specimen. J.D.H. 
5. P. assamica, Grif. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 97 ; Palms Brit. 
Ind. 107, t. 218 a.a.; leaflets white and finely furfuraceous beneath, tip not 
thread like, costz slender, branches of fruiting spadix very stout scurfy, 
spathels 25 in. long, sepals broadly ovate + in. long, petals lanceolate } in. 
long, fruit villous from the deeply ciliate split recurved points of the scales. 
Mart. Hist, Nat. Palm. iii. 199, t. 176, f. 11. 
Assam; Hort. Bot. Cale. . 
Leaves very large; leaflets 18-24 by 2-24 in. lateral cost» marginal; petiole 
1} in. broad, with short stout marginal spines and short seriate scattered clusters of 
more slender dorsal ones. Branches of fruiting spadix 4-5 ft. long by 4-5 in. across the 
large subacute nearly glabrous spathels ; rachis rusty tomentose. Spikelets 8-10 fld. 
ale calys cupular, 3-toothed ; petals lanceolate, 3—4 in. long. Fruiting sepals 
roadly ovate, 3 in, long; petals lanceolate, 4 in. Fruit 1 in. diam., bright rusty red. 
—A mutilated spadix-branch of this or a nearly allied species, sent by the late Major 
annay from Debraghur to the Calcutta Gardens, has narrower spathels, brown 
mealy externally, ovate-lanceolate fem. sepals 4 in. long and petals narrowly lanceo- 
1 in. long ; the very young fruit is clothed with recurved lacerate scales. 
6. P. elongata, Mart. in Roem. d Sch. Syst. vii. 1833; Hist Nat. 
Palm, 199, t. 114 and 116, f. 1; leaflets sparsely white furfuraceous beneath 
P not filiferous, coste 3 very slender, branches of spadix very long, 
spathels lj in. sub-3-lobed acute glabrous, flowers very small, calyx of 
male minute 3-toothed, petals 4 in. obliquely oblong-ovate acute, calyx of 
em. larger urceolate 3-toothed, petals small linear-lanceolate, fruit 1 in. 
diam., densely villous from the long lacerate spreading tips of the scales. 
Kuni Enum. iii. 202 ; Blume, Rumphia, iii. 68, t. 158 and 103 A. Calamus 
maximus, Reinw, ex Blume Cat. Hort. Bogor. 59. 
PENANG, Jack, Wallich; alt. 2500 ft., Curtis.—DisTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 
by Leaves very large; petiole stout; leaflets 1-1} ft. by 2 in. broad, rather mem- 
R nous, lateral costa marginal. Branches of spadiz 3-4 ft., 2-3 in. across the 
Preading spathels, which have acutely angled sides. 
29. PLECTOCOMIOPSIS, Becc. mss. 
l Characters of Plectocomia, but upper leaves reduced to sheaths with 
ong flagella and no leaflets, spathels small, infundibular, and fruit clothed 
very minute almost microscopic scales, arranged in vertical series. 
Beed globose, smooth; albumen equable; embryo basilar.—Species 3, 
an. 
Malay 
l. P, geminiflorus, Becc. mss.; leaves subsessile, leaflets very 
pen aud narrow equidistant finely acuminate, spadices with long 
SI ene Spikes, the lower branched, spikelets very short 2-3-fld., fruit 
e Urbinate with more than 35 rows of minute scales. Calamus gemini- 
199 4° Griff. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 338; Palms Brit. Ind. 70, t. 
` tlectocomia geminiflora, H. Wen ll. mss. 
Matay PENINSULA, ; Malacca, Fernandez; Perak, Scortechini (No. 283"). 
