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BECGABI. 



know that C. Hookerianus is a Philippine ■pedes, it is possible thai the original 

 specimen was one of Cuming's distributed plants. 



The extremely elongated spadix, the very long, slender, simple partial in- 



tloresceiiees, the long, divaricate, cylindraceous spikelets, the forms of the spatliels, 



involucre, and perianths of the young fruits, are exactly the same in Curran's 

 specimen and in the type of the species at Kew, 



Calamus Arugda Beec. sp. hot. 



Scandens, mediocris. Folia (<fcirrifera) Qonnihi] ampla, Begmentia 

 aequidistantibus, in parte media <;~; cm inter se dissiiis. e basi acutiuscula 

 elliptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, rigide chartaceis, 5-costulatis, inferne 

 nudia, superne vix vel dob secus costulas spinulosis, mediants 45-46 cm 

 longis, 5-6.3 cm latis. Spadix roemineus densus, in ramulos brevet 

 utrinqne spicis 3-4 valdc approxjmatis praeditos; spathis Buperioribus 

 tubuloso-infundibuliformibus, 3-5 cm longis, in ore marcescentibus ; spicis 

 brevibus, 3-4 cm longis, pauciflons; spathellis eoncavis amplectentibng. 

 Flores foeminei vulgo in spicarum parte basilar] gemini, et (lore alari vel 

 neutro destitnti, superne goliiarii et (lore oeutro comitati. Fructus (im- 

 tnaturi) ovoideo-elliptiei, baai atfenuati, superne late conice rostrati; 

 s.|iiainis per orthostichas 15 ordinatis, gquarrosis, apice paullo productis 

 et eroso-ciliolatis. 



Scandent, of moderate size or rather large, the stems (naked canes ?) 



3 cm in diameter ( K lemme) . teaf-sheaths Leaves rather 



Large; in the small portion sees by me they have equidistant, alternate, 

 not very closely Bel leaflets (6 to ; cm apart): the intermediate portion 

 of the rachis is slightly convex beneath and is here armed with small 

 claws along the middle, above it is 'M'aced with an obtuse, salient angle. 

 Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, broadest at about their middle, and narrowing 

 equally to both ends, gradually acuminating to a not conspicuously bristly 

 tip, the base acute, ri.u'id-papyraceous, green, slightly paler beneath than 

 above, 5-COStulate, the costs very sharp, smooth, or bearing a lew incon- 

 spicuous Bpinulea above, quite smooth beneath, margins verv minutely 

 and appressedly BpinuloUS from the base, transverse veinlets verv tine, 

 very approximate and continuous; the leaflets seen by me. apparently 

 belonging to the intermediate portion of a leal' from a young plant, are 



*•"> to 46 cm long, 5 to 6.3 cm broad. Male spadix Female 



spadix, not entire, apparently very dense; the summit of one (or of a 

 partial inflorescence ?) with several short, approximate branchlets, each 

 of these terminated by a short, unarmed, thick, caudiculum, LO to 1 5 cm 

 long. Spathes (primary or secondary ?) tubular-infundibuliform, 3 to 

 5 cm long, thinly ruSty-furfuraceOUS, thinly coriaceous, eXBUCCOUS, mar- 

 cescent, and more or less fibrous-lajcerate at the mouth, prolonged at one 

 side into a triangular, acuminate and acutely, dorsally keeled point; the 

 keel covered with rigid spiculil'orm bristles which rest on bulbous bases; 

 branchlets inserted inside, but near the mouth of their respective spathes, 

 '1 to 8 cm long, with 'A or 4 spikelets on each side; secondary (or ter- 

 tian ?) spathes infundibular, similar to the primary hut smaller, and not 



