Aug. 25, 1919] Palms of the Philippine Islands 3049 



recurved, 5 feet long; petiole 0.75 inch wide at the base, 

 6 inches long, flattened, smooth beneath, spiny on 

 the upper and lateral sides, the thickened shoulder 

 smooth except the marginal sides; sheaths dark green 

 but with dull brown flattened 0.75 inch long transversely 

 arranged spines; leaflets recurved, tough or parchment- 

 like, similarly green on both sides; infrutescence long 

 and pendant, at least 3 times as long as the fronds 

 but arising in their axils; the clawed flagellum arising 

 in about the same place but much more recurved and also 

 longer than the foliage; the fruit bearing branchlets 

 divaricate; nuts or fruit less than 0.5 inch long, ellipsoidly 

 globose, light cream color except the sharp apical brown 

 tip and the margins of the scales. 



Mindanao: Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of 

 Agusan, August 1912, number 13949. Collected on steep 

 forested slopes near the summit of Duros peak at 4000 

 feet altitude. In Manobo it is called "Cangobnob." 



Luzon: Irosin (Mt. Bulusan), Province of Sorsogon, 

 August 1916, number 16846. 



Palawan: Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Province of 

 Palawan. March 1911, number 12769. Apparently a smaller 

 plant, gathered in alluvial flats covered with light woods 

 at 500 feet altitude. It may perhaps be a distinct variety. 



Calamus symphysipus Mart, in His. Nat. Palm. in. 

 336, 1849. 



Field-note for 13902: — Looping climber; old stem 

 portion lying on the ground green or glaucous green, 

 round, at least 1.25 inch thick, hard; joints 2 to 3 feet 

 apart; the leafy portion also green but covered with a 

 glaucous brown bloom, nearly 2 inches thick; leaves 

 alternatingly scattered every foot, 6 feet long, the shoulder 

 plates at the base smooth, otherwise the sheath is provided 

 with transversely arranged spines 1 inch in length and 

 every inch apart; spines divaricate or when old descending, 

 ascending when young; petiole proper 8 inches long, 1 

 inch wide across the green and smooth flattened upper 

 surface, brownish scurfy beneath, spinescent along the 

 lower side of the edges; infrutescence nearly opposite 

 the leaves, ascending, as long as the leaves but more 

 recurved; the fruiting branches alternate, a foot long or 

 less, strongly recurved, subtended by smooth dry persistent 

 spathes; branchlets ascendingly curved, lax and pale 

 green; rachis ascending and ultimately recurved, clawed 

 beneath; leaflets also recurved, rather limn but tough, 

 glaucous or brownish scurfy beneath which is distinctly 



