Aug. 25, 1919] 



Palms of the Philippine Islands 



8059 



feet altitude, south of the Sibulan river. Its vernacular 

 Bagobo name is "Dalimban." 



Calamus samian Becc. in As. Palms, Ann. Roy. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. xr, Suppl. 92, t. 52. 



Field-note for 11336:— Scandent and looping; stems 

 0.5 inch thick, smooth and green, the leafy portion 1.5 

 inch through; leaves descendingly curved, leaflet bearing 

 to within 6 inches from the base, 7 feet long and ex 

 tended into a 3 to 5 foot long clawed rachis; petiole 

 flattened, 1 inch wide, spiny on both sides but espe- 

 cially on the upper surface; rachis also spiny on both 

 sides yet chiefly hooked beneath toward the end; leaflets 

 recurved, similarly green on both sides and membranous, 

 soinescent along the edges and on the midrib above; 

 sheaths alternating every 8 inches, spiny except at the 

 base and the thickened portion of the petiole base; in- 

 frutescence ascending and recurved, 1 foot long, arising 

 some distance above the leaf axils; the main stalk com- 

 pressed and spiny, alternatingly rebranched; its fruit 

 bearing branchlets glabrous, recurved, 1 to 2 inches long; 

 fruits whitish, glaucous, 0.5 inch in diameter. 



Mindanao: Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, July 

 1909, number 11336. Discovered on a steep forested ravine 

 near a ridge at 4500 feet altitude of mount Calelan. 

 The Bagobo name is "Samian." 



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

 September 1916, number 17255. 



Calamus viridissimus Becc. in As. Palms, Ann. Roy. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. XI, Suppl. 81, t. 47. 



Field-note: — A medium sized tree climber; stem 1 

 inch through, the greater upper portion covered with 

 sheaths and leaves, the leafy portion 1.5 inch thick; leaves 

 alternate, nearly 1 foot apart, ascending though finally 

 recurved, 5 feet long, extended into a yard long clawed 

 rachis; leaflets tough, smooth and shining on both sides, 

 ascending from the base, otherwise strongly recurved 

 and drooping, deep green on both sides, extending clear 

 to the base, more or less reduced at both ends but scattering 

 toward the apex; rachis flattened, dark green, spiny on 

 the upper side below the middle, on the lower surface 

 above the middle provided with recurved hooks, fully 

 0.6 inch wide at the base; sheaths dull green, provided 

 with similarly colored sharp spines averaging 0.5 inch 

 long; infrutescence arising a few inches above the leaf 



