Flora of Koh Chang. 



Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation in the 



Gulf of Siam. 



By 

 Johs. Schmidt. 



Part IX. 



(U. Dammer: Palmae. — C. H. Ostenfeld: Lentibulariaceae. — 

 Edw. A. Wainio: Lichenes). 



Palmae 



by U. Dammer — Berlin. 



1 he small collection of Siamese Palms brought home by the 

 Danish Expedition consists of 20 samples and in addition to those 

 4 species are recorded by Dr. Schmidt. 



The collection is of special interest being one of the first made 

 in Siam. 11 genera and 12 species are represented. A few samples 

 are unfortunately so incompletely developed that a doubtless 

 identification is impossible, this being specially the case with the 

 seedlings of Calamus. All the plants collected are typical inhabitants 

 of the hot and damp regions (resp. tropical coastal regions). 



The species of Calamus and Daemonorops have been deter- 

 mined by the monographer of these genera 0. Bee car i who found 

 a new species D. Schmidtianus amongst them. 



Phoenix Linne. 



1. P. paludosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. 75; Fl. Ind. 789. Syn. F. sia- 



mensis Miq. Palm. Archip. Ind. 14. 



The specimens collected by Dr. Schmidt differ from the typical Ph. 

 paludosa Roxb. in having the segments of the leaves arranged in fas- 

 cicles; besides this the male as well as the female inflorescences are 

 much shorter than those of the type, resembling very much those of Ph. 

 humilis Royle var. Roehelenii (O'Brien); but the basilar embryo shows 

 clearly that the specimens belong really to P. paludosa Roxb. 



Botanisk Tidsskrift. 29. Bind. 7 



