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vohiorophonini distinctly pedicellato. Fruiting perianth pedicel- 

 litorni. Seed with deeply ruminate albumen. 



37. C. ImetjeUanas. 



38. C. (jaml'lei. 



Group VIII. — Leaflets elongate and narrow. Leaf-sheaths 

 flagelliferous. Primary spathes strictly sheathing. Involucropho- 

 rum in the female spikelets not pedicelliform. Fruiting perianth 

 pedicelliform. Seed deeply ruminated. 



39. G. (jracilis. 



40. C. melanacanthus. 



B. — Leaves distinctly cikriferous. 

 Group IX. — Leaf-sheaths not flagelliferous. Spadix not flagelli- 

 ferous at its apex, usually shorter than the leaves. Primary ftpathes 

 elongate-tubular, closely sheathing. Male spadix ultra-decompound. 

 Female spadix simply decompound, differing considerably from the 

 male one. Male and female spikelets stalked or inserted at the base 

 of their respective spathes by means of a distinct pedicel. Fruiting 

 perianth explanate. Seed with ruminate or equable albumen. 



41. C. zeylanicus. 



42. C. ovoideus. 



43. C andamanicus. 



Group X. — Leaf-sheaths not flagelliferous. Spadices usually 

 shorter than the leaves, not or slightly flagelliferous at the apex. 

 Spikelets not stalked, inserted near the mouth of their respective 

 spathes. Fruiting perianth pedicelliform or almost explanate. 

 Seed vfiih. more or less superficial intrusions of the integument or 

 distinctly ruminate ; embryo basilar or slightly shifted to one side. 



44. C. palustris. 



45. C. latifolius. 



46. C. doricei. 



47. C. polydesmus. 



48. C. Jchasianus. 



49. C. naonhariensis. 



50. C. inermis. 



51. C. un'ifaritis. 



1. CALAMUS ERECTVS, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ill, 774 ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 

 Ill, IIH. ; Griff, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 35, and Palms Brit. Ind. 43, 

 PI. CXC, A. f. i. (as C. acanthospatkus) ; Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 

 XLIII, PI. 2,209, PI. XXIII and XIV (excl. C. lonf/isetus, Griff.), and For. 

 Fl. Brit. Bur. II, 516, and Rep. Veg. Pegu 90 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 

 439 (excl. C. schizospathus) ; Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. II, 197, and Ann. 

 Roy. Bot. Gar.. Calcutta, XI, 121. — C. macrocarpus, Griff, in Mart. Hist. 

 Nat. Palm. Ill, 333, t. 176, f. X, et t. ZXVIII, f. XXIV ; Griff. Palms Brit. 

 Ind. 40, PI. CLXXXVI, A. f. I-II. — C. erectus macrocarpus, Becc. in Hook. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 439.— C. coUinus, Griff, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 31, 

 and Palms Brit. Ind. 39 {excl. descr. fol.) t. CLXXXV (spadix tantum) ; 

 Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm III, 332. — C. erectus, var. collina Becc. in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 439. 



