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Roc. IJot. Surv. Ind. IT, 100, Ann. I.'oy. Bot. Gard, Calc. XF, 71. 134, — C. 

 ti'/riiiKK, Kurzin Jour. As. Soc. Beng. XLIII, Pt. II (1874), 211, t. XXV and 

 For. Fl. Brit. Burni. II, 519. 



Names. — Leme (Eurm.), Umdah, Am (Andam.). 



Description. — Scaudent. Leaves up to 3-4 m. long. Leaflets 

 not equidistant often in groups of 2-3, almost equidistant towards 

 the summit, green on botli surfaces, ensiform, unicostate, mid-rib 

 re.notely spiaulose above with some very long blackish bristles 

 beneath. Male and female spadices simply decompound. Primaiy 

 spathes elongate-tubular, lacerate in their upper part ; secondary 

 ones slightly inflated. Female spikelets very large with flatl}' 

 bifarious flowers. Fr. ellipsoid-ovate, over 3 cm. long, transversal} 

 mottled like a tiger skin. Seed oblong, 5-7 costate. 



Habitat. — Pegu, Andamans. 



Uses. — The natives of the Andamans eat the fruit cooked. The 

 leaflets are employed for coverings. 



5. CALAMUS THWAITESII, Becc. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VT. 

 441 ; Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. II, 199, Ann. Roy. Hot. Gard. Calc. XI, 71, 137 ; 

 Triraen Fl. Ceylon IV, 330 ; Talb. Trees Bomb. ed. 2,344 (partini) ; Brandis 

 Ind. Trees (1906), 652 (partim) ; Cooke Fl. Bomb Presid. II, 807 (partitn). 

 — C. lonyisetus, Thw. Enum. Plant. Zeyl. 330. (non Griff.) 



Description. — Leaves large. Leaflets irregularly fascicled, 

 broadly ensiform, green on both surfaces, unicostate. Mid-rib 

 with black, short subspiny bristles on both surfaces ; secondary 

 nerves naked. Male and female spadices simply decompound, 

 flasfelliform, with the axial parts between the inflorescences very 

 elongate and strongly clawed ; primary spathes very long, narrow, 

 thinly coriaceous, closely sheathing, lacerated near the mouth. 

 Male and female spikelets very elongate. Fr. ellipsoid or obovate- 

 eliptic, suddenly contracted into a conic beak, about 2^ cm. long; 

 scales in 12 series broadh'- channelled along the middle. Albumen 

 equable ; embryo basal. 



Habitat. — (Jeylon. Moist low country, below 2,000 ft., rather 

 rare, Kalutara, Kandy, Hantane, Rambukkama, Kurmegala. 



Flowers. — February to May. 



CALAMUS THWAITESII, Becc, var. canaranus, Becc. in Ann. Roy. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. XI, 71, 138. ; Cooke Fl. Bom. Pres. II, 807 {partim). 



Name. — Handibet (Kanara). 



Description. — Male spikelets with moro numerous and more 

 approximate flowers. Seeds more flattened than in the type 

 specimen. 



Habitat, — Kanara, common in the evergi-een forests at the foot 

 of the Nilkund Ghat. 



Flowers. — February to March. 



6. CALaMUS LEITO^PADIX. Grifl". in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 

 49, Palms Brit. lad. 60, t. CXCIV A.B.C ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palin. ill, 339. 



