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t. 175, f. II, et t. ZXVIII, f. XIII ; T. Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. XI, 8; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Tim. 423 ; Hook. f. Fl Brit. Ind. VI, 441; Becc. in 

 Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. II, 199, Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. XI, 72, 142. 



NaiMES. — Lat (Lepcha), Dangri Bet (Nepal), Rani, Rabi Bet 

 (Kiirseong). 



Description. — Scandent, forming tangled thickets; stems 

 slender; foliage feathery. Leaves over 1 m. long. Leaflets numer- 

 ons, approximate, regularly equidistant, linear-ensiform, 20-30 cm. 

 long, o-costate. Male and female spadices simph^ decompound and 

 similar, long and slender. Partial inflorescences not manj^ very 

 distant, strict, slender, 20-40 cm. long with 10-20 appressed 

 spikelets on each side. Primary spathes very narrow, cylindrical, 

 closel}?- sheathing. Male spikelets scorj)ioid, 1-2 cm. long. Fr. 

 globose or globose-ovoid, about 1 cm. in diameter (fig. 8). 



Habitat. — N.-E. India, Kliasia Hills, Naga Hills, Sikkim. 

 Was found in flower and fruit in November. 

 Illustration : Plate CIII. 



Fig. S.— Calamus leptospadix . 



Upper left: Fruit. Enlarg-ed more than two diara. 

 Upper rif,''ht : Scales of fruit. Majrnified. 

 Central : Longitudinal section of seed (natural size). 

 Lower : Part of flajrellum of female spadix (After Griffith). 



