THE PALMS OF JililTlslI l\/>f.t AXD CEYLON. 2l>9 



7. CALAMr-S DILACERATUS, Beco. in Hoc. But. Surv. liul. 11, 198; 

 Ann. Roy. But. (Jard. Calc. XI, 72, 141. 



Description.— Tufted, probably not scandent. Female spadix 

 erect, paniculate. Primary spathes short, membranous, dry, lace- 

 i-ate, armed with ihie black spicides ; secondary spathes tubular- 

 infundibuHform, dry, thin in tcxtnre and mnch lai^erate. Female 

 spikelets with a pedieellar portion 1-1^ cm. long. Fruiting perianth 

 of 6 spreading, equal, lanceolate parts. Fr. small, ovate, 12 mm, 

 long. Seed subglobose with an even surface. 



Habitat. — Nicobar Islands. 



8. CALAMUS PACHYSTEMONUS.'n\^^^. Enum. PI. Zeyl. Addenda, 

 431 ; Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 422; Becc. in Kec. Bot. Surv. Ind. II, 201 ; 

 Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 74, 16o. — C. f/racilis, Thw. 1. c. 330 {wm Roxb.). 

 Trimen Fl. Ceyl. IV, 333. 



Description. — Stem slender, scandent ; sheaths sparingl}- 

 tubercled and armed with small flattened pale spines. Leaves 

 1-2 feet long, pinnate, upper bifoliate; petiole short, slender; 

 vhachis armed with solitary, stout, recurved spines, rhachis about 

 3-7 inches long, not flagelliferous ; leaflets 4-7, irregularly disposed, 

 5-12 inches long and -1-2^ inches broad, oval, subacute, or obtusely 

 acciiminate, o-5-veined, margins and midrib beneath smooth, cross- 

 venules distinct, upper pair sometimes connate with a spinous 

 rhachis. Spathes funnel-shaped, truncate, cuspidate, armed with 

 small prickles ; spathels and spathellules cupular or patelliform. 

 Spadix very long, slender, decompound, branches few, spikes 

 many, alternate, ^-^ inch long, crowded, scorpioidly recurved. 

 J\[ale flowers in many series, ^ inch long, linear, curved ; calyx 

 cupular, striate, lobes short, obtuse ; petals twice as long, linear- 

 oblong, acute, striate, connate in a column at the base ; filaments 

 thickened at the base, then sitbulate. tip not inflected. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Habitat. — Ceylon. Moist low country below 1,000 feet, rare. 

 Kukl, Korale, Kalutara, Galle. 



Flowers. — In November and December. 



9. CALAMUS DIGIT ATUS, Becc. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 442 ; 

 Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. II, 201 ; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 74, 166.— 

 C. imchystemonus, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 431 {partini). 



Name. — Kukula-wel (Singh.). 



Description. — Stem very slender, scandent ; sheath not 

 flagelliferous (?), copioiisly beset with long and short, strong, straight, 

 flat spines and conical shorter ones, mouth with a rather large 

 ochrea ; petiole 6-8 inches long, slender ; rhachis furfuraceous, 

 unarmed, or with a few distant, recurved, large or small spines. 

 Leaves diaitatelv 2-4-foliate; leaflets 8-12 inches long and 

 1-3 inches broad, oblanceolate, cuspidatel}^ acuminate. o-7- 

 veined, base scurfy beneath, margins and veins smooth, upper pair 



