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CALAMUS, L. Gen. PI. ed. 17G4, 173, No. 436. 



(From the Greek " Calamos, " a reed or cane). 



Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm, 111,207, 331, t. 112, etc.; Gtertn. Fruct. II, t. 

 139 ; Bl. S-Kumph. Ill, 28, t. 146, 154, 163.; Griff. |Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 

 (1,26; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Ill, 103, 719.; Kurz For. Fl. II, 515.; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. VII, 134.; Wendl. Bot. Zeitg. 1859, 158; Drude Bot. Zeitg. 

 1877,637; T. Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. XI, 8.; Luers. Botan. II, 381.; 

 Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 436;Becc. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. XI, 61. 



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Fig, 8— 



Left : Tip of female spike of spadix of PIcctocomia elcmgata. 

 Rif^ht : Tip of sjiike of PIcctocomia Icliasiyana. 



Perennial, armed, tufted pahns, rarely erect, usually climbing 

 means of hooked spines on the rhachis of the leaves, or by whip- 



