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DJEMONOL'OPS, BlumeUimiph.il., t. 131 ; III., 2, t. 138-145. 

 (From the Greek " daimou," an evil spirit, and " rhops," a low 

 shrub). 



Mart. Hist. Nat. raliu. III. 203, 326, t. 117, 125, 175-177 ; Kunth 

 Enum. Pi. Ill, 204 ; Miq. Fl. Incl. Bat. Ill 81, siippl. 90, 255, 592. Luers. 

 Botan. 11, 329 : Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 452. 



The general characters are the same as those of Calamus, but the 

 outer sheaths or spathes are cymbiform, deciduous, at first enclosing 

 the inner; the flowers are often more pedicellate (fig. 6.). 



Fig. 0. — Cirrhus of a Dcsmonorops. 

 Species about 80. Distribution : — That of Calamus. 



DACMONOKOPS Jenkinsianus, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. III., 327 ; 

 Walp. Ann. HI. 475, V, 827 ; Hooker Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 462 ; Brandis Ind. 

 Trees 650.— n. 7iM^awf//?orM.-,-, Mart. 1. c. 3i'6 ; Walp. 11. cc. 474 and 827. 

 — Calamus jenkinsianus, Griff, in Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist V, 81 ; Palms 

 Brit. Ind. 89 {excel, fruit et t. 186 A. f. 3) : T. Anders, in Jonrn. Linn. Soc, 

 XI, 11. — Calnmis nutaidijlorus, Griff, in Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist. Vc. 79; 

 Palms Brit. Ind. 8^, t. 208. 



Name. — Gola Bent (Ass.). 



Description. — Stem scandent, very stout, with the sheaths 1^ inch 

 in diameter; young parts grey-pubescent. Leaves large; leaflets 

 2 feet by §-| inch, equidistant, linear, finely acuminate ; costae 3, 

 all sparsely setose above with ver}'- long bristles, the central only 

 beneath, margins setulose. Petiole, rhachis and flagellum with 

 many marginal and dorsal hooked spines or 3-5-fid claws ; sheath 

 armed with very long flat, deflexed and shorter more slender spines. 



Spadix elongate, decompound ; outer spathe 1-2 feet long, 

 flattish, 2 keeled, armed with flat spines, narrowed into a long 

 s.jinescent beak, spines i-f inch, inner spathe 12-18 inches 

 long, lanceolate, long-acuminate, quite smooth. Male spadix thyrsi- 

 form, dense-flowered; calyx oblong, 3-dentate, petals and bracts 



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