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conical, a good deal longer than that of the male flower, divided 

 to the middle. Corolla (in bud) length of the calyx, otherwise as 

 in the male, l)ut the segments have thin margins. Stamens 6, 

 monadelphons, lilameuts short, tint ; anthers effete. Ovary cylin- 

 drical, 3-celled, shorter than the branches of the style, which are 

 lanceolate and papillose ; ovules 3. Fruit i incli in diameter ; 

 scales very pale yellow, channelled down the back. 



Habit. — Upper Assam; Khasia Hills: Silhet; Mishmi Hills 

 near Tapan Gam's village. 



Found in fruit in Novemlier. 



CALAMUS FLORinUNDUS, Griff. I'ar. depauperatus, Becc. in Auu, 

 Hoy. Bot. Gard. Calc. XI, 79, 194. 



Description. — Small, delicate, Im high. Sheathed stem very 

 slender, 5-6 mm. in diameter. Leaf-sheaths armed with very 

 small short and broad spines. Ochrea densely bristly hispid. 

 Leaves 35-4-0 cm. long, with 6-8 leaflets in two groups ; 

 leaflets 15-20 cm. long. 15-22 mm. broad; petiole and rhachis 

 armed with small scattered claws. Male spadix slender, flagelli- 

 form, almost simply decompound, with 2-3 small partial 

 inflorescences. 



Habitat. — Assam. 



12. CALAMUS KINGIANUS, Becc. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 XI. 80, 197. 



Description. — Slender, probabl}- scandent. Sheathed stem 

 10-22 mm. in diameter. Leaf-sheaths densely armed with short 

 horizontal straight spines. Ochrea inconspicuous. Leaves with 

 petioles about 70 cm. long, petiole 16 cm. long, armed with small 

 solitary claws. Leaflets very few, distinctly grouped, 3-sub-5-cos- 

 tate, the 3 largest costa; spinulous on the upper surface, naked 

 beneath. Male spadix elongate, simply decompound. Primary 

 spothes narrow, vevY closely sheathing, entire ; partial inflores- 

 cences terminating in a spikelet ; side-spikelets horizontal or 

 deflexed, 8-9 cm. long, with remote flowers. 



Habitat. — Assam. 



13. CALAMUS VIMINALIS, WiUd. Sp. PI. 11, I, 203, car.faseiculatug. 

 Becc. in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 444 : Rec. Bot. Surv. India. II, 203 : 

 Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. XI, 81, 206. — C. fasciculatus, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. 111. 779 {e.rl. cit. Rheede) ; Kunth Enum. Ill, 208; Mart. Hist. 

 Nat. Palm, III, 338, t. 116, f. IV : Walp. Ann. Ill, 488, V. 831 ; Griff, in 

 Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 52 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 62, t. 19oB. rnot A), t. 

 190A, f. II ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III., 127 ; Palm. Archip. Ind. 27 ; Kurz in 

 .Fourn. As. ^:oc. Bencr. XLIII. 11.210, t. 27, B; For. Fl. 11, 517.— 

 C. f.vtensus, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. III. 210 (partly), t. 116, f. IV., 1.— 



