774 DIOECIA HKXANDRIA. Calftmus. 



3. C. erectus. R. 



Shrubby, erect, no flagelli. Leaflets rather remote, equi- 

 distant, opposite and alternate, linear-lanceolar. Spines sub- 

 verticelled. Spadix compound. Berries oblong-. 



Sun-gotta, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it grows 

 Avith au erect trunk, like the true palms, of about fifteen 

 feet in heiaht ; when divested of the sheaths, from three to 

 four inches in circumference ; and the joints from two to 

 three inches long. Tiie poorer natives use the seed as a 

 substitute for ;ireca. 



4. C. draco. Willd. ii. 203. 



Scandent, destitute of flagelli, dreadfully armed with long- 

 flattened elastic spines, often in rows and united at the base. 

 Leaflets alternate, ensiform, spinous, bristled. Spadix de- 

 compound, oblong. 



Palmaj uncus draco. Rnmph. Ainb. v. p. \ 14. t. 58.y. 1 . 

 good. 



Dsirenung. Kampf. Amoen. Exot. 552. 



A native of Sumatra and the Malay Islands. Flowering 

 time March and April. 



Trunk while the plants are young, erect, and then resem- 

 ble an elegant, slender palm tree, armed with innumerable 

 dark coloured, flattened, elastic spines, often disposed in ob- 

 lique rows, with their bases united. By age they become 

 scandent, and overrun trees to a great extent. Leaves pinnate, 

 their sheaths and petioles armed as above described. Leaf- 

 lets single, alternate, ensiform, margins remotely armed with 

 stiflT, slender bristles, as are also the nerves ; from twel ve to 

 eighteen inches long and about three quarters of an inch 

 broad. Spadix of the Jemale hei'maphrodite inserted by means 

 of a short, armed petiole on the mouth of the sheath opposite 

 to the leaf, oblong, decompound, resembling- a common ob- 

 long panicle. Spathes several, one to each of the four or 

 five primary ramifications ofthe spadix, lanceolate, leathery; 

 all smooth except (he exterior or lower one which is arm- 



