780 DiOECiA HEXANDRiA. Cttlanms. 



leaves nnt\ petioles as in C. Rolang, but more armed. Leaf- 

 lets collected into fascicles of two, three, or four, on the oppo- 

 site sides of the stipes, with a vacant space of considerable 

 extent between ; they are broader considerably than in C 

 Rotang, scarcely so long, and armed with spinous bristles on 

 the edges and both sides of the nerves. Male. Flagelli, 

 spathes, spadix, perianth^ corol, and stamens, as in the former 

 species. Female. Perianth, corol abortive ; stamens and 

 pistillum as in C. Rotang. Berries as in the former, but small. 

 The stems divested of the sheaths of the leaves, are about 

 as thick as a man's fore-finger, and employed for walking 

 canes like those of the ground ratan, Rhapis Jlabelliformis. 



12. C. polygamus. R, 



Scandent. Spines sub-verticled. Sheaths flagelliferous. 

 Inferior leaflets in remote fascicles of three or four, above 

 single and alternate, or opposite, all linear, with a few bristles 

 on the margins and nerves underneath, jyiule and herma- 

 phrodite flowers on the same supra-decompound spadix. 



Hoodoom Bet of the people of Chittagong, where it is in- 

 digenous, and a most extensive rambler ; the general thick- 

 ness when cleaned is that of a stout walkino- cane. Its 

 growth is exceeding slow, for in ten years it had acquireVl a 

 stem of only five feet in length, and the leaves from ten to 

 twelve more. 



13. C. tenuius. R. 



Polygamous, scandent. Leaves pinnate; leaflets nume- 

 rous, solitary, equi-distant, alternate, three-nerved, linear. 

 Sheaths flagelliferous. Spadix decompound. Hermaphro- 

 dite calyx and corol urceolate. 



Bandhari Bet of the inhabitants of Chittagong, where it is 

 indigenous. It is a beautiful, delicate species; when di- 

 vested of the sheaths of the leaves, and cleaned, it is not 

 thicker than a common quill, and of the colour of the com- 

 mon ratan. Flowering time, the rainy season. 



