184 CXXXIII. PALMA, 
1. CALAMUS, Linn. 
Flowers dicecious, distichous and sessile along the spike-like brane 
ofthe panicle. Outer perianth 3-lobed, inner of 3 segments, the lo a 
or segments all valvate in both sexes. Stamens in the males 6, eo 
arudimentary ovary. Staminodia in the females 6. Ovary ee : 
i . Stigmas 3, sessile or on a very shor 
style. Fruit globular, closely covered with reflexed imbricated shining 
cales. 
The genus is chiefly abundant in tropical Asia, extending also into tropical 
Africa. The Australian species are as far as known endemic, but require furth 
comparison with some little known ones from the yan Archipelago. ' 
-segments acuminate and entire with smooth edges . . 1. C. australis. 
Leaf-segments more or less scabrous on the edges with 
minute distant prickles, and often sprinkled underneath 
with straight prickles or bristles. . 
Leaf-segments acuminate and entire, under 1 in. broad . 2. €, Muelleri. 
Leaf-segments hooked or jagged at the end, 1 to2 in. dis 
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1. C. australis, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii, 342—A T 
reclining palm (A. Cunningham), climbing to a great height ath 
Mueller). Leaves often above 2 ft, long, the rhachis armed underne?! 
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in. long, the flowers more distant. Fruit globular, 4 to 5 lines diameter 
— Wendl. and Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 197; C. obstruens, F. Mue 
Y. 
md. Shaded woods, Fitzroy Island, 4. Cunningham, M'Gillivray’ 
Bay, Dallachy. bos qug 
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