1. C. Thwaitesii, Becc. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 441 (1892). 

 C. loftgisetus, Thw. Enum. 330 (non Griff.). C. P. 2873. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 441. 



Stem erect, stout, ih in. diam. ; 1. sheaths closely set with 

 oblique raised lines, the lines thickly set with flattened very 

 stiff, sharp, shining, deflexed ovate-lanceolate or ensiform 

 spines 1-2 in. long, and with smaller, narrower, erect ones 

 below each line of large ones; 1. 4^ ft. long, petiole 7-12 in.. 

 long, stout, channelled above, set with imperfect rings of flat 

 spines, rhachis with a raised ridge, set beneath with half rings 

 of straight, slightly deflexed dark brown spines, not produced 

 into a flagellum ; leaflets many, 2-2i ft. by i i-2 in., equidistant 

 or fascicled, very acute, margin ciliate and spinulose, 3-vcined 

 beneath with the midrib retrorsely spinulose ; male spadix 

 up to 20 ft., very slender, with very long flagella set with 

 half-whorls of short, deflexed, hooked spines; male fl. ovoid, 

 \~\ in. long; cal. broadly, 3-lobed, lobes rounded ; pet. ovate- 

 oblong, sessile; fil. very broad, narrowed at the top into a. 

 geniculate tip carrying the long versatile anther; fem. spadix 

 with stouter branches ; fem. fl. \ in. long ; sep, and pet. 

 enlarged in fr. ; fr. seated on the sessile enlarged perianth, . 

 I in. long, oval-ovoid, beak stout, conical, straight, scales 

 rather large, tumid, with a narrow dark brown border, shallowly 

 channelled in the centre, 5-6 superposed on each vertical row, 

 dull, orange yellow. 



Moist low country, below 2000 ft.; rather rare. Kalutara (Moon);. 

 Kandy, Hantane ; Rambukkama ; Kurunegala. Fl. Feb.-May. 



Endemic (.''). 



Description partly from Beccari. partly from notes made by Dr. 

 Trimen in May, 1896.— J. D. H. 



2. C Pseudo-tenuls, Becc. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 445 (1892). 



C. tenuis, Thw. Knum. 330 (non Roxb.). C. P. 2335. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 445. 



Stem slender, scandent ; sheaths set with many unequal, 

 straight, flat, very sharp spines i in. long and shorter; 1. about 

 4 ft. long, petiole cS in., with a few solitary short spreading spines, 

 rhachis not produced into a flagellum, armed with scattered 



