334 Palmec^. \Calamus. 



long, not flagelliferous ; leaflets 4-7, irregularly disposed, 

 5-12 by .',-2.'; in., oval, subacute, or obtusely acuminate, 

 3-5-veined, margins and midrib beneath smooth, cross-venules 

 -distinct, upper pair sometimes connate with a spinous rhachis ; 

 spathes funnel-shaped, truncate, cuspidate, armed with small 

 prickles, spathels and spathellules cupular or patelliform ; 

 spadix very long, slender, decompound, branches few, spikes 

 many, alternate, \-\ in. long, crowded, scorpioidly recurved ; 

 male fl. in many series, \ in. long, linear, curved; cal. 

 cupular, striate, lobes short, obtuse; pet. twice as long, linear- 

 oblong, acute, striate, connate in a column at the base ; fil. 

 thickened at the base, then subulate, tip not inflected; fr, 

 unknown. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft.; rare. Kukul Korale ; Kalutara. 

 Fl. Nov. Dec. 

 Endemic. 

 Confounded by Thwaites with C. digitatus. 



8. C. dig-itatus, Bccc. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 442 (1892). Kukula- 

 wel, S. 



C. pachystemonus, Thw. Enum. 431 (in part). C. P. 2334 (partly). 

 Y\. B. Ind. vi. 442. 



Stem very slender, scandent ; sheath not flagelliferous? 

 copiously beset with long and short, strong, straight, flat 

 spines and conical shorter ones, mouth with a rather large 

 ochrea; petiole 6-8 in., slender, and rhachis furfuraceous, 

 unarmed or with a few distant, recurved, large or small 

 spines; 1. digitately 2-4-foliolate, leaflets 8-12 by 1-3 in., 

 oblanceolatc, cuspidately acuminate, 3-7-veined, base scurfy 

 beneath, margins and veins smooth, upper pair sometimes 

 confluent with a spinous rhachis for half their length; lower 

 spathe elongate, cylindric, unarmed, upper very slender, mouth 

 truncate, entire; spadix very long, slender, decompound, 

 very sparingly spinous, branches distant ; spikes very 

 many, |-i in., spathels short, patelliform, imbricate; male 

 fl. ^ in. long, cal. tubular, striate, lobes short ; pet. twice as 

 long or more, narrow, straight or falcately curved, connate at 

 the base ; fil. very short, conical, tip subulate, straight ; fr. 

 seated on the slightly enlarged perianth, globose, ?, in. diam., 

 pale yellow, beak very small, scales 6-y in a vertical series, 

 very broad with scarious brown margins and an obscure 

 channel in the middle ; endosperm subruminatc, embryo 

 basilar. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft.; rather rare. Reigam and Pasdun 

 Korales; Hiniduma; Galle. Fl. March. 



Endemic. 



Thwaites at first thought this to be C. gracilis^ Roxb. (Enum. 330). 



