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one inch long below shorter above ; sheath with long flat deflexed spines 

 below and very long crowded erect ones at the mouth ; rachis glaucous 

 when young, claws three in a clump brown, leaflets equidistant linear 

 close, dark green 12 inches long \ inch wide, bristly on both sides, long- 

 est bristles beneath ; flagellum lj feet long. Inflorescence 2 feet long, 

 lowest spathe short woody 6 inches long with long flat spines at the 

 mouth, and shorter ones below, upper ones 5 to 7, broad coriaceous 

 with a few spines on the midrib or unarmed. Male panicle with about 

 5 stout branches spathels smooth with a short free limb. Spathellules 

 similar but smaller. Spikes flexuous red-mealy, flowers small. Calyx 

 short cup-shaped rounded. Corolla tube broad and rounded strongly 

 ribbed, lobes short lanceate ribbed. Anthers linear with diverging bases. 

 Female spadix stout scurfy 18-20 inches long branches appressed. 

 Calyx short cup-shaped with short points. Petals dilate at base ribbed 

 above, lobes lanceate acute smooth. Stigma stout. Fruit oblong yellow 

 shining pedicelled f inch long, scales broader than long, channelled edge 

 scarious not resinous. Seed oblong i inch long, albumen ruminate 

 pitted. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 91. Walp. Ann. III. 477. V. 328. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. D. hirsutus Bl. Rumphia III. 21, t. 135. Miq. 

 Fl. Sum. 593. D. oblongus Bl. Rumphia I.e. 140, 141, 142. D. Calamus 

 hystrix Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 71. Palm. Brit. Ind. 80, 204. 

 C. hirsutus Miq. Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. XL 28. 



Singapore : Common, Garden Jungle, Bukit Timah etc. (Ridley 

 3481, 3483, 3484, 3485); Johore : Sungei Tebrau (Ridley 11514); 

 Malacca : Chenana Putih, (Cantley's coll.), Ayer Panas (Maingay) Grif- 

 fith ; Perak : Goping, (King's coll. 4774) Larut (5142) ; Kwala Lipis (Ma- 

 chado 11612) ; Dindings : Lumut (Ridley 8404); Penang Hill (Curtis); 

 Selangor : Batu Tiga (Ridley) ; Pahang : Kwala Lipis (Machado). Na- 

 tive name " Rotan Sabut." The rattans are used in rigging for boats. 

 " Rotan Machap Merah." var. minor Becc. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. is a small- 

 er state of the plant. 



19. D. dissitophyllus, Becc. Nellc. Foresti di Borneo p. 608. A 

 stout very thorny rattan about 20 feet tall, sheath armed with strong 

 yellow spines, very long at the mouth as in hystrix, lamina 6 to 8 feet 

 long with a stout flagellum, rachis angled armed with very stout hooks ; 

 leaflets linear acuminate with a long point in alternate threes, 12 inches 

 long lj inch wide, sparingly setose on the margins except at the tip 

 which has many black setae. Spadix with a long rather narrow flatten- 

 ed peduncle armed on the edge with short i-inch spines in pairs black- 

 tipped. Spathes 6 or 7, cartilaginous brown lanceolate sheathing un- 

 armed subacute, the lowest 6 inches long \ inch wide. Male panicle 

 about a foot long with few distant branches about 4 inches long. Flow- 

 ers 4 inch long alternate, bracts shorter than the pedicel. Pedicel 

 nearly flat at the top quite round. Calyx cup-shaped with short traces 

 of points. Corolla twice as long oblong linear. Stamens narrow linear. 



