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leaflets panicle long 

 Slender rattans, leaflets linear numerous. 

 Leaflets in fascicles, spadix simple, few-branch- 

 ed erect ... 



Spadix simple unbranched nodding 

 Spadix long, much branched, spikes 2i 



inch apart fruit oblong ... 

 Spikes li inch apart fruit globose 

 Leaflets inaequidistant in pairs 

 Leaflets equidistant close, leaflets lanceolate 



linear crowded 

 Leaflets linear, spadix short, spikes scorpioid 

 Spadix extremely long, unarmed ... 

 Stout rattans with numerous leaflets, pani- 

 cles large, seed hemispheric, rugose, 

 albumin equable. 



Leaflets crowded narrow, stem densely armed 



with black thorns 

 Leaflets distant broad, stem pale with few 

 thorns 

 Inflorescence of few short, broad spikes 



erect. Stemless bush ... 

 Climbing palm 



29. C, palustris. 



30. C. brcvispadix. 



31. C, elegans. 



32. C. viridispinus. 



33. C. oxlcyanus. 



34. C. longispatha. 



35. C. pallidulus. 



36. C, diffnsus. 



37. C. laxissivias. 



38. C. aquatilis; 



39. 0, dumctorum. 



40. C, castaneus. 



41. C, titrbinatus. 



1. C. PENClLLATUSr Roxb. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 781. Stems slen- 

 der, 20 to 60 feet long, ^ inch through, covered with stout scattered 

 thorns, flattened with thickened leaves. Leaves 1 to 1^ feet long ; 

 petiole very short or none ; rachis slender armed with numerous hooks, 

 base of petiole not swollen ; leaflets 7 to 11 pairs distant sub-opposite, 

 the two basal one deflexed and clasping the stem, the terminal pair 

 connate at the base, bright shining green, lanceolate, elliptic or oblong, 

 6 inches long, and 1 to If inch <wide, strongly 3 nerved, tip bristly. 

 Flagellum from below the leaf very slender and long. Male spadix, 

 peduncle about 5 feet long, very slender, thorny, with several short 

 sheaths, spathes dilated upwards armed with hooked thorns, mouths 

 ciliate, spikes distant 4 to 8 on a branch 2| inches long distant. 

 Flowers crowded alternate distichous, spathellules flat ribbed as long 

 as the bracts, calyx tubular, shortly trilobed. Corolla twice as long, 

 lobes narrow. Female spadix stouter, flowers rather more distant. 

 Fruit oblong i inch long, scales yellowish, broader than long, deeply 

 grooved. C. Javcnsis, Bl. Rumphia II. PI. 137, III. 62, pi. 153. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. 442. 



*The name is jjiven as penicillatus in Clarke's reprint but pencillatus where 

 quoted in other works. I have not seen the original edition of Roxburgh's 

 Flora of British India. 



