Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 201 



back armed with short stout recurved thorns and scabrid ; leaflets equi- 

 distant close, subopposite 7 inches long i-% inch wide linear acuminate 

 with short yellowish dark-tipped bristles on the three nerves and edge 

 (disappearing in old leaves), a few longer ones on the tip ; flagellum 

 from the sheath long and very slender ; rachis of leaf covered with the 

 dark red appressed hairs, ocrea elongate, pubescent. Spadix male, very 

 large 5 or 6 feet long, much branched. Spathes narrow cylindric with 

 a short subacute limb, mouth edged with cilia, unarmed. Spathels 

 similar short i inch long, mouth ciliate, unarmed or with short recurved 

 black thorns at base. Branchlets 6 inches long. Spikes distant i inch 

 long. Flowers distichous close together. Spathellules very small, flat, 

 erect. Calyx short cup-shaped, three lobed for -g- of its length ribbed. 

 Corolla more than twice as long, narrow, petals narrowly oblong. 

 Female spadix 3 feet long, little branched, slender, base armed with 

 sharp slender spines. Spathes long, narrow, sparingly spiny, branches 

 2-4 inches long, spikes recurved, 1 inch long hairy flowers distant, pedi- 

 celled. Fruit oblong, i inch long, beaked, scales 10 rows, light brown 

 edge darker, as long as broad. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah (Ridley 10780) ; Johor : Batu Pahat (Rid- 

 ley 11209) ; Selangor : Bukit Kutu (Ridley 7883) ; Perak : (Scortechini) ; 

 Larut Hills (Ridley) at 2500 feet. Native name " Rotan Semiang." 



18. C. RAMOSISSIMUS, Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 78. Palm. 

 Brit. Ind. 87, t. 207. Stem 20 to 30 feet long l-U inch. Petiole stout 

 channelled with a thickened margin armed with flattened brown spines 

 3 inches long, and a few short ones mixed in ; sheath covered with close 

 appressed spines 4 inches long ; leaflets inaequidistant lanceate to nearly 

 linear 13 inches long, 1^ inch wide or less, nerves numerous, transverse 

 nervules, conspicuous, tip setulose. Male spadix 2^ feet long, much 

 branched. Spathes narrow flattened on one side and armed with short 

 scattered spines, with a long lanceolate thinly coriaceous brown limb, 

 the lowest one often li feet long, f inch wide, upper spathes smooth 

 and shorter. Branches panicled spreading. Spathels cylindric obtuse 

 with an ovate limb. Spikes i inch long, rachis flexuous scurfy. Flowers 

 distichous i inch long. Calyx tubular with 3 ovate lobes obscurely 

 striate. Corolla twice as long, lobes lanceolate acute shining. Female 

 spadix shorter, branches fewer and thicker, simple. Fruit small globose, 

 beaked, scales dark brown, broader than long grooved. Becc. and Hook. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 450. Daemonops ramossissimus Mart. Hist. Nat. 

 Palm. III. 330. 



Pahang : Pahang River at Kwala Tenok (Ridley) ; Perak : Gu- 

 nong Keledang ; Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9809) ; Goping (King's Coll. 

 545) ; Kinta (King's Coll. 7181) ; Larut (King's Coll. 2607) ; Gunong 

 Hijau (Scortechini 51b 1235) ; (Ridley 11906); Negri Sembilan : Gu- 

 nong Angsi (Ridley) ; Kedah, Gunong Jerai (Ridley). Endemic. From 

 about 1000 to 5000 feet elevation. 



