Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 217 



cuneate, rhomboid bidentate with a long point, 6 inches long and 3 

 inches wide, no petiole. 



Perak : Kamuning (Machado). A young plant sent by Mr. Macha- 

 do is very different frpin K. scaphigera. 



4. K. WALLICHIAEFOLIA, Wendl. in Kerchoff. Palm. 248. Becc. 

 and Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 475. Stem 100 feet or more long, an 

 inch and a half through, whitish. Leaves rather distant, ochrea short, 

 tight fitting, about an inch long ending like the whole of the sheath 

 edge in a network of brown fibres, back of the sheath glaucous, armed 

 with scattered conical thorns in pairs or single ; petiole flattened, 

 armed with strong conic recurved thorns on the back and edge ; a thick 

 semicircular blackish green callus at the base of the petiole between 

 that and the sheath, leaflets distant broadly obovate cuneate, obtusely 

 toothed, dark green above, glaucous white beneath, 8 inches long, 5 

 inches wide, about 14 in number with short i inch thick, swollen dark 

 green petiolules, flagellum very long. Spadix very large, spikes over 6 

 inches long, thick lateral, pedicels plano-convex, with a long spathe 

 about the middle reaching the base of the spike. Bracts broad, ribbed, 

 longer than the wool. Becc. Malesia, 11, 75. Calamosagas Wcdlichiac- 

 folius Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 24, Palm. Brit. Ind. t. 181. 



C. Harinacfoliits Griff, in Text p. 29. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah, very common (Ridley 10407) ; Johor : 

 Kwala Sembrong (Lake and Kelsall) ; Malacca : Kussan (? Kesang) 

 (Griffith). Common as this huge species is it seems almost impossible 

 to get flowering specimens. I have sought them in vain. A fallen 

 spike picked up by Mr. Kelsall seems to belong to this species. 



5. K. GRANDIS, n. sp. Stem 50 feet long, li inch through. 

 Leaves very large, 10 feet long, sheath smooth, almost unarmed, except 

 for a few short conic thorns on the back, ochrea 5 inches long, oblong, 

 rounded at tip ; petiole a foot long, not gibbous or callused at the base, 

 with a few distant, short conic thorns on the edge, leaflets distant, 

 broadly cuneate, obovate bright green, white beneath 10 inches long, 5 

 inches wide, narrowed at the base into a flattened petiole, orange colour, 

 margin above toothed the median tooth acuminate, the longest leaflet near 

 the spadix and the lower part of the leaf, often much narrower elongate 

 cuneate 8 inches long, 1% inch wide, flagellum long. Spadix 4 or 5 feet 

 long, with branches 2 feet long, woody subangled, spathes tubular, with 

 a short round limb, spikes decurved 4 to 8 inches long, 2 inch through, 

 bracts rounded, strongly ribbed, wool nearly as long as the bracts. 



Singapore : Selitar, Bukit Mandai. Near K. Wallichiaefolia but 

 differing in the large ochrea, not reticulate. 



6. K. FEROX, Becc. Males. II. 73. Stem 20 to 30 feet long, 

 moderately stout. Loavos 1| to 2 feet long, sheath armed with short 

 conic thorns, ochrea not swollen, \ inch long ; rachis fairly slender with 



