218 Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



strong recurved thorns, rather numerous ; leaflets trapezoid, 5 inches 

 long by 3 inches wide, base narrowed into a petiolule i inch long, 

 margins dentate, green above paler beaneth ; flagellum rather stout, 

 hooks recurved, stout, numerous and close in groups. Inflorescence 

 about 6 inches long, spathes about 1-j long smooth, dilated upwards, 

 mouth oblique. Spikes 3£ inch long stout covered with brown fur, but 

 less furry than those of K. scaphigcra. Calyx lobes projecting beyond 

 the bracts ovate ribbed. Petals oblong, e inch long. 



var. Malayana, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 476. Spines of the 

 sheath and ochrea shorter and covering the ventral face of the latter. 



Perak : Larut (King's Collector 6563), Gunong Hijau, Larut Hills 

 (Scortechini) ; Penang Hill (Ridley). Very near to K. pohjstachja 

 but the spikes are stouter and the sheath more thorny. Distrib. 

 Borneo. 



7. K. TF.XUISSIMA, Becc. Males. II. 275. A long slender rattan 

 up to 100 feet long, stem smooth h inch through. Leaves 9 inches 

 long, rachis slendor flagellum long and slender, sheath smooth ribbed ; 

 leaflets about 6, cuneate obovate or oblanceolate acuminate pale beneath, 

 •1 inches long by 1 wide tapering at the base into a petiole | inch long, 

 ochrea not dilated, tubular, t inch long margin scarious. Spikes few, 

 stout li inch long. Bracts woolly but less so than in most. Calyx 

 cupular, shortlv lobed. Corolla nearly i inch long, lobes oblong. Hook, 

 til. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 476. 



Perak : Larut, in low ground at 300 feet elevation (King's Coll. 

 4057). 



8. K. FOLYSTACHYA, Mart. Hist. Nat. Pal. III. 210, t. 172, f. I. 

 Stem h inch through, leaf sheaths smooth, unarmed white scurfy, 

 ochrea close fitting, papery terete \ inch long ; petiole slender, 2-3 inches 

 long with a few scattered hooked thorns on the back ; rachis ferrugin- 

 ous, scurfy with thorns 1-3 together ; leaflets with petiolules an inch 

 long, red scurfy, blade obcuneate cuspidate denticulate 7 inches long, 

 4i inches wide, or less, green above pale beneath, very variable in size. 

 Flagellum slender 2 feet long, scurfy, hooks numerous. Inflorescence 

 largo unarmed, about 2 feet long with several branches, spathes tubu- 

 lar, close fitting 3 inches long, nearly \ inch through. Mouth oblique, 

 reticose, scurfy, branches a foot long, spikes shortly peduncled, detlex- 

 ed slender, 6 inches long, \ inch through. Bracts short, ovate, longer 

 than the wool. Flowers i inch long. Calyx very short, lobed. Petals 

 oblong, yellow, twice as long. Stamens shorter. Fruit f inch long, 

 oblong ; scales longer than broad in 7 rows, bombed and deeply grooved. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 77. Becc. Malesia II. 74. Hook fil. I.e. 476. 

 Calamosagus polystachyus Griff. Mart. 211. C. ochrigcr, Griff. Palm 

 Brit, Ind. X. t, 210, p. 31. 



.Singapore : Bukit Timah (Ridley 6671, 89b2> , Johor : Batu Pahat 

 (Ridloy 1120s); Malacca: (Griffith). 



