46 0. Beccari: 



omnibus utrinque et marginibus nudis; spadix 9 simpliciter 

 decompositus elongato-paniculatiis, caudiciilo inernii terniinatus, 

 spathis primariis arete tiibulosis, inflorescentiis partialibus 

 6 ovatis, spicis decrescentibus utrinque 7 — 8, perianthio fructi- 

 fero pedicelliformi, fructibus sphaericis minutissimis. C. ratnii- 

 loso accedit sed spadicibus 9 simpliciter decompositis. 

 Culion Isl. (Merrill no. 507; in December 1902). 



4. Calamus mollis Blanco 



Luzon Isl., Prov. Panipanga, Arayat (Merrill no. 1411; March 

 1903); Prov. Rizal, Antipole (Merrill no. 1642; February 1 902 ; 

 no. 1748: March 1903). 



5. Calamus ramulosus Becc. n. sp. Scandens, mediocris; caudices 



vaginati 2 cm diam.; vaginae spinis sparsis numerosis pallidis 

 subulatis armatae; frondes cirriferae, in parte pinnifera metrales, 

 cirro filiformi gracili terminatae; petiolo 0, rachi utrinque irre- 

 gulariter spinosa, segmentis numerosis, in fasciculos plurimos 

 3 — 5 approximatis, tenuibus, subherbaceis , linearibus valde 

 acuminatis unicostulatis, nervis utrinque nudis, marginibus 

 minutissime spinulosis; spadix 9 supra decompositus diffusus 

 caudiculo filiformi inermi terminatus, spathis primariis tubulosis 

 arete vaginantibus, inflorescentiis partialibus patentibus, ramulis 

 spicigeris horizontalibus numerosis utrinque onustis, spicis gra- 

 cilibus, spathellis cylindraceis arctissirae vaginantibus, involucro 

 florali lateraliter affixo exacte cupulari, perianthio fructifero caly- 

 ciformi, fructibus globoso- ovatis inter minoribus. — Affinis 

 speciebus e congerie C. siphonospatlii sed spathis arete vagi- 

 nantibus. 



Luzon, Prov. Tayabas, Guinayangan (Merrill no. 2070). 



6. Calamus trispermus Becc. n. sp. Verisimiliter scandens et ro- 



bustus; frondes (radicales?) non cirriferae, segmentis inaequi- 

 distantibus, in quovis latere geminuto- approximatis majusculis 

 oblanceolatis abrupte breviterque acuminatis, 5-costulatis, utrinque 

 viridibus et nudis, marginibus minute et appresse spinulosis, 

 venulis transversis nitidis creberrimis. Spadix 9 niagnus 

 paniculatus, inflorescentiis partialibus 40 — 45 cm longis, spicis 

 utrinque 5 — 6 ad faucom spatliaruni insertis, 12 — 15 cm longis, 

 spathellis breviter infundihuliformibus, perianthio fructifero ex- 

 planato, fructibus (non rite maturis) ovoideis abrupte mucronatis, 

 circ. 18 mm longis, 12 — 13 mm diani.. squamis nitontibus longi- 



