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relatively broad (3-6 cm.); the basal pair strongly deflexed, the apical pair connate 
for two-thirds of their length. Frwuż subglobose, about 8 mm, in diam., tipped by 
a cylindric, 2:5 mm. long beak, Scales in 18 series. : 
The Malayan Peninsula. 
C. javensis sub-var. purpurascens Becc.—Leaflets broader than usual (6-7 cm.), 
purpurescent, the basal two strongly deflexed, embracing the stem, and harbouring ants. 
Pulo Penang and Perak. 
C. javensis sub-var. pinangianus Becc.—Leaf-sheaths mottled, densely prickly. 
Leaflets subclustered, narrow, those of the basal pair not deflexed and not embracing 
the stem. 
Pulo Penang. 
C. javensis var. tetrastichus Becc.—Sheathed stem 6-7 cm. in diam. Leaf-sheaths 
striate, rather densely armed with short, broad-based, sometimes deflexed spines which 
have a tendency to become hooked. Leaflets few, oblanceolate, Comparatively broad 
(38-4 cem.) those of the basal pair strongly deflexed, concave and embracing the 
“stem; petiole very short. Fruit ellipsoid-ovoid, 12-13 mm. long including the ' beak, 
the beak itself l'ó mm. long. Fruiting perianth completely explanate. 
Borneo. 
C. javensis var. tenuissimus Becc.—Excessively slender. Sheathed stem 3:95-4 mm. 
in diam.; naked canes 2 mm. in diam. Leaves about 40 cm. long, the petiole 
5-8 cm. long. Leaflets usually 3 on each side of the rachis and opposite, the 
pairs remote, inequidistant, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, those of the basal 
pair spreading, not embracing the stem. Fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, conspicuously beaked. 
Scales in 15 series. 
Mountains of the Malayan Peninsula. 
C. javensis var. sublevis Becc.—Sheathed stem 7-8 mm. in diam, Leaf-sheaths 
almost smooth. Leaves 45-80 cm. long; the petiole elongate. Leaflets inequidistant, 
4-6 on each side. | 
sos Borneo. 
C. javensis var. polyphyllus Becc.— Sheathed stem 7-8 mm. in diam. Leaf-sheaths 
rather densely beset with straight, horizontal, 5-6 mm. long spines. Leaves with 
about 10 lanceolate almost equidistant leaflets, the basal pair inserted very near the 
mouth of the sheath and deflexed, 
Malayan Peninsula. 
€. javensis var. intermedius Becc.— Sheathed stem 5-7 mm. in diam.  Leaf-sheaths 
armed with many small, short, straight spines. Leaflets 6-7 on each side of the 
rachis, lanceolate or oblanceolate, the mesial 15-17 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, those 
of the basal pair not deflexed. 
Malayan Peninsula. | 
