88 . ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
of the elongate mouth and armed on its surface with straight scattered subulate 
spines.  Ocrea short liguliform. ^ Leaves about 1 m. long; petiole 4-7 em. long. 
Leaflets numerous, inequidistant, or more or less distinctly grouped, narrowly lanceolate, 
10-18 em. long, 1 cm. broad, with 3 coste which are provided with few strong 
bristles above and are naked beneath. Female spadiz simply decompound, rigid, short, 
primary spathes densely bristly bearded at the mouth, Fruiting perianth not pedicelli- 
form; the calyx slightly callous at the base. Fruit obovate, about 18 mm. long, 11-12 
mm. broad, conically beaked. Scales slightly channelled along the middle, 
Southern New Guinea. 
72. C. vestitus Bece.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 19-15 mm. in diam. Leaf-sheath 
densely armed with small delicate almost bristly spines. Ocrea 15-18 cm. long, dry, 
ultimately lacerate and fibrous. Leaves about 60 em. long, petiole very short or 
0. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, linear-acuminate, the intermediate ones 20 cm. long, 
10-12 mm. broad, 3-costulate, with long bristles on all three coste above and only on 
the mid-costa beneath; the two terminal leaflets small, free at the base. Male and 
female spadices elongate, flagelliform, longer than the leaves, Male spadix ultra- 
decompound with not many, remote, elongate partial inflorescences, Female spadiz simply 
decompound; spikelets vermicular, slender, 6-9 cm. long, with 5-10 remote flowers 
on each side. 
Northern New Guinea. 
73. C. ralumensis Warb.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 2°5-3 cm. in diam. Leaf -shea th 
unarmed or nearly so.  QOerea very large, 15-30 cm. long, lanceolate-auriculiform, 
papyraceous, not breaking into filaments. Leaves above 1 m. in length ; petiole 
very short or 0. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, ensiform or narrowly lanceolate-ensiform, 
the intermediate ones 30-40 em. long, 20-25 mm. broad, 3-costulate, with long bristles 
on the 3 costz above, beneath the mid-costa only bristly spinulous. Spadices longer than 
the leaves, flagelliform ; primary spathes tubular, closely sheathing, mareescent and 
fibrous at the mouth, Male spadiz ultra-decompound. Female spadiz terminating in 
a filiform clawed flagellum; upper primary spathes often split on the ventral side; 
partial inflorescences 30-40 cm. long, with 8-9 spikelets on each side; these 10-15 
em. long. Fruiting perianth shortly pedicelliform. Fruit spherical (when ripe) 
i cm. in diam. Seals in 15 series, faintly channelled along the middle. 
Eastern New Guinea. 
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74. C. macrochlamys Becc.—Apparently scandent. Sheathed stem 9 cm. in diam. 
Leaf-sheaths smooth. Ocrea very large, as much as 35 cm. long, lanceolate-auriculiform, 
exsuccous, papyraceous, seriately spinulous at the base and near the margins. 
about 90 cm. long; petiole 11-12 em. long. Leaflets not humerous, distinctly grouped 
with long vacant spaces interposed, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 25-30 em. long, 4-5 
em. broad, unicostate, quite naked on both surfaces, the margins also smooth except 
near the apex, the two of the terminal pair confluent to the middle and forming 
a forked flabeilum. Male spadiz shorter than the leaves, densely - panicled, cupressi- 
form; spikelets short; 2-3 cm. long with 13-15 flatly bifarious and pectinately arranged 
flowers on each side. 
Eastern. New Guinea, 
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