98 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
very slender spinulous costa above and excessively numerous hairy spinulous nervelets 
beneath, 
Borneo. 
112. €. rhomboideus Bl.—Scandent, of moderate size. Leaf-sheaths about 3 cm. 
in diam., tomentose, armed with very short ascendent broad-based spines. Leaves 0-7-1 
m. long; petiole elongate, channelled (?) above, rachis obsoletely angular, tomentose. 
Leaflets few, large, rhomboidal with 9-12 radiate not spinulous costz, not ansate and 
almost symmetric at the base. Male spadiz simply decompound. Male flowers 
cylindraceous, 8 mm. long, 2 mm. thick. | 
Java. 
C. rhomboideus, var. uberrimus Miq.—Male spidiz partially supra-decompound. 
Sumatra. 
713. C. tomentosus Bece.—Scandent and of moderate size. Leaf-sheaths about 
2 cm. in diam., cottony-tomentose, armed with broad-based very short ascendent 
spines. Leaves relatively short and robust; petiole elongate, cylindraceous or obsoletely 
angular-convex above; rachis white, tomentose (like the petiole), obsoletely bifaced 
above. Leaflets large, about 25 cm. long, 10 cm. broad, with 7-9 radiate naked 
coste, not ansate and almost symmetric at the base. 
The Malayan Peninsula. 
C. tomentosus var. intermedius Becc.—Smaller. Leaf-sheaths, petioles and  rachises 
less cottony-tomentose than in the type. Leaflets about 15 em 
broad. 
The Malayan Peninsula. 
long, 5-55 cm: 
C. tomentosus var. korthalsiefolius Becc.—Smaller. Sheathed stem 1 cm. in diam. 
almost glabrous. Leaflets about 14 cm. long, 5 cm. broad, almost shining above. 
5-7-costulate. i 
The Malayan Peninsula, 
114. C. Blumei Becc.—Leaves apparently short; rachis furfuraceous, strongly clawed 
distinctly bifaced towards the summit above. Leaflets few, broadly sholbatdat: 
asymmetric and ansate at the base, with 5-7 radiate and naked coste, of which m 
mid-costa slightly eccentric and stronger than the others. 
Borneo. 
115. C. spectabilis Bl.—Slender.  Leaf-sheaths gray-furfuraceous, armed with small 
spines. Leaves about 60 cm. long; petiole very short. Leaflets few, oblong-obovate 
18-20 cm. long, 8 cm. broad, with 5-7 radiate cost, of which 3-4 bristly above. 
Male spadiz supradecompound, very long. | 
Java. ` 
C. spectabilis var. sumatranus Becc.—Leaf-sheaths glabrescent, armed with numerous 
small, broadly-laminar, light spines. Leaflets oblong-obovate or ovate-subrhomboid, 
18-20 cm. long, 6 cm. broad, with 5-7 costo, of which 3-4 inconspicuous] 
remo, ely spinulous. | ! 4 
Sumatra. 
