104 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
136. C. ovoideus Thw.—Scandent and robust. Leaves very large, rachis spin- 
ulous above. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, ensiform, very acuminate, up to 55 em. 
long, 23 mm. broad, 3- or sub-5-costulate, with long bristles on 3 nerves beneath 
and on the upper surface usually bristly on the side nerves only. Female spadiz large 
and diffuse, with stout and stalked partial inflorescences; spikelets robust, 8-10 cm. 
long, with 14-16 distichous flowers on each side. Female flowers ovoid, about 5 mm. 
long. Fruiting perianth explanate, subtended by the subpedicelliform involucrophorum. 
Fruit obovoid, beaked, 15-16 mm. long, about 1 cm. broad. Seales deeply chan- 
nelled. Seed ovoid, slightly flattened, slightly irregularly furrowed; albumen non- 
ruminate; embryo basal. 
Ceylon. 
137. €. polystachys Becc.—Leaf-sheaths 3°5-4 cm. in diam., covered at short 
intervals with complete membranous rings which are densely fringed with long 
blackish criniform bristles. Leaves large ; rachis spinulous above. Leaflets numerous, 
equidistant, linear-ensiform, up to 50 cm. long, 2 em. broad, with 3 costæ which 
are more or less bristly on both surfaces. Female spadiz about 1 m. long, pyra- 
midate, diffuse, with 4-5 gradually smaller partial inflorescences on each side; 
partial inflorescences with a distinct pedicellar part inserted far inside their own 
spathes: the largest 50-55 em. long and composed of 18-20 secondary spathes, of 
which the lower ones bear 2-3 spikelets each: only the spathels near the summit 
having solitary spikelets; these distinctly stalked, 6-8 cm. long, with 14-16 flowers on 
each side; involucrophorum calyciform, narrowed at the base. Female Jlowers 3-5 mm. 
long. oe 
Native country unknown. 
738. C. andamanicus Kurz.—Very large and high scandent, Leaf-sheaths 8-10 
cm. in diam. with numerous, approximate, small, membranous crests which are fringed 
with capillary brittle spicule. Leaves very large; rachis spinulous above. Leaflets 
sry numerous, equidistant, elongate-ensiform, 50-70 em. long, 2°5-3°5 em. broad, 3. 
costulate, more or less bristly on both surfaces; margins rather distantly bristly 
ciliate. Male spadi» panicled, shorter than the leaves; spikelets 20-25 mm. long with 
15-20 very crowded bifarious flowers on each side. Male flowers 3 mm. long. 
Female spadiz panicled, about 1 m. long; partial inflorescences 50-60 cm. long, with 
8-11 distichous—10-15 em. long—spikelets on each side; involucrophorum ealyciform, 
subpedicellate. Female flowers about 6 mm, long. Fruit ovoid-elliptic, conically beaked, 
about 18 mm. long, 10-11 mm. broad. Seales in 15 series, not channelled, with an 
elongate, triangular, scarious, finely-fringed point. Seed coarsely grooved; albumen 
equable ; embryo basal. 
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
139. €. Zollingeri Bece.—Scandent and very robust. Leaf-sheaths almost woody, 
strongly armed with unequal flat spines. Leaves very large, as much as 4-5 m, long 
in the pinniferous part. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, ensiform, unicostate, the largest. 
50-70 cm. long, 3-3:5 cm. broad, underneath the mid-costa furnished with a fow 
2-2'0 em. long bristles and the side nerves faint and smooth; above the side 
