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161. C. Dorici Becc.—Apparently rather large and scandent. Female spadiz 
with rigid, arched, partial inflorescences, which terminate in a slender barely spinu- 
lous tail-like appendix; spikelets spreading, callous at their axilla, arched, zig-zag 
sinuous, up to 6 ecm. long, with 7-9 horizontal flowers on each side. Fruiting 
perianth depressedly ^ ventricose. Fruit  elongate-ellipsoid, stoutly beaked, 22-25 
mm. long, 11-12 mm. broad. Scales in 21 series, narrowly and deeply channelled. 
Seed oblong-subcylindraceous, pitted; albumen superficially ruminate; embryo subbasilar. 
Burma. 
162. C. polydesmus Becc.—Scandent, apparently rather robust. Leafleis very 
distinctly grouped in fascicles of 2-3 on each side of the rachis, linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, 20-22 cm. long, 18-25 mm. broad, sub-5-costulate, the coste quite smooth 
on both surfaces; margins spinulous-serrulate. Female spikelets spreading, callous at 
their axilla, about 10 em. ‘long with 9 distichous flowers on each side, otherwise 
very similar to those of C. Doriwi. Fruiting perianth cylindraceous, 
Burma, 
163. C. hhasianus Beec.—High, scandent and very robust. Leaf-sheaths 5 cm. in 
diam., armed with very large laminar spines, eaves very large; petiole very short. 
Leaflets numerous, 2-4 approximate on each side of the rachis, with long vacant spaces 
interposed, lanceolate-ensiform, 40-50 cm. long, 2:5-3:5 cm. broad, 3-5-costulete, the 
costz almost smooth on both surfaces or sparingly spinulous above; margins spinulous. 
Female spadix diffuse, 1-2-1-5 m. long, with many partial inflorescences, which are 
` arched and spreading with a distinct callus at their axilla; spikelets zig-zag sinuous, 
up to 20 cm. long, with 15-16 flowers on each side; spathels asymmetrically infundi- 
buliform, rutting perianth cylindraceous. Fruit almost spheric, 26-27 mm. long. 
Scales in 18 series, deeply channelled. „Seed globular, coarsely pitted; albumen 
superficially ruminate; embryo basal. 
North-East India. 
164. C. nambariensis Becc.—Scandent, rather robust. Leaf-sheaths 3-4 cm, in 
diam., armed with large, broad, subseriate, horizontal or deflexed spines intermingled 
with smaller ascendent ones. Leaves 3 mm. long in the pinniferous part; petiole very 
short. Leaflets very spreading, remotely subequidistant, lanceolate-ensiform, as much 
as 50 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, with 8 or sometimes 5 slender quite smooth coste; 
margins obsoletely spinulous. Male spadix simply decompound or partially supra- 
decompound; spikelets callous at their axilla, spreading or deflexed, 3-4 cm. long, 
with 14-18 very approximate, 3 mm. long, flowers on each side; spathels very closely 
packed, concave, ovate, bracteiform. Fruit apparently similar to that of C, Lhasianus, 
but more ovoid and with scales in 91 series. 
North-l/ast India. 
165. €. inermis J. Ander.—High scandent and robust. Leaf-sheaths 5-6 cm. 
in diam., quite smooth. Leaves about 3 m. long in the pinniferous part; the cirrus 
2 m. long, very robust and very powerfully clawed; petiole short, smooth. Leaflets 
numerous, inequidistant, in pairs on each side of the rachis, 3-9-costulate, the lower 
ones ensiform, 40-50 em. long, 3-4 cm. broad, the others shorter and broader, lan- 
ceolate, as much as 6 em. in width; the coste smooth on both surfaces; margins 
