118 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
mm. broad. Male and female spadices very similar, with a short peduncular part and 
only: one or two densely panicled, thyrsoid, partial inflorescences and a long clawed 
terminal flagellum; primary spathes tubular in their lower part, subventricose and 
auriculiform upwards; spikelets scorpioid; the flowers very closely packed, and disposed 
in two assurgent series. Fruiting perianth campanulate. Fruit ovoid at the base, 
gradually attenuate to a large conic beak, 3 cm. long, 15 mm. broad. Scales in 
15 series, very adpressed, convex, not channelled, almost black. Seed ovoid, finely 
tubereled ; albumen ruminated; embryo nearly basal. 
The Malayan Peninsula. 
189. C. Lobbianus Becc.—Erėct, 2-25 m. high.  .Leaf-sheaths open om the 
ventral side, densely armed with short and long spines. Leaves 18-2 m. long, non- 
cirriferous; the petiole very long. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, ensiform or lan- 
ceolate-ensiform, green above, white  unddeneath. Male and female spadix very 
similar, with only one or two approximate and dense partial inflorescences at the 
summit of a long peduncular part; primary  spathes persistent. fusiform or 
elongate-ventricose; spikelets very short and dense; flowers about 1 cm. long. Fruit 
ovoid at the base, gradualiy attenuated to a large conic beak, about 2 em. long. 
Seales shining, black, in 15 series, slightly convex, not channelled. 
The Malayan Peninsula and Singapore. 
190. C. brachystachys Becc.—Female spadix very short, composed of only one, 
compact, oblong, partial inflorescence, and terminated by a short tail-like appendix; 
the spathe enveloping the inflorescence, lanceolate, coneave-auriculiform, prickly, 
spikelets very short, scorpioid, with very closely packed, rather large (1 cm. long) 
flowers. Fruit elongate-ovoid, narrowing towards both ends, 3:5 cm. long, L5 cm. 
broad. Scales quite black, in 15 series, convex, not channelled. Seed ovoid-elliptic; - 
albumen deeply ruminated; embryo basal. 
Borneo. 
Q JA 
797. (C. Henryanus Bece. ent, slender. Leaflets ^ inequidistant, linear- 
ensiform, 52-37 cm. long, 14-16 mm. broad, with, the mid-costa and two nerves 
on each side of it more or less spinulous on both surfaces. Female spadiz very 
strictly panicled, with very adpressed and slender partial inflorescences; spikelets 
furnished with a peduncular part which is included in their respective spathes, erect, 
very adpressed to the axis: the lower ones 8-9 em. long, with many distichous 
flowers on each side: the upper ones gradually shorter: the uppermost with only 
2-3 flowers on each side. Female flowers 4 mm. long, erect in the involucre and 
adpressed to the axis of the spikelet. Neuter flowers pedicellate. Fruiting perianth 
explanate, Fruit obovate, snddenly beaked, 12 mm. long. Scales faintly channel- 
led along the middle. 
China. 
792. (C. thysanolepis Hance.—Stemless, erect. Leaves non-cirriferous, *8—1°2 
m. long. Leaflets ensiform, 30-37 em. long, 15-20 mm. broad, approximate in 
groups of 2-6 on each side of the rachis and pointing to different directions. 
Female spadiz not flagelliferous, unarmed; primary spathes loosely sheathing, fibrous- 
dilacerate; spikelets about 7 cm. long, very dense-flowered. Fruiting | perianth 
