9216 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA, [C. Blancor 
narrowly tubular, slightly enlarged above, naked, finely longitudinally striate, obliquely 
truncate at the mouth and prolonged at one side into a triangular acute point, which 
is patent or deflexed; spikelets subscorpioid, horizontal or deflexed, inserted just at 
or a little above the mouth of their own spathe, not or indistinctly callous at their 
axilla; the lowest spikelets 3-4 cm. long, with 10-15 flowers on each side, the 
uppermost one-half shorter; spathels very crowded, bracteiform, concave, broadly 
ovate, finely striately veined, acute; involucrophorum very short, asymmetrically 
cupular, obscurely 2-toothed on the side next to the axis; involucre cupular, slightly 
unilaterally evolute; areola of the sterile flower very conspicuous, almost cupular, 
broadly ovate or subcircular, only one-half smaller than the involucre, Female 
flowers very small 2 mm, long. Fruiting perianth explanate, its calyx entirely 
split into 3 broad, ovate, subapiculate and obscurely striately veined lobes; its 
corolla slightly longer than the calyx with ovate-lanceolate acute segments, 
Fruit very small, when very nearly ripe 8 mm. long, and 5 mm. in diam., ovate 
cr obovate, rounded at both ends, distinctly . mucronate at the apex; scales light- 
greenish, obtuse, in 18 longitudinal series, polished, rather deeply channelled along 
the middle, with narrow paler scurious finely erosely toothed margin. Seed very 
small, about 5 mm. long, very irregularly angular, with an indistinct chalazal 
fovea; albumen equable; embryo basal.—All parts of the plant take in drying 
a light green colour. 
Hasitat.—The Philippine Islands. It was discovered by Meyen near the village 
of San Matheo on Mount Masiquie in Luzon at about 200 m. elevation; see 
Meyen, Reise ii, pp. 233 and 269. One specimen of this species is preserved in 
the Paris Herbarium and was collected by M. Calléry at Panganisan in 1840.— 
Tagala name ‘“‘ Bamban” (Meyen). 
OBSERVATIONS.—I have seen of this the authentic specimens in the Berlin 
Herbarium; those exactly agree with that of Calléry iu the Paris Herbarium. It 
differs from C. mollis in the entirely unarmed leaf-sheaths and in the smooth 
primary spathes; in the reproductive organs I have been unable to find any 
appreciable difference from ©. mollis, of which it seems nothing more than & 
variety, : 
Prate 63.—Calamus Meyenianus Schauer. Calléry’s entire specimen in the 
Herbarium at Paris. | 
49. Carnawus Brawcor Kunth, Enum. Plant. ii (1841) 595; Mart. Hist, 
Nat. Palm, ii, 343; Walp. Ann. iii, 492 and v, 832; Mig. Fl, Ind. 
Bat. iii. 139; Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. ii, 204. 
C. gracilis (not of Roxb.) Blanco, Fl. de Filip. Ist edit, (1837), 267- 
and gran edic. i, 332, 
C. brevifrons Mart. l c. iii, 338; Miq. l c. iii, 197. 
C. parvifolius Vidal, Phan, Cuming. No. 1229. 
Description—Scandent, very slender, Sheathed stem 5-7 mm. in diam,  Lpgaf- 
sheaths —flagelliferous, gibbous above, more or less grey-furfuraceous, smooth or 
more or less armed with straight, very slender, needle-like or almost bristly browm 
