E paspalanthus.] BECCARI. MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS CALAMUS. 295 
15 series (mahogany-red), subconcolorous, rather loosely imbricate, shining, slightly 
channelled along the middle, tip rather obtuse and, like the margins, erosely 
toothed. Seed ovoid, rounded to both ends, 9 mm. long, 7 mm, broad, 6 mm. 
thick, with a smooth yellowish-brown surface, convex on the back, and with a deep 
chalazal fovea in the centre of the raphal side; albumen equable; embryo basal. 
Hasrrat.—The Malayan Peninsula: Malacca, Griffith; in the district of Perak at 
Larut, between 700-1,200 m., Herb. Calc. Nos. 2617, 2910, 0342 and Scortechint 
No. 51°; Gunong Malacca, between 400-500 m., Herb. Cale. No. 7181; Gunong 
Ijuk, Scortechini No. 1235 in H. Bece.; Maxwel's Hill 900 m., Scortechini No. 416 
in Herb. Beccari. 
OssERVATIONS.—I have described the complete specimens gathered by the Revd, 
Father Scortechini and by Sir G. King’s collectors. I have not seen Griffith’s 
authentic specimens; he based the species on a male spadix which had very few 
flowers and only one terminal spathe left. Nevertheless I entertain no doubt 
as to the identification. Griffith in the text at p. 85 gives as uncertain the locality 
of his specimen, but at p. xiii he assigns to it that of Malacca. 
Five out of seven leaves that I have examined were terminated by 3 approxi- 
mate, but quite free leaflets, of which that of the middle one was barely shorter 
and slightly narrower than the other two; the spathes of C. ramosissimus more 
than those of any other species of the group approach those of some species 
of Daemonorops, as they are longer than the inflorescence, they envelope the lower 
ones and cover a good portion of the spathes immediately above. 
C. ramosissimus is characterised by its suberect habit; the leaves with one 
terminal entire lanceolate leaflet and the numerous subequidistant lanceolate many- 
costulate shining concolorous side-leaflets ; the rather short spadices with open, flat, long, 
broadly linear spathes which overlap each other. 
PLATE 109,—Calamus ramosissimus Griff. An entire male spadix and the terminal 
portion of a lesf.—From Scortechini’s No. 1235 in Herb. Becc. 
Prate 110.—Cala mus ramosissimus Grif. Leaf-sheath and base of a leaf; portion 
of the upper part of a leaf; female spadix in flower; an entire fruit. spadix.—From 
Scortechinis No. 51°, in Herb. Bece. 
99. CALAMUS PAsPALANTHUS Bece. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi, 450, and in 
Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind, ii, 207. 
Descrrprion.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 2 cm. in diam. Leaf-sheaths flagelliferous, 
very conspicuously inflated-tumescent above at the base of the petiole, almost black 
when dry, densely armed with large elastic horizontal laminar straight narrowly 
lanceolate subulate brown-greenish 2-4 cm. long, solitary or slightly confluent and 
subseriate spines, which are fringed-furfuraceous at the margins in youth and have 
their base broad, flat beneath, tumescent and light-coloured above; the spines at the 
mouth of the sheath erect, very slender and acuminate, up to 8-9 em, long. erea 
very long (up to 20 ca.) speedily dis"olved into fine filaments and  marcescent. 
