474 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. [C. siphonospathus 
Antipolo, prov. of Rizal (Merrill Nos. 1641 and 1643 in Herb. Manili.) 
Some specimens of an adult but not yet flowering plant collected by R. Garcia 
at Azayat in prov. Pampanga (No. 53 Herb. Manill) and another specimen of a 
young plant collected by Van Wickle at Guinayangan, prov. Tayabas (No. 31 
Herb. Manill.) with a sheathed stem not more than 10 mm. in diam. apparently 
belong to the typical form. To a diminutive form of C. siphonospathus (type) 
apparently also belongs a specimen collected by œR. Garcia at Arayat, prov. 
Pampanga (No. “O in Herb. Manill,) with a sheathed stem only 8-9 mm. in diam. 
and leaf-sheaths almost totally unarmed. To No, 58 R, Garcia assigns the vernacular 
name of ‘‘Palimanoc” in dialect Pampanga, and to No. 60 that of ‘‘Maay” in 
Tagala. Van Wickle gives the name of ‘‘Talola” in Tagala to his No, 31, and 
says that it is employed in making furniture. 
OpseRvATIons.—Loher’s No. 1364 and Merrill’s Nos, 1641, 1643, 1891 are very 
similar and have equidistant very narrow leaflets, 10-12 mm. broad with the bristles 
short or subspinous on 3 costae above and on the mid-costa beneath; the primary 
spathes are all rather densely prickly. The fruit is broadly ovoid, shortly conically 
beaked with the scales in 15 longitudinal series. In a dry condition the leaflets in 
Merrill’s specimens are subglaucescent above or contrary to the rule paler above 
than beneath. 
CALAMUS SIPHONOSPATHUS var, FARINOSUS Bece. 
Description.—Apparently more robust than the type.  Leaf-rachis densely covered, 
at least in youth, with a dense white mealy removable tomentum and armed in 
its upper part with half-whorls of very robust digitate-quinate claws; leaflets equidis- 
tant and approximate (in the portion seen by me), broadly linear, with remote, 
long, fulvous bristles on 3 costae above, and with the bristles shorter and more numer- 
ous on the mid-costa beneath. Female spadiz very rigid, up to 1 m. long, with com- 
paratively large partial inflorescences; primary spathes unarmed and covered with 
the same mealy white removable indumentum as on the leaf-rachis; iater probably 
glabrous. Fruit scales in 15 longitudinal series. 
Hasrrar.— Philippines at Simutan in Central Luzon (Loher No. 1875 in Herb. 
Kew). 
OssERVATIONS.— While the type specimens are more or less rusty-furfuraceous in 
the younger parts, in this variety the indumentum is very conspicuously white and 
very abundant, but apparently disappearing with age especially from the spathes. 
CALAMUS SIPHONOSPATHUS var. SUBLEVIS Becc. in Webbia, p. 352, 
DzscRIPTION.— Leaf-sheahs very slightly spinous or totally smooth. “Leaves with 
the petiole and first portion of the rachis smooth or very sparingly prickly on both 
surfaces; leaflets very narrow with % costae smooth or very sparingly spinulous | 
above; spathes quite smooth. Fruit scales in 15 longitudinal series, 
Hasirar.—Mount Mariveles near Manilla. 
OsservatTions.—The most. typical specimens of this variety are some with male 
spadices collected by Merrill on Mt. Mariveles (2nd January 190%, Herb. Manill.), 
