424 



PALMJE. 



[Calamus. 



20. C. extensus, Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 777. Vern. Den- 



aulJar, Sylhet. 



21. C. quinquenervius, Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 777. Vern. 



Surnur-gullar, Sylhet. 



22. C. montanus, T. And. 4 ; Gamble 85. Vern. Gown 



bet, Nep. ; Rue, Lepcha. 



23. C. macracanthus, T. And. 5 ; (ramble 85. Vern. 



Phekori bet, Nep. ; Ruebee, greem, Lepcha 

 (E 1017, Darjeeling). 



.24. C. inermis, T. And. 6 ; Gamble. Vern. Dangri 

 bet, Nep.; Brool, Lepcha (E 1016, Dar- 

 jeeling). 



25. C. andamanicus, Kurz ii. 519, Enum. 35. Vern. 



Chowdah, And. 



26. C. tigrinus,~Kurzii. 519, Enuin. 36. Vern. ZeW, 



Burm. ; Amdah, And. (B 1042, Andamans). 



27. C. Helferianus, Kurz ii. 521, Enum. 39 



28. C. paradoxus, Kurz ii. 521, Enum. 40 



29. C. Guruba, Mart. ; Kurz ii. 522, Enuin. 41. Vern. 



^Kyeingnee, Burm. (B 1031, Toungoo). 

 (Four other species are given by Martins as occur- 

 ring in Tenasserim, called C. platyspathus ; 

 C. concinnus ; C. nitidus, and C. melan- 

 acanthus). 



30. C. Master sianus, Griff. No. 29, under C. Guruba, 



Kurz ii. 522, Enum. 41). Vern. Sundi-bet, 

 quabi-bet, Ass. 



SECTION II. CYMBOSPATHES. 



Sylhet. 



H 



Sikkim, Bhutan. 



Andamans. 

 Burma, Andamans. 



Tenasserim or Andauiaus. 



Martaban. 



Chittagong and Burma. 



Assam. 



Assam. 



Sikkim Terai, D liars and 

 Assam. 



31. C. vutantiflorus, Griff. No. 31 



32. C. Jenkinsianus, Griff . No. 32 ; T. And 7. (Cym- 



bospathes Jenkinsianus Gamble 85.) Vern. 

 Gola bet, Ass. (E 1018, Darjeeling). 



33. C. grandis, Griff. No. 33 ; Kurz 523. (Dcemono- Andamans. 



Tops grandis, Kurz Enum. 30). 



34. C. hypoleucus, Kurz ii. 523 (Dcemonorops hypo- Tenasserim. 



leucus, Kurz Enum. 29). 



Of these canes, C. Rotang is largely used in North-West India for chairs, 

 blind and basket work. C. latifolius is much used in Burma for tying timber 

 in rafts, and making the cables which stretch across the river at the Salween 

 rope station. C. montanus is the best cane for suspension bridges and dragging logs in 

 Sikkim, and C. inermis furnishes the finest 'alpenstocks.' No. E 1007 from the Sun- 

 darbans. Vern. Gola bet, has been pronounced by Dr. King to be a species new to 

 India, which he has identified with C. longipes, Griff. No. 26, hiherto only known 

 from Malacca. 



14. PLECTOCOMIA. 



1. P. Tchasyana, Griff. 106 Khasia. 



2. P. assamica, Griff. 107 Upper Assam. 



T. Anderson joins these two in one species. 



3. P. himalayana, Griff. 108; T. And. p. 11 ; Gamble Hills of Sikkim, 4,000 to 



86. Vern. Takri bet, Nep. ; Ru noo I, Lepcha. 7,000 feet. 



4. P. macrostachya, Kurz ii. 514, Enum. 28 . . Tenasserim Hills. 



15. KORTHALSIA. 



1. K. scapUgera, Mart.; Knrz ii. 513, Knnin. 25. Andamans. 



(Calamosagus scapfi'xjcr. (5 riff. 2'J). Vern. 

 laktfOridak. Ami. (B 1<>M, Andamans). 



2. K. laciniosa, Mart.; Kur/. ii. f>i:i, Knuni. 



(Calamvsagu* laciniosus, Griff. 27). 



