442 CLXIII. PALMEJE. (Beccari & Hook, f.) [Calamus. 



larger, less crowded. Fruit in. long, subtended by the spreading perianth ; 

 scales broader than long, pale yellow, not channelled, narrowly bordered with red- 

 brown. 



GROUP II. See p. 437. 



10. C. pachystemonus, Thw. Enum. 431 (in part.) ; stem slender 

 scandent, leaves pinnately 4-7-foliolate, leaflets elliptic acute or acuminate 

 3-5-costate, margins and costae beneath setulose, petiole short and rachis 

 armed with solitary stout recurved spines, sheath striate sparingly 

 tubercled and armed with flat pale spines, ochrea very short truncate, 

 spadices very slender elongate decompound, spikes very many recurved, 

 male corolla slender. 



CEYLON ; Walker ; near Galle, Thwaites. 



The greater part of Thwaites C. pachystemonus including the fruiting specimens 

 are C. digitatus, which differs in the longer petioles, few terminal longer oblanceolate 

 leaflets and smaller curved male flowers. 



11. C. dig-itatus, Becc. mss.\ leaflets digitately 2-4-foliolate oblanceolate 

 cuspidately acuminate 3-5-costate, petiole slender, sheath armed with long 

 strong straight flat spines and conical short ones, ochrea ligulate, spadices 

 very slender elongate decompound, spikes very many recurved, male corolla 

 slender, fruit small globose. C. gracilis, Thwaites Enum. 330 (not of 

 Roxb.). 



CEYLON; in the southern parts of the island, Thwaites (C. P. 2334 in part}. 

 Stems very slender, scandent. Leaflets at the end of the short petiole, 8-12 by 1-2 

 in., concolorous, many-nerved; petiole 6 8 in., unarmed or with a few solitary re- 

 curved spines and small prickles ; sheath copiously armed. Spadices 3-4 ft., 

 branched below, male spikes ^ in., fern. 1-2 in. Lower spathe elongate, cylindric ; 

 upper very slender, mouth truncate, entire ; spathels cupular, truncate. Malefl. 

 \ in. long ; corolla very narrow, curved, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 2- 

 seriate, filaments thickened upwards. Fruit ^ in. diam., subtended by the spreading 

 perianth ; scales pale yellow, very broad with narrow brown margins. 



12. C. radiatus, Thw. Enum. 431 ; leaflets 6-7 subradiately disposed 

 at the apex of a shortly spinous petiole linear acuminate, sheath densely 

 armed with short straight spines and long bristles, spadices very long 

 slender .branched armed with small recurved spines, spikes many short 

 recurved. 



CEYLON ; in the southern parts of the island. Walker, Thwaites. 



Stems very slender, scandent. Leaflets, 8-12 by f-1 in., thin, midrib beneath and 

 margins quite without bristles or spines ; petiole 2-3 in. with scattered short re- 

 curved spines. Spathes few, very long and slender. Peduncle of spadix 2-3 ft. long, 

 as slender as a sparrow-quill ; spikes ^-f in. long ; spathels cup-shaped, not 

 densely imbricate, deeply striate. Fruit | in. diam., globose, shortly beaked; scales 

 broader than long, triangular, pale yellow with a narrow brown entire border. 



GROUP III. See p. 437. 



* Fruiting calyx hardly callous below, indistinctly or not pedicelli- 

 form. 



f Leaflets few broad ; terminal large, often connate at the base. 



13. C. javensis, Blume Rumph. ii. 137, iii. 62, var. PENINSULARIS, Becc. 

 mss.\ leaflets 3-6 inequidistant elliptic or oblong-lanceolate 7-9-costate, 



