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



MALACCA, Fernandez. PERAK, S cart-echini. 



Stem scandent, as thick as a goosequill, shining; internodes 2 in. Leaves 

 12-18 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by 1-1 in., polished above, cross-nervulcs very many and 

 close set; petiole 35 in.; sin ath nut so thick as the little finder, very long, 

 cylindric and smooth. The leaflets resemble those of C. spathulatus but are smaller. 

 1 have seen no Perak specimens, of which Bt'ceari says that they are more robust, 

 and have rather larger and more numerous leaflets with more distant transverse 

 nerves. J.D.H. 



67. C. quinquenervius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 777; scandent, leaves 

 flagelliferous, leaflets alternate remote equidistant narrowly lanceolate, 

 spines in belts slender, fruit spherical. . Kunth J&num. iii. 209 ; Mart. Hist. 

 Nat. Palm iii. 339; Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 61 ; Palms Brit. 

 Ind. 72. 



SILHET, Roxburgh. 



Climbing. Stem exclusive of the leaf-sheaths, about as thick as the middle 

 finger, internodes 6-8 in. Probably a well-known species, but not identifiable by 

 the character given, nor recognized by Beccari or myself. 



68. C. ornatus, Blume in Rcen. fy Sch. Syst. vii. ii. 1326 ; Rumpkia, 

 iii. t. 148 ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 208, t. ll6, f. 2: 



Yar. HORRIDA, Becc. mss. leaves petioled not flagelliferous, leaflets large 

 equidistant narrowly ensiform acute 3-5-costate glaucous beneath, margin 

 and costae beneath caducously setulose, petiole and rachis shortly armed, 

 sheaths with long flat spines, fern, spadix very long flagelliferous, spathes 

 tubular armed with very long spines, branches few erect, spathels smooth, 

 male spikes close set recurved very stout, spatnellules broadly imbricating. 

 C. ornatus, Griff, in Cafe. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 37 ; Palms of Brit. Ind. 

 46; Miq. in J^urn. Bot. Neerl. Ind. i. 21; -PL. Ind. Bat. Suppi 256. C. 

 o vat us and C. aureus, Reinw. ex Mart. I. c. 208, 241. 



MALACCA, Fernandez. PERAK ; Scortechini (587 b ) (Herb. Gale. 3931). 

 DISTBIB. Malayan Islands. 



Stem robust; 50-80 ft., 1-i in. diam. without the sheaths; sheaths about 2 in. 

 diain. Leaves 12-15 ft. ; leaflets 2-2^ ft. by 2^ in. broad, tip rather obtuse often 

 2-fid, bristly; mid-costa above with stout bristles towards the tip; petiole 3 ft., 

 1 in. diain., somewhat flattened, rusty-pubescent, much armed with broad strong 

 flattened spines in. long ; sheath copiously armed with whorled fl*t appressed 

 often imbricating spines 1 in. long, and J J- in. broad at the base. Spadix 16-18 

 ft. ; branches 2^ ft. apart ; spathes tubular, armed like the sheaths; spikes 2-3 in. ; 

 spathels smooth, bracts and spathellules ciliate. Male spikes recurved, flattened, -f in. 

 across the distichous large spreading sputhellules ; male fl. broadly ovoid, terete, 

 obtuse ; calyx sessile, hemispheric, petals twice as lon^. Calyx oblong, shortly 3- 

 toothed, fruiting pedicelliform. Fruit 2 in. long, obovoid ; scales rufous, urn-gins pale, 

 Itcerate. Descript. chiefly from Griffith; of the fruit from Martius. Beccari regards 

 the Malacca plant as a var. (/iorri'O>) with glabresceut sheaths, seriate spines, and 

 adult leaflets 3- or sub 5-costate and scarcely spiuulose. 



69. C. giffanteus, Becc. mss. ; very robust, leaves large flagelliferous, 

 leaflets many equidistant broadly ensiform acuminate plicately sab 5- 

 costate, costaB and margins unarmed, petiole long and rachis armed with 

 short spines, sheath very stout woody smooth densely armed with very 

 broad basal flat long scattered or subseriate spines and short scattered 

 ones, male spadix supradecom pound, branches close together, spathes 

 tubular shortly spiny, fruiting calyx pedicelliform, fruit large ellipsoid- 

 ovoid, acute. 



