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W'ith scattered thorns on the slender rachis ; flagellnm ter- 

 minal, 18 inches long, slender with black-tipped thorns in 

 threes. Male spadix very slender filiform, 3 feet long, bran- 

 ches about three, 8-9 inches long ; the lowest sheath 2 inches 

 long, with a few short sharp straight thorns on the edge ; upper 

 sheaths with one or two very small-hooked thorns, internodes 

 with one or two minute thoi'ns, sheaths of the branches short, 

 gradually dilate, unarmed, with a short point. Spikes 20, 

 j-1 inch long. Bracts ovate acute, strongly ribbed. tSpathel- 

 lules ribbed. Calyx campanulate, lobes ovate subacute, ril)bed. 

 Petals oblong o1»tuse, twice as long. The whole flower ,V 

 inch long. Female spadix 3 feet long, slender, armed as 

 in male, branches few, two 5-6-inches long spikes, about 6 

 inches each, l-lr, inch long. Flowers about 20 on each, leather 

 distant. Calyx and corolla as in the male, style stout. Fruit 

 cylindric oblong, beaked, j inch long; beak -/„ inch long. 

 Scales in six rows, yellow, edged with brown convex and 

 grooved rather deeply. 

 Telom, hill woods. 



402. Plectccomta Griffithii var. 



A species of Fleet ocom la was alnindant on the Telom Woods, 

 but only portions of decayed spathels were seen. These and 

 the plant itself resembled P. firifithil, Becc. ; l>ut we»'e very 

 much smaller, probably a moiuitajn form. 



403. KORTHALSIA, sp. 



No flowers or fruit, near K.ferox, Becc. Telom Woods. 



404. Plectocomiopsis geminiflokus, Becc. 



Common in the Batang Padang forests near Jor. Calamus 

 inrhinatiis, Ridley, must be reduced to this. It was based on 

 a fruiting specimen, the fruit not having been previously 

 described, and differing from that of other species of the 

 genus in having the regular scales of a Calaonts. 



PANDANACEyE. 



465. Pandanus obnatus, Kvrz. 



Cameron's plateau. (Messrs. Robinson and Kloss). 



466. P. coLLiNus, Ei(U. 



A branched, rather bushy. Pandan from 8-12 feet tall, forming 

 large tufts Mitli narrow leaves, glaucous beneath. Fruit 

 glaucous green. 



Very common on the Telom Ridge and on other high ridges 

 between that and Berumban. Also collected on Gunong 

 Batu Puteh by Wray and on Kedah Peak by myself. 



Seveml species of Freycinetia were seen at Telom, but none 

 showed signs of flowers. One was apparently F. Ivcens, Ridl, 



