64 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. [C. symphysipus. 
part of the spadix seen by me) tubular, thinly coriaceous, strictly sheathing, armed with 
several very small claws, obliquely truncate at the mouth; partial inflorescences inserted 
above the mouth of their respective spathes with a distinct axillary callus; those of 
the upper part of the spadix 20-30 em. long, and with 4-5 spikelets on each side; 
secondary spathes elongate-infundibuliform, 2-2°5 cm. long, flat and with sharp edges 
at their bases on the inner side, smooth or occasionally furnished with very few 
straggling rudimentary claws, obliquely truncate, entire and smooth at the mouth, 
produced at one side into a short triangular acute point; spikelets inserted just 
above the mouth of their respective spathes, the lowest of each inflorescence 6-7 cm. 
long, the upper somewhat shorter, curved, all kept deflexed by a very conspicuous 
axillary callus: their axes thickish, subterete, closely sinuous; the largest spikelets have 
8-10 flowers on each side, the flowers are therefore rather approximate: spathels 
short, asymmetrically infundibuliform, truncate and entire at the mouth, obtuse or 
shortly apiculate on the outer side; involucrophorum almost entirely immersed within 
its own spathel, shallowly cupular; involucre not exceeding the involucrophorum and 
moulded on this, coriaceous, almost glossy inside, entire or obscurely crenulate; areola 
of the neuter flower lunate, sharply edged. Fruiż relatively large, spherical, 20-22 
mm. in diameter, conspicuously beaked; the beak slender, subterete, about 3 mm. long; 
the pericarp very thin, yet resistent; scales arranged in 18 longitudinal series, broader 
than long, bluntish or obtusely apiculate, dull, of a uniform light umber-brown 
colour, witb a very narrow, slightly darker margin, very narrowly and neatly 
grooved along the centre, Seed ovoid, very obsoletely 3-gonous, obtusely apiculate, 
14 mm. long, 10-11 mm. broad, enveloped by an abundant, once fleshy integument, 
pitted on the surface; the chalazal fovea indistinct; embryo in the centre of one 
of the faces; albumen deeply ruminated. Fruiting perianth very shortly pedicelliform. 
The spathes and spathels are covered with a thin, partially-deciduous, rusty-furfuraceous 
coating. 
Hasrrat.—Dutch N. W. Borneo: Liang-gagan, Hallier No. 2786 in Buitenzorg 
Herbarium. | 
SuPPL, Prats 33.—Calamus Blumei Bece. Portion of the sheathed stem : Indi: 
branchelet with mature fruits. From Halliers No. 2786 in Buitenzorg Herbarium. 
118. Catamus sywPHYsrPUs Mart. 
~ Calamus sp. indet. L., Koord. Verslag. Fl. N. O. Celebes, 292. 
OssERVATIONS,— This species which was long known only from the specimens collect- 
ed by Labillardiére has been found again by Dr. Koorders in Celebes, in the Province 
of Minahassa ; to it belong the following numbers, all preserved in the Buitenzorg 
Herbarium: No. 18411 4 with mature fruits, without precise locality ; No. 18412 4, in 
the same region near Kajuwatu, vern. name *Pondos Embel.;’ No. 18409 8 and No. 
18403 8 near Paku ure. This last specimen is sterile and apparently belongs to a 
young plant; the sheathed stem is 2 cm. in diameter, the leaf-sheath is dull and is 
armed with small, light coloured, laminar, elongate-triangular spines which are 5-7 mm. 
long and 3-4 mm. broad at their bases, and are more or less either approximate or 
