Qi discolor. } BECCARI. THE SPECIES OF CALAMUS.—SUPPLEMENT. 195 
and the side costae very slender; on the upper surface all 3 costae, but on the 
lower only the midcosta carry several long fulvous bristles ; secondary nerves 
few and slightly more slender than the side costae; the tertiary nerves show both 
surfaces finely striate; transverse «veinlets much interrupted; margins ciliate with 
rather conspicuous, blackish, spreading, and rigid hairs; the intermediete leaflets are 
30-35 cm. long, 20-22 mm. broad: those near the upper end very speedily decrease 
in size, the two terminal being the smallest, 15 em. long, 10-12 mm. broad, and 
quite free at the base. Male spadix not seen by me, but probably not differing 
from that of the var. negro sensis, Female spadiz elongate, more or less flagelliferous 
at its upper end and bearing a few partial inflorescences; its axial part is terete, 
about 1 cm. in diameter at its base; primary spathes as long as or longer than their 
respective partial inflorescences, strongly striate longitudinally, unarmed, thickish and 
hard in their lower living part, and neatly separated by a sharp line from the 
elongate, dry, slightly furfuraceous and marcescent upper portion, which moreover 
is more or less slashed or split longitudinally into several unequal strips and soft 
filaments ; partial inflorescences inserted inside their respective spathes, densely 
racemose, arched, twice branched in their lower parts, and having simple approxi- 
mate spikelets above; secondary spathes marcescent and slashed in their upper : part, 
rusty-furfuraceous; spikelets spirally (not bifariously) inserted round the axial parts ; 
the lower spikelets (the largest) 3-4 cm. long, have the axis slender and furfuraceous; 
usually the spikelets carry the flowers spirally without much regularity all round, 
but at times are also partially bifarious ; involuerophorum subdiscoid, laterally attached 
to the axis; involucre similar to, and as large as, the involucrophorum, discoid, sub- 
orbieular; areola of the neuter flower punctiform. Fruiting perianth pedicelliform ;. the 
calyx flat and callous at its base; the segments of the corolla ovate, subacute, 
slightly longer than the broadly triangular marcescent teeth of the calyx. Fruit very 
small, ellipsoid-oblong (7 mm. long. 2 mm broad, when not quite mature), crowned 
with relatively conspicuous spreading stigmas; scales very small, arranged in 21 longi- 
tudinal series, |flattish, squarrose, not grooved along the centre, light coloured with 
a scarious white finely erosely toothed margin; the tip rounded with a reddish intra- 
marginal lunate line. Seed not seen mature. 
Hasitat.—The Philippines, Originally described by Martius from sterile specimens 
only ; afterwards introduced in cultivation (under the name of C. Lindenii), and only 
more recently collected with very young fruits in its native country by Elmer, 
at Lucban in Luzon, Province of Tayabas (No. 9299 in Herb. Beccari). Specimens 
of very young entire plants collected by Ramos (No. 12035 Herb. Manila) at 
San Antonio, Province of Laguna, Luzon, apparently are of C. discolor. 
Suppt. Prare 71.—Calamus discolor Mart. Terminal portion of a leaf; 
spadix with young (non-fertilized?) fruits. From a plant cultivated in the 
Botanical Garden of Singapore and forwarded to me by Mr. Ridley under the 
name of C. Lindenii, ; 
Caramus  DISCOLOR Mart. var. NEGROsENsIS Becc. in Philip. Journ. Science, iv, 
(1909), 635. 
DescriPTIoNn.—High scandent. Leaf-rachis rusty-furfuraceous; leaflets very 
numerous, equidistant, very narrowly linear-lanceolate, broadest about their middle, 
