D. Korthalsii] BECCART. THE SPECIES OF DAEMONOROPS. 149 
very shortly pedicellate, the flowering axis furfuraceous, very slender, strict 
and cupressiform-fastigiate, in one specimen 40 cm. long, with 6-7 also very 
slenderly cupressiform, erect partial inflorescences; the main axis is as thick as 
a pack-thread, subterete; the branchlets are numerous and carry 8-10 spikelets 
which are not bifariously set, but turned outwards, are very small and have 
a very slender filiform axis, are about 1 cm. long and have altogether 3-4 
unilaterally set flowers;  spathels and involucre inconspicuous. Fruiting  spadiz 
nodding, 85 cm. long (in one specimen), with 9-10 partial inflorescences and 
a very short (3 em.) unarmed, rather thick, clavate peduncular part; all the axial 
parts are covered with a thin persistent  rusty-furfuraceous indumentum; the 
main axis is subterete and rather thick (6-7 mm. in diam.) in its lower part, 
and is irregularly angular higher up; secondary spathes small, annular, scarious; 
partial inflorescences in the fruiting stage  erecto-patent, with a distinct axillary 
callus, rather large; the intermediate are the largest and are 20 cm. long, with 
6-7 perfectly alternately bifarious and almost horizontal spikelets on each side: 
the lowest inflorescences are slightly smaller; the ultimate are much reduced in 
size and number of spikelets; the axis of the inflorescences is straight, rigid, 
acutely and irregularly 3-4-gonous, ‘almcst winged on the angles, and is gradually 
narrowed towards the upper end; spikelets rigid, with a distirct axillary callus; 
the lower of each of the partial inflorescences which are the largest, are 7-8 cm. long 
and have 7-8 bifarious flowers on each side; their axes are rather slender, angular, 
and somewhat sinuous; spathels very short, annuler, embracing, produced at one side 
into a small, scale-like, broadly triangular, acute, spreading point; involucrophorum 
very shortly  pedicelliform, angular, short (1-2 mm. long), _ thickish, slightly 
narrowing towards the base, distinctly callous in its axilla, truncate, and with 
a very short scale-like limb at one side at its upper end; involucre barely 
protruding beyond the involucrophorum, perfectly flat-disciform with the limb reduced 
to à very narrow annular rim; areola of the neuter flower small, punctiform. 
Fruiting —perianth very breadly  obeonical, shortly pedicelliform; the calyx very 
shortly cupular, furfuraceous, with three very superficial small teeth which termi- 
nate in a tuft of hairs; the corolla at least thrice as long as the calyx, undivided 
in its lower half, its segments broadly triangular, deflexed. Fruit oblong, almost 
equally rounded at both ends, minutely mammillate on the summit, 18-19 mm. long, 
including the perianth, 11 mm, thick; scales arranged in 15 longitudinal series, 
of a dirty straw-yellow colour, slightly darker on the very convex obtuse point, 
narrowly grooved along the centre, with a very narrow, finely, erosely-toothed 
edge. Seed oblong, equally rounded at both ends; albumen ruminate; embryo basal. 
Hasitata—Borneo; on Mount Sakumbang in the S. E. part (Korthals); in 
Sarawak on Mount Mattang near Kuching (Beccari P, B. No. 1938) and at Puak 
(Ridley, September 1905, No. 12405, in Herb. Kew.); in Dutch N. W. Borneo at 
Sanggouw, Residency of Sambas (Hallier No. 873 in Herb. Hort. Bot. Bogor.). 
OssrRvaTIONS.— D. Korthalsii is the representative in Borneo of both D. oblongus 
and D. Hysiriz; it is distinguishable from either by the leaflets having 5-7 finely 
and closely spinulous nerves on the undersurface; by its involucrophorum being very 
