D. ruptilis’) BECCARI. THE SPECIES OF DAEMONOROPS. 213 
branched ; the lowest and at the same time the largest, has 7 spikelets in all; the 
spikelets are about 6 cm. long, and have very approximate, perfectly bifarious flowers, 
and do not differ from the spikelets of a typical Calamus of the group of C. palustris ; 
they have approximate and subcymbiform spathels, a regularly cupular involucre, and 
have the flowers subtended by the point of their respective spathels. 
The flowers are 
too 
young to be described precisely but apparently they are obtuse, have a 
campanulate or cyathiform finely striately veined calyx and a corolla with smooth 
and externally glossy segments, The leaflets are 35-40 cm. in length and 2-3 cm. 
in width. j 
PLATE 97.—Daemonorops ruptilis Becc. Intermediate portion of a leaf (under 
surface); portion of the spadix with young fruits; one of the young fruits enlarged 
4 dmeters: from the type specimen in the Herbarium at Kew. 
