4934 MESSRS. MANN AND WENDLAND ON THE 
Fructus baccatus, l- raro 2-3-spermus, squamis tenuibus fragilibus, endocarpio membranaceo. Semen pel- 
tatum, oblongo-disciforme, subrugulosum, hilo lineari, chalaza in lateris dorsalis medio hilo opposita, 
ibi testa longitudinaliter incrassata vel mamillaeformi, raphe lineari partem seminis inferiorem am- 
plectente, vasorum fasciculis e chalaza ortis radiatim divergentibus et in embryotegam conveni- 
entibus. Albumen zquabile, leviter sulcatum. Embryon ventrale, horizontale, in dimidia albuminis 
altitudine. 
Palme Calamis veris similes ; caudicibus elongatis in et ultra arbores sylvestres plerumque longe scandentes, 
remote frondiferis, annulatis, inermibus. Frondes pinnatisecte, vaginate, vagina breviter ochreata 
inermi sessiles, rhachi marginibus ciliato-spinosa apice in cirrhum longum filiformem triangularem 
producta, segmentis abortivis in hamos oppositos reversos mutatis armata, Segmenta plicato-nervosa, 
reduplicata, margine ciliato-spinosa, inferiora decrescentia reflexaque, superiora erecto-patentia. Spa- 
dices inter vaginas erumpentes, patentes, breves, espathz ; ramis infra basin bractea remota suffultis. 
Flores straminei. Fructus aurantiaci. 
5. CALAMUS (EnEMOsPATHA) HookERr, Mann et Wendl. Segmentis utrinque 12-14 
elongato-obovato-ellipticis, marginibus inferioribus ciliato-paucispinosis, superioribus 
suberenulatis inermibus; fructu seriebus orthostichis 20. (Plate XLI. C.) 
Caudex semipollicem crassus. Frondes 4-5' long; vagina tubulosa nervoso-striata, glabra, apice in 
ochream 6-9" longam valde oblique truncatam producta ; rhachi circ. 3! longa, basi J" crassa, superne 
gradatim attenuata, apice in cirrhum inermem elongata, dorso convexa, supra subrotundata, inter seg- 
menta bina spinis 1—2 uncinato-recurvis, minimis, apice nigris, 1-2" longis obsita. Segmenta utrinque 
12-14, subzquidistantia, basin versus approximata, apicem versus paulum remotiora, media 11-2" 
inter se distantia, alternantia, 6—7" longa, 2-21" lata, elongato-obovato-elliptica, plana, basin versus 
angustissima, reduplicata, papyracea, longitudinaliter nervoso-plicata, nervo medio et nervis 5 secun- 
dariis utrinque paulum prominentibus, marginibus superioribus levissime repando-crenatis, opaca, 
subglaucescentia, erecto-patentia, inferiora ad margines inferiores spinis paucis 2" longis obsita, 
infima retroflexa caudicem subamplectentia basi paulum incrassata 1" longa 3" lata; segmenta 
abortiva opposita, 5-juga, infima circ. 7" a segmentis supremis distantia 1" longa 1” crassa reversa 
rhachi subappressa, basi confluentia et incrassata, leviter sigmoidea, cornea, subulato-triquetra, faciebus 
binis concavis, superiora gradatim approximata et decrescentia. Cirrhi rhachis tenuissima, vix x 
crassa, parte pinnifera brevior. Spadix longe pedunculatus, inter vaginas frondium conspiciens, 13-2 
longus, pedunculo compresso, rhachi compressiuscula 10-12" longa 4-5"! crassa superne gradatim 
attenuata, simpliciter disticheque ramosa, elongato-ovata, ramis 14—22 patentibus, 2" crassis, rigidis, 
toto floriferis, suffultis bractea transverse oblonga acuminata a basi ramorum 3" remota, alternan- 
tibus, inferioribus 5-6” longis, mediis 1" inter se distantibus, superioribus brevioribus. Fructus 
ovoideo-cylindrici, 10-12" longi, 8-9" in diametro, 1- raro 2-spermi, 20 seriebus verticalibus squa- 
mari loricati, squamis rhombeis, planiusculis, sulco medio exaratis, aurantiacis, chartaceis, margine 
inferiore subintegerrimo, linea fusca cinctis, 9" in diametro. Dissepimenta persistentia, membra- 
nacea. Semen 9" longum, 6" latum, 3" crassum. 
Hab. At the mouth of the river Nun (G. Mann, no. 451). 
PLATE XLI. C, Leaflet, fruit, and seed: nat. size. 
6. CALAMUS (ExEMOsPATHA) CUSPIDATUS, Mann et Wendl. Segmentis utrinque 25-27 
elongato-lanceolatis cuspidatis marginibus minute ciliato-spinosis; fructu seriebus 
orthostichis 18. (Plate XLI. A.) | 
RUIN i 
— | irem. Frondes 6—7' longze, vagina tubulosa levi circ. 1! longa apice in ochream tubulosam 
longam oblique truncatam producta, rhachi 5—6' longa basi 6" crassa gradatim attenuata apice m 
