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8. quinquenervius , Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 777.) L. B >s„/ Silhet. Introdu- 

 ced into H. C. G. in 1811. Fl. ? 



9. Rotang, L. (Schult. syst. 8, p. 1322 \—Roxh.fl. ind. 3, p. 777 ;—J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 225, excl. syn. C. petrseus, Lour. — Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 17 ) C<^ Bet. L. $ v^ Bengal, (Serampore.) Coromandel. 

 S. Concan. Ram Ghaut, &c. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. Yields the common 

 ratans. 



10. fasciculatus, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 779.) ^ C?^ Buro-bet. L. S ^.^ 

 Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. R. S. ; fr, C. S. The stems divested 

 of the sheaths of the leaves are about as thick as a man's fore-finger, 

 and employed for walking sticks, like those of Rhapis flagelliformis, 

 L. (Roxb.) 



11. polygamus, Roxb. {fi. ind. 3, p. 780.) L. B >^-/ Chittagong. Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. in 1801, but had not fl. in 1814. 



12. tenuis, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 780.) L. 5 v^ Chittagong. Introduced 

 into H. C. G. in 1801, but had not fl. in 1814. 



\^. gracilis, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 781.) L. B k^ Chittagong. Fl. May and 

 June, fr. C. S. 



14. monoicus, Roxb. {fl. ind, 3, p. 783.) L. ^ \^ Native place in India 

 uncertain. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



15. hostilis, Wall. MSS. In H. C. G. Native place ? 



Canes and ratans, the stems of different species of Calamus, form con- 

 siderable articles of commerce. They are exported from the valleys along 

 the foot of the Himalayas into the plains, though the species yielding them 

 are not well known. {Royle.) 

 Zalacca, Reinw. {Endl. gen.pl. \,p. 249.) 



1. edulis, Reinw. and Bl. {Schult. syst. 8, p. 1333, obs. 3 ; — Wall. pi. 

 as. rar. 3, t. 222, 23, 24.— Calamus Zalacca, Gartn.fr. 2, p. 267, t. 

 139,/. 1 ;— Spreng. syst. 2, p. 17 .—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 773.— Zalacca, 

 Rumph. 5, t. 57, /. 2.) L. B Moluccas. Malay Islands. Sumatra. 

 Java. Malayan Peninsula to Tenasserim, and to the shores of the rivers 

 Saluen and Attran, in Martaban. Has been several years in the Gar- 

 den here, without fl. 



2. asamica, Wall. MSS. In H. C. G. 

 Sagus, Gartn. {Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 230.) 



1. lavis, Rumph. {Amb. 1, p. 96. — S. inermis, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 623.) 

 b Moluccas. Sumatra. Borneo, &c. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1798, 

 but had not fl. up to 1814. From the pith of this palm, the granulated 

 sago is prepared. Pearl sago is said to be granulated and bleached at 

 Singapore, where it is brought from the islands in which the tree is 

 grown. (Royle.) 



2.farimfera, Giirtn. {fr. 2. p. 186, t. 120, /. 3.— S. Rumphii. Willd. ; 

 —Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 623.— S. spinosus, Roxb. H. B. p. 68.— Me- 

 troxylon Sagus, Konig. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 138.) b Moluccas. Malay 

 Islands. Peninsula of Malacca. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1798, 



