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horrido, frondibus inter se intervallo 3-6 pollicum distantibus breviter 
petiolatis 6-10 pedalibus cirrhiferis, va vaginis ome e incrassatis i: um 
rum basi in t 
rufo #iétiiraceo deliquescente vestito, petiolo alate rotundato yereius 
supra plano aculeis complanatis virentibus seriatis sx pi- 
usque confluentibus obsesso, rachi subtus rotundata spinis recurvis 
apice .nigricantibus cupulatim Graphtec horrida supra per 
dimidiam longitudinem complanata dein d frondis apicem usque 
carinata spinis densiuscule , segmentis 50-75 
jugis suboppositis flaventi-viridibus pi aie acuminatis 12-18 
poll. longis (mediis longioribus) 6-10 lin. latis supra costa nervisque 
duobus y. quatuor aculeis setiformibus preditis subtus margineque 
' versus segmenti apicem aculeolis parvis obsitis, cirrho subtus spinis 
cupulatim connatis armato, spadicibus femineis solitariis subsessilibus 
erectis ramosis cire. 9 pollices Jongis, spathis membranaceis nent 
usve e atenti- 
isan 
minatum nicer lamina triplo brevius roductis i peas 
mermibus planis, ramis glabris robustis flexngals anit compres 
spathellis peecay late ovatis acuminatis, aces cupulam 
scilicet albo intus fusco preeditis ¢ eaepesita, seminibus nephroideo- 
subglobosis, albumine extus ruguloso intus profunde ruminato, em- 
bryone subbasilari 
Ad latera collium vallem Wongneichung supereminentiam, m. 
Aprili 1874, legit domina Margarita Dods, digni m ima 
conjux, ejusque in pererrationibus botanicis firma et indefessa comes, 
cujus nomine hane Cala amorum nostrorum precipuam ornavi speciem. 
(Herb. ss n. 18407. 
garious. 
however, has stems upwards of 200 feet long, and differs in many 
articulars. _ Withi 
P x the bract subtending each flower is either the 
which, the ent of a second female, or the scar of a - son ea 
has the examin tion of oung s ecimens can alone determine. 
tistinguishoble in fla m that of Areca Catechu, 
Lim inn., and might be used as a substitute. Blume makes the same 
remark of his D. calappari: 
A oo Calamus occurring in the island has short wide frond- 
ments, irregular] y subfasciculate, and may be an ally of C. . gracilis, 
Roxb. but in this fine genus the foliage does not seem to afford any 
