﻿1874.] S. Kiii'z — Emioncrntion of Burmese Fahns. 213 



39. C. Helfertanus, n. sjy. 



Evidently a slender scandent rattan somewhat of tlie habit of O. vimi- 

 nalis, all parts glabrous ; leaves pinnate, without tendril, the rachis tliin, 

 3-gonous, along the convex back sparingly armed with small recurved soli- 

 tary thorns ; pinna) narrow-linear, alternately approximated by 2 to 4, lono- 

 acuminate, 6 to 8 in. long, towards the apex bristly ciliate, alono- the 2 

 lateral nerves above bristly and slightly so also along the midrib beneath • 

 spadix elongate, very slender, glabrous ; spathes elongate-linear-tubular, 

 compressed, green, sparingly recurved thorny along the edges, the upper 

 ones imarmed, the limb linear-acuminate, erect ; the partial spathes shorter 

 and truncate ; spathules minute, cymbiform, remote ; male flowers distichous, 

 about 1\ lin. long ; calyx cupular, shortly 3-toothed ; corolla more than 

 twice as long as the calyx, 3-cleft almost to the base, the lobes oblong, acute ; 

 stamens inserted at the base of the corolla ; female flowers, etc. unknown. 



Hab. Tenasserim (or Andamans ?) (Heifer 6389). 



It is apparently very nearly allied to C. viminalls, Bl., but the incom- 

 pleteness of the material before me excludes the possibility of identifying it. 

 It requires also comparison with C. exilis^ Griff. (^Ind. Palms. ^ 51), a species 

 which I have not seen. 



40. C. PARADOXUS, n, sp., Pis. XXIX and XXX. 



An extensive scandent rattan palm, all parts glabrous, the sheathed 

 stems 1 to 2 in. in diameter ; leaves pinnate, 5 — 7 ft. long, terminating in 

 a whip-like hooked-thorny tendril, the petiole short, along with the lower 

 part of the rachis indistinctly puberous and armed underneath and near both 

 margins with more or less straight sharp thorns ; the sheaths armed with 

 yellowish sharp flat spines arranged in combs ; pinnte I to 1^ ft. long, up 

 to an inch broad, of a thin texture, alternating by pairs and remote, margi- 

 nate, shortly acuminate and inconspicuously remotely appressed-ciliolate ; 

 male spadix bifariously decompound, ample, drooping ; spathes all smooth, 

 tubular, with a truncate shortly acuminate limb ; spathules similarly shaped, 

 but much smaller, embracing the base of the very short (1 to 3 lin. long) 

 distichously imbricate-bracted male spikelets ; bracts spreading, ovate, acute, 

 about a line long, brown, glabrous ; male flowers : calyx about a line long, 

 deeply 3-cleft, striate ; petals rigid, at base only connate, nearly 2^ line long, 

 oblong, acute ; stamens 6, filaments rigid, the lower part linear-oblong, 

 longer and broader than the anthers, terminating in an infracted thread, 

 from which the anther is veisatilely suspended ; ovary-rudiment hardly any ; 

 female flowers and fruits unknown. 



Hab. Martaban, in the evergreen tropical forests of Palawa zeik 

 (Toukyeghat), east^of Tounghoo. Fl. Apr. 



I heard this species called Yamatha Klujeing by the Burmans. 



41. C. GuKUBA, Mart., Falm., ed. J, 211 et ed II, 206 and 330, t. 



