﻿214 S. Kurz — 'Enumeration of Burmese Palms. [No. 4, 



175,/ I, t. Z, XVIII, f. XX and XXL {C. Mastersianus, Griff, in 

 Mad. Calc. Journ., V, 76 and Lid. Palms., 84, t. 206 andlQ^, B, excl.fol. 

 sub nom. Cfasciculati). 



Hab. Frequent in leaf-shedding, especially the mixed, forests all over 

 Burma from Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim. Fl. C. S. ; Fr. Apr. 

 May. 



Called Kyeing ni in Burma. 



Doubtful Species. 



1. C. PLATTSPATHUS, Mart., Balm., ed. I, 210 {Bcsmonorops platys^a-' 

 thus, Mart., Balms., 206) 



Stem thin, the sheaths sparingly armed with subulate thorns and 

 spreading bristles, in front below the membranous deciduous limb with bris- 

 tle-like thorns ; the rachis and petiole with straight and recurved thorns ; 

 pinnae all equidistant, linear-lanceolate, acute, several-nerved, plaited, along 

 with the rachis beneath sparingly and minutely rusty -yillous, ^ to 1 ft. 

 long, about an inch broad ; male spadix 1^ ft. long, supradecompound, the 

 peduncle 1^ inch long, compressed-terete, thorny and bristly, the rachis 

 lax, sparingly and minutely rusty-floccose, terminating in a recurved-thorny 

 tendril ; spathes membranous, flat, persistent, linear, 2 — 3 in. long, sparing- 

 ly aculeate or almost unarmed ; male flowers about a line long ; calyx 

 campanulate ; corolla twice as long, the petals lanceolate, acute {3£a?^t. I. c). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall. Cat. 8610). 



I have not seen this species, which (owing to the tendril-bearing spa- 

 dix) is evidently a Calamus, and, had it not been for the unequally distant 

 pinnules, might have been compared with C. Guruba. 



2. C. coNCiNNUS, Mart., Balm., 332, t. llQ.f. X; Walp. Ann. LLL, 

 483.— PI. XX, 0. 



Erect or almost stemless ? the rachis of the leaves (and of the spadix) 

 rusty-tomentose, sparingly beset below with half- conical subulate straight 

 reversed pale thorns ; pinnse 15 to 20 in. long, 1 — 1:^ inch broad, almost 

 equidistant, linear-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, many-nerved, glossy above, 

 with numerous transverse veins, the margins and keel above setulose ; 

 female spadix decompound ; spathes coriaceous, rupturing, with small rather 

 straight recurved thorns ; secondary spathes lax membranous ; spathules ring- 

 shaped, short ; calyx-lobes ovate, twice as broad as the lanceolate almost 

 equally long corolla-lobes ; drupe globular, acute, as large as a pea ; scales 

 yellowish, the lower margin broader brownish {Mart. I. c). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall. Cat. 8607.) 



This species also is unknown to me, and the figured drupes appear to be 

 very unripe. 



3. C. NiTiDus, Mart., Balms., 334 ; Walp. Ann., LLL, 484. 



