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bordered towards the bluntish membranous and almost minutely 
lacerate pale-coloured point. 
Has.—Frequent in the mixed forests all over Burma from Chittagong and 
8. — All., ete. 
Ava down to Tenasserim.—Fl. C.S. ; Fr. May.—l.—SS.=Sis. 
globular, brown, even ; albumen rumuinate. 
Has.—Rather frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans.—Fr. 
May.—s.—SS, =SiS. Metam. 
| _ REMARKS.—Besides the canes, this yields also a good sort of dracon-blood, 
but only in small quantities. 
13. C, hypoleucus, Kz.—Apparently a slender scandent rattan 
palm, the sheathed stems as thick as the finger, the canes as thick as 
acommon quill ; leaves interruptedly pinnate, 2-3 ft. long, without 
tendril, the petioles short, often saecate at base, armed with shorter 
and longer conical thorns on the back and along the margins where 
: ingly intermixed with somewhat recurved, straight, 
short spines, the reddish rachis similarly but more sparingly armed, 
upwards simply recurved spiny ; the sheaths armed like the petiole, 
but very densely so, with unequally long, straight, sharp, up to an 
