Calamus.] olxiii. PALMEiE, (Beccari & Hook, f.) 439 



in a flagellum, spathela cymbiform acute, flowers \ in. long. Mart. 

 Sist. Nat. Palm. iii. 332; Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 35; 

 Palms Brit. Ind. 43 ; Walp. Arm. iii. 438, v. 829; Kurz in Jowrn. As. Soc. 

 Peng, xliii. ii. 209, t. 23, 24 (excl. longisetus) ; For. Fl. ii. 516. 0. schiz- 

 ospathus, Go-iff. II. cc. 32 & 41, t. 187 ; Mart. I. c. 332 ; Walp. II. cc. 482, 

 829 ; 37. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 7. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, Assam, Siihet, Chittagons, the Khasia Hilis, Mttn- 

 NiPORB and Pegu, ascending to 4000 ft. 



Stems densely tufted 12-18 ft. high, internodes 2-3 in. long, 1-li in. diam. 

 ieaiies 12-18 ft. J leaflets few, 1^2 ft. hy 1^-2 in., l-nerved; young petiole fur- 

 furaceous, spines on the full-grown petiole -| in. and upwards. Spadices 1-2 ft. ; 

 spikes 6-10 in. by J in. across the imbricating coriaceous spathels. Calyx acutely 

 3-toothed ; corolla thrice as long. Stamen free, filaments broad, erect. Frwit about 

 1 in. long, ovoid-oblong, subtended by the spreading perianth; scales trapezoid, 

 dark brown with a yellow base. 



Var. ;3. COLLINA, Becc. ; smaller, petiole with solitary or sparingly clustered 

 spines, spadices shorter often depauperate shortly peduncled, tip not or shortly 

 cirrhiferous, fruit ellipsoid. 0. collinus,- Griff, in Calc. Jowrn. Nat. Hist. v. 31 ; 

 Palms Brit. Ind. 39 (excl. leaf), t. 186 (spadix only). — Khasia hills. 



Var. 7. MAOKOCABPA, Secc, fruits larger. C. ma^rocarpus, Griff.in Ma/rf. I.e. 

 333, t. 176, f. i. Griff. Palms Brit. Ind. 40, t. 186, A. f. i. ii. Walp. II. cc. 484, 

 380.— Sikkim, &o. 



2. C. flag'ellum, Griff, in Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 333, 1. 176, f . ix. ; 

 stem stont at length scandent, leaflets subopposite linear-lanceolate con- 

 colorous margins and midrib beneath remotely setulose, petiole furfnraceoua 

 raohis and peduncle of the spike and upper spathes armed with short 

 recurved spines, leaf-sheaths scurfy bearing a clawed flagellum armed 

 with long and short spines and bristles. Oriff. Palms Brit. Ind. 48; 

 Walp. Ann. iii. 484, v. 830 ; Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 8. C. 

 Jenkinsianns, Grif. I. c. 40, t. 186 A., f. iii. (not 89). PC. polygamua, 

 Eoxb. FL Ind. iii. 780. 



Sikkim Himalaya, Assam, Silhet, and the Khasia Hills, ascending to 

 4000 ft. , 



Stem l-lj in. diam. Leaves 6-7 ft. ; leaflets 2-2^ ft. by 1-lJ in. broad, con- 

 colorous; petiole 1-li ft. Spathes tubular, lowest 1^-2 ft., compressed, upper 

 lacerate. Spadix 8-10 ft. ; spikes 8-10 in., pendulous, unarmed ; spathels very 

 like 0. erecius. Flowers J in. long, decurved. Cah/x 3-fid to the middle. Corolla 

 twice as long. Stamens free. Fruit 1 by f in. , ovoid-oblong, cuspidately beaked, 

 subtended by the spreading perianth ; scales deeply furrowed, pale with a dark band 

 down the middle. 



** Albumen equable. 



f Erect or scandent. No flagellum on leaf-sheath or spadix. 



3. C. arborescens, Cifriff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 33 ; Pahns 

 Brit. Ind. 42, t. 188 A, B, ; stem erect tufted stoloniferous, leaflets 

 equidistant linear-lanceolate white beneath margins closely setulose, 

 midrib beneath and sometimes above setose, petiole scurfy, armed 

 with whorls or half whorls of long flat black spreading spines, spadix 

 very long pendulous, spathels very short closely imbricate truncate. 

 Ma/rt. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 332 ; Walp. Ann. iii. 483, v. 829 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 113 ; Eurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliii. ii. 208, t. 22 ; For. Fl. ii. 

 516. C. hostihs, Hort. Calc. 



