460 CLXiii. PALMES. (Beccari & Hook, f.) [Calamus, 



MaIiACCA, Fernandez. Pekak, Scortechini. 



Stem scandeut, as thick as- a goosequill, shining; internodes 2 in. Leaves 

 12-18 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by 1-li in., polishfd above, ci-oss-nervuhs very many and 

 close set; petiole 3-5 in.; sheath nut so thick as the little finger, very long, 

 cylindricand smoot.h. — The leaflets resemble tlinse of C. spatkulatua hut are smaller. 

 — I have seen no Perak specimens, of which Becoiiri says that they are more robust, 

 and have rather larger and more numerous leaflets with more distant transverse 

 nerves. J.D.S. 



67. C. quinquenervius, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 777 ; scandent, leaves 

 flagelliferous, leaflets alternate remote equidistant narrowly lanceolate, 

 spines in belts slender, fruit spherical. Kunth Emim. iii. 209 ; Mart. Hist. 

 Nat. Palm iii. 339 ; Griff, in Gale. Joum. Nat. Sist. v. 61 ; Fahns Brit. 

 Ind. 72. 



SiLHET, Boxlurgh. 



Climbing. Stem exclusive of the leaf-sheaths, about as thick as the middle 

 finger, internodes 6-8 in. — Probably a well-known species, but not identifiable by 

 the character given, nor recognized by Beccari or myself. 



68. C> ornatus, Slume in Rcen. 8f Sch. Syst. vii. ii. 1326 ; Bmmphia, 

 iii. t. 148 ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 208, t. li6, f. 2:— 



Var. HOKRIDA, Becc. mss. leaves petioled not flagelliferous, leaflets large- 

 equidistant narrowly ensiform acute 3-5-costate glaucous beneath, margin 

 and costsB beneath oadnoonsly setulose, petiole and rachis shortly armed, 

 sheaths with long flat spines, fem. spadix very long flagelliferous, spathes 

 tubular armed with very long spines, branches few erect, spathels smooth, 

 male spikes close set recurved very stout, spatnellules broadly imbricating, 

 C. ornatus. Griff, in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. v. 37 ; Palms of Brit. Ind. 

 46; Miq^. in Joum. Bot. Neerl. Ind. i. 21; Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 256. C- 

 ovatus and 0. aureus, Reinw. ex Mart. I. c. 208, 241. 



MAI.A00A, Fernandez. Peeak ; Scortechini (SSy) (Her6. Calc. 3931). — 

 DiSTRIB. Malayan Islands. 



Stem robust; 50-80 ft., 1-J in. diam. without the sheaths; sheaths about 2 in. 

 diam. Leaves 12-15 ft. ; leaflets 2-2^ ft. by 2^ in. broad, tip rather obtuse often 

 2-fid, bristly ; mid-eosta above with stout bristles towards the tip ; petiole 3 ft., 

 1^ in. diam., somewhat flattened, rusty-pubescent, much armed with broad strong 

 fiattened spines \ in. long ; sheath copiously armed with whorled flat appressed 

 often imbricating spines 1 in. long, and |— | in. broad at the base. Spadin 16-18 

 ft. ; branches 2i ft. apart ; spathes tubular, armed like the sheaths; spikes 2-3 in. ; 

 spathels smooth, bracts and spathellules ciliate. Male spihes recurved, flattened, -f in. 

 across the distichous large spreading spathellules ; male fl. broadly ovoid, terete, 

 obtuse ; ca'yx sessile, hemispheric, petals twice as Ion?. Calyx oblong, shortly 3- 

 toothed, fruiting pedicelliform. i'ruit 2 in. long, obovoid ; scales rufous, m irgins pale, 

 l.icerate. — Descript. chiefly from Grifiith; of the iruit from Martins. — Beccari regards 

 the Malacca plant as a var. (?iorri 'a) with glabrescent sheaths, seriate spines, and 

 adult leaflets 3- or sub 5-costate and scarcely spiuulose. 



69. C g'ig'anteus, Becc. mss. ; very robust, leaves large flagelliferous, 

 leaflets jnany equidistant broadly ensiform acuminate plicately sub 6- 

 costate, costEB and margins unarmed, petiole long and rachis armed with 

 short spines, sheath very stout woody smooth densely armed with very 

 broad basal flat long scattered or snbseriate spines and short scattered 

 ones, male spadix supradecompound, branches , close together, spathes 

 tubular shortly spiny, fruiting calyx pedicelliform, fruit large ellipsoid- 

 ovoid, acute. 



