Dmmonorops.] clxiii. palmbje. (Beccari & Hook, f.) 469 



Swppl. 593. Calamus Hystrix, Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. Eist. v. 71 • 

 Falms Bnt. Ind. 80, t. 204, A, B, ; Miq. Palm Archip. Ind. 28. 



Malacca, Griffith; at Ager Punnua, Maingav. Pbeak, Scoriechini, King's 

 Collector (951).— DiSTElB. Java, Sumatra. 



Stem ecaudent, with the very stout sheaths IJ in. diam. Leaves 7-W ft. ; rachis 

 flagelliferoua ; leaflets 10-18 by i-| in., tips very slender, setulose costiR sometimes 

 5 ; petiole 1-2 ft. j sheath woody, scurfy, obliquely crossed with half -whorls of 

 close set flat spines, of which the lower series are i-i in. long lanceolate very 

 thin and appressed^ to the surface, the upper or oral enormously long, strict. 

 Lowest spathe 4i-5 in., almost woody, stoutly armed, not bealied; upper narrower, 

 more or less armed. Spadiio 2-3 ft., peduncle rather slender, armed ; spikes 2-3 in., 

 scurfy, ascending, flexuous j flowers pedicelled ; calyx cupular, teeth obtuse villous- 

 tipped; corolla twice as long, ovoid. Fruit about' | in. long by J in. diam., pale 

 brown, not shining, shortly mammillate; scales obtuse, channelled, margins of channels 

 rather elevated. Seed oblong, pitted, pits resinous ; albumen deeply ruminate ; 

 embryo basilar. — The enormous spines of the leaf-sheaths are a remarkable 

 character. 



Var. minor, Becc. mss. ; stem 2-8 ft., with the sheaths J-f in. diam., leaves 1-4 

 fk., leaflets 5-10 in., fruit much smaller.— Perak 300-1500 ft., king's Collector 

 (5097, 5142, 5486). 



20. D. XLunstlerl, Becc. mss.; leaflets many equidistant linear 

 setulose on the 3 costae above and median beneath, margins setulose, 

 petiole robust scurfy margins armed with long stout spreading spines, 

 sheath with many oblique series of long stout flat spines alternating with 

 shorter setiform ones, mouth with a few very long ones, lower spathe 

 coriaceous softly scurfy keel spinous, peduncle of spadix long slender 

 armed with whorls of spines, fruit globose top conical not beaked. 



Peeak; ScortecUni (652), King's Collector (10,204). 



Stem erect, 2-3 ft., sheaths 3 in. diam. Leafiets 14-18 by |-f in., rachis armed 

 with 3-fid. claws. Peduncle of spadix 8-10 in. Fruit f in. diam., tawny, top suddenly 

 contracted into a low cone; scales few, channelled, broad, margins not scaribus and 

 hardly discoloured ; fruiting calyx small, explanate. Seed subglobose. — I have seen 

 only a portion of a leaf and of a fruiting spadix. 



21. D. vagrans, Becc. mss. 



Pbeak ; alt. 4000-5000 ft., King's Collector (4129). 



Stem scandent, sheaths f in. diam. Leaflets 14 by f in., very narrow straight 

 and finely acuminate. Fruit as in Kuntsleri but smaller. — I have seen only a portion 

 of a leaf and fruit without calyx. 



** Outer spathes at first tubular, then open, all deciduous or the outer 

 more persistent, hardly spinous, but densely^ clothed with rigid needle-like 

 spioulsB. Sheath of leaf with a spinulose membranous collar or ring. 

 Spadix elongate before flowering, then paniculate. 



22. Z>. Sabut, Becc mss. ; leaflets in fascicles of 9-10 in., the lower 

 part of the rachis and 4-6 on the upper elongate oblanceolate suddenly 

 narrowed to a setulose tip, margins and 3 costae setulose above the median 

 alone beneath, petiole very stont stoutly armed with short and long single 

 and compound spines, sheath with a toothed setulose and spinular mouth. 



Pbeak, Scortechini (653l>). 



Tnternodes 6-8 in., with a reversed membranous collar. Flagellum of rachis 

 very short. — I have seen no specimen. J.D.H. 



