Pleetoeomia.] oliiii. vajmem. (Beccari & Hook, f.) 479 



A lofty climber. Leaflets approaching in pairs, 12-18 in. lonpr, linear-lanceolate, 

 finely acuminate ; petiole and raohis spinous, spines straight. Branches oi spadiac 

 4-5 ft.; spathels lJ-2 in. long, blackish towards the upper border. Fruit waknov/n. 

 — I have seen no specimen. J.D.S. 



5. P. assamica, Oriff. in Oah. Journ. Nat. Hist.Y. 97 ; Palms Brit. 

 Ind. 107, t. 218 a.a. ; leaflets white and finely furfuraceoua beneath, tip not 

 thread like, costae slender, branches of fruiting spadix very stout scurfy, 

 spathels 25 in. long, sepals broadly ovate j in. long, petals lanceolate J in. 

 long, fruit villous from the deeply oiliate split recurved points of the scales. 

 Ma/rt. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 199, t. 176, f. 11. 



Assam j Eort. Bot. Oalc. 



ieaves very large ; leaflets 18-24 by 2-2i in., lateral costse marginal; petiole 

 IJ in. broad, with short stout marginal spines and short seriate scattered clusters of 

 more slender dorsal ones. Branches of fruiting spadiz 4-5 ft. long by 4-5 in. across the 

 large subacute nearly glabrous spathels ; rachis rusty tomentose. Syikeleta 8-10 fld. 

 Male calyx cupular, 3-tootbed ; petals lanceolate, ^— J in. long. Fruiting sepals 

 broadly ovate, i in. long ; petals lanceolate, i in. Fruit 1 in. diam., bright rusty red. 

 — A mutilated spadix-brancb of this or a nearly allied species, sent by the late Major 

 Hannay from Debraghur to the Calcutta Gardens, has narrower spathels, brown 

 mealy externally, ovate-laneeolate fem. sepals ^ in. long and petals uairowly lanceo- 

 late f in. long ; the very young fruit is clothed with recurved lacerate scales. 



6. P. elong'ata, Mart, in Hoem. Sf Sch. 8yst. vii. 1333 ; Hist Nat. 

 Palm. 199, t. 114 and 116, f. 1 ; leaflets sparsely white furfniaceous beneath 

 tip not tiliferous, costae 3 very slender, branches of spadix very long, 

 spathels 1^ in. sub-8-lobed acute glabrous, flowers very small, calyx of 

 male minute 3-toothed, petals i in. obliquely oblong-ovate acute, calyx of 

 fem. larger urceolate 3-toothed, petals small linear-lanceolate, fruit 1 in. 

 diam., densely villous from the long lacerate spreading tips of the scales. 

 Kunth PJmim. iii. 202 ; Blume, Bumphia, iii. 68, 1. 158 and lo3 A. Calamus 

 maximus, Beinw. ex Blume Cat. Hort. Bogor. 69. 



Penanb, Jach, WalUch; alt. 2500 ft., Curtis. — Distbib. Sumatra, Java. 



ieoDe* very large ; petiole stout ; leaflets l-l-j ft. by 2 in. broad, rather mem- 

 branous, lateral costae marginal. Branches of spadix 3-4 ft., 2-3 in. across the 

 spreading spathels, which have acutely angled sides. 



29. FXiZICTOCOiaXOPSIS, Becc. mss. 



Characters of Pleetoeomia, but upper leaves reduced to sheaths with 

 long flagella and no leaflets, spathels small, infundibular, and fruit clothed 

 with very minute almost microscopic scales, arranged in vertical series. 

 Seed globose, smooth ; albumen equable ; embryo basilar. — Species 3, 

 Malayan. 



1. P. g'eminiflorus, Becc. mss. ; leaves subsessile, leaflets very 

 many and narrow equidistant finely acuminate, s^jadices with long 

 pendulous spikes, the lower branched, spikelets very short 2-S-fld., fruit 

 subturbinate with more than 85 rows of minute scales. Calamus gemini- 

 florus, Griff, ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 338 ; Palms Brit. Ind. 70, t. 

 199 A. Pleetoeomia geminiflora, H. Wenll. mss. 



Malay Peninsula,; Malacca, Fernandee; Perak, Scortechini (Ko. 2831"). 



