468 

 (3) C. PsEUDO-RoTANe. fMart.J 



Ident. Mart. Palm. 209, t. 116, fig. 6. 



Spec. Chae. Stem soandent : fronds -without tendrils, pinnse 

 linear lanceolate, fascicled aggregate : prickles of the sheaths and 

 ■whitish tomentose rhaohis suhtilate, straight, of the spatties and 

 tendrils bent : spadices compound branched, abortiye ones whip- 

 shaped : berries globose. 



Coromandel forests. 



(4) 0. PAscictTLATus. fRoml.J 



Ident. Roxb. 1. c. p. 779.— Mart. Palm. 209. 



Spec Chae. Stem scandent, elongated : jfronds without tendrils : 

 pinnae aggregated into many distsnt-fascicles, ensiform : prickles of 

 the fronds straight, scattered and confluent: spadix decompound, 

 abortive ones whip-shaped : berries ovate. 



Cuttack. Eengal. 



(5) C. POLTSAMTTS. (Roxb.j 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 780.— Mart. Palm. 210. 



Spec. Chas. Polygamous : stem soandent : fronds without ten- 

 drils : pinnse linear, posterior ones aggregated into 3 or 4 distant 

 fascicles, anterior ones solitary, alternate or opposite : male and 

 hermaphrodite flowers on one and the same supra-decompound 

 ■spadix, abortive spadices whip-shaped. 



Chittagong. 



(6) C. EXTENsrrs. fRoxbJ 



Ident. Eoxb.l. c. p. 777.— Mart. Palm. 210, t. 116, fig. 4. 



Spec. Chae. Stem scandent, elongated: fronds with tendrils: 

 pinnse alternate, remote, equi-distant, narrow-lanceolate : prickles 

 slender, straight, somewhat vertioelled : berries of the compound 

 female spadix globose, acute at the top, pale. 



SUhet. 



(7) C. GEAcms. (Roxh.) 



Ident.. Eoxb. 1. c. p, 781. — ^Mart. Palm. 210. 



Spec. Chae. Stem scandent : fronds without tendrils, reflexed : 

 pinnae narrow-lanceolate, shining, 6 to 12 fascicled together : prickles 

 of the sheaths straight, thin, of the rusty tomentose rhachis, ten- 

 drils and spathes bent : spadices compound : berries globose. 



Chittagong forests, flowering in May and June. 



