26 The Palms of British East India. 



and length of the spikes, and the large bracte on their 

 pedicels. 



I have never seen living plants, my specimens were pro- 

 cured by my Malay Collector from the interior of the Pro- 

 vince of Malacca. 



CALAMUS. 



Linn. Gen. ed. 6. p. 173. Gaertn. fruct. et sem. 2. p. 267. 

 t. 139. (excl. C. Zalacca.) Rcxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 773, (excl. C. 

 Zalacca.) Icones. 14. t. 28-29. Suppt. 5. t. 16. 17. 18. Juss. 

 Gen. PI. p. 37. Syst. Veg. ed. Schultes. 7. Pt. 2. No. 1496. 

 p. 1332. Martins Palm. p. 203. t. 112. 113. 116. /. 2. 3. 4. 

 128. 160. Endl. Gen. PI. p. 249. No. 1736. Lam. Enc. 

 Meth. t. 770 {excl. C. Zalacca.) 



Palmijuncus. Rumph. Hb. Amb. 5. p. 97 — 120. (excl. Pal- 

 mijunco laevi) t. 51 — 56. 57, f. 1. 58. 



Tsjeru-tsjural et katu-tsjurel. Rheede, Hort. Mai. 12. /. 

 64. 65. 



Daemonorops. Blume in Syst. Veg. ed Schultes. . pt. 2. p. 

 1333, obs. 1. Martins Palmce. p. 198. /. 117 et 125, f. 1. 

 Endl. Gen. PL p. 249. No. 1740 (excl. syn.Rumphii ?) 



Char. Gen. — Spicce (interdum racemi) filiformes (pani- 

 culatse.) Flores mono-dioici, (saepissime) solitarii, masculi 

 bractea et cupula (bracteolis duabus coalitis) suffxi\t\, faemi- 

 nei tribracteati. Stamina 6. Ovarium squamis plus minus 

 tectum. Fructus subexsuccus, squamis retrorsis loricatus, 

 mono-raro dispermus. Albumen ruminatum vel superficie 

 foveolatum. Embryo hilo approximatus. 



Habitus. — Palmse perennes, caespitosae, frutescentes, vel 

 arbusculoideae, erectae vel saepius scandentes. Caulis (saltern 

 partis foliiferce) vaginis obtectus. Foliorum vaginas varie arma- 

 tce spinis saepissime seriatis, (in una verticillatis,) plano-subula- 



