The Palms of British East India. 45 



of Rheede* and Plukenet,f which represent two distinct 

 species, have been always referred, except by Martius, to 

 C. Rotang, a species founded on the Palmij uncus Calap- 

 parius of Rumph. (now Calamus calapparius, Martius) ; it is 

 perhaps advisable to abolish the name C. Rotang, which is 

 besides a generic not a specific name, and the whole of the 

 synonymy given by Willdenow and succeeding authors. 



The synonymy given by Dr. MartiusJ is perhaps only cor- 

 rect in the citation of Lamark's figure, (t. 770 f. 1.) referred 

 by Lamark to Loureiro's C. scipionum. For Plukenet's 

 figure is cited by Hamilton under his C. Heliotropium, and 

 Roxburgh's drawing represents the fruit of his C. Rotang 

 oblong-ovate, and white, not round with chesnut colour- 

 ed scales as Martius§ describes it. This same drawing does 

 not agree in the spathes with Lamark's figure sufficiently 

 well to convince me of their representing the same species. 



It is to be regretted that Roxburgh quoted Willdenow 

 as the authority for this species, his definition not being 

 in any way applicable to it, and being evidently drawn up 

 from Palmijuncus calapparius of Rumph. none of whose fi- 

 gures would Dr. Roxburgh quote. Of the Hb. Amboinense, 

 the only figures that resemble the species under consideration 

 are t. 53 (Palmijuncus albus,) which however is not of this 

 section, and especially t. 55. f. 2. A. B. (Palmijuncus vimi- 

 nalis,) which is of this section. 



20. (10) C. tenuis, vaginarum aculeis solitariis paucis recti- 

 usculis, petioli (pinniferi) anguli superioris rectis faciei in- 

 ferae uncinatis, pinnis aequidistantibus lineari-lanceolatis 

 (long, pedalibus lat. 7-8 linealibus) supra nitentibus trica- 

 rinatis (carinis setigeris) subtus secus venam centralem setu- 

 losis, spadice nutante spathisque primariis parce aculeatis, 



* Hort. Malab. 12. t. 64. 65. f Aim. t. 106. f. 1. 2. Hb. Amb. V. p. 98. t. 51. 

 X Palmae. 209, § Op. cit. loc. cit. t. 116. f. via. 



