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21. (11) C. leptospadix t {n. sp.) spinis petioli (pinniferi) so- 

 litariis uncinatis ?, pinnis approximatis aequidistantibus line- 

 aribus (long. 10 uncialibus lat. 4-5 linealibus,) supra carinis 

 tribus setigeris subtus setulosis secus venam mediam, spadicis 

 attenuati aculeati ramis filiformibus, spathis primariis acu- 

 leatis secondariis lamina conspicua lanceolata, spicis sim- 

 plicibus abbreviatis scorpioideis, bracteis apice pennicillatis, 

 floribus oblongis, calyce corolla duplo breviore, fructibus 

 globoso-turbinatis (albis.) 



cane. Its growth is exceeding slow, for in ten years it had acquired a stem of only 

 five feet in length, and the leaves from ten to twelve more." 



C. polygamus. Roxb. Ft. Ind. 3. p. 780. Mart. Palm. p. 210. 



It appears to differ from C. monoicus in the lower pinnae being fasciculate, and 

 in the flowers being male and hermaphrodite, not male and female. 



" C. nitidus : caudice ; frondibus ecirrosis glabris nitidis, pinnis approxi- 

 matis aequidistantibus lineari-lanceolatis marginatis, aculeis rhacheos recurvis 

 spar sis et confluentibus ; spadicibus foemineis compositis ; julis horsum vorsum 

 Jiexis, baccis (ovato-globosis,) squamis fuscis. 



Pinnae spithamam longae, unguem latae, firmulae, venis statu sicco vix conspi- 

 cuis, setulis non solum in margine latiusculo sed etiam in nervis utriusque faciei. 

 Calamo tenui Roxb. multis modis affinis, sed diversus videtur praesertim sexus 

 distributione. 



Crescit in Tenasserim, prope Tavoy, W. Gomez." Martius. Palm. p. 211. 



C. concinnus .—frondium rhachi ferrugineo-tomentosa, subtus aculeis rectis 

 reversis, pinnis sub-aequidistantibus concinnis lineari-lanceolatis ; spadicis (mo- 

 noid ?) compositi spathis aculeis rectiusculis reversis ; baccis magnitudine. 

 Pisi minoris, squamis Jiavidis margine inferiore latins f us cidulo. 



Pinnae, quas vidi, fere sesquipedales, ultra pollicem latae. Juli fructiferi bi- 

 pollicares, non nihil recurvi. In calycum fructiferorum uno eodemque per cujusvis 

 seriei flores latere conspicitur spathella valde contracta, cujus basis cicatricula 

 parva notatur, quam ob causam conjicio, hue flores masculos aut eorum rudimenta 

 in florente spadice excidisse." 



Hab.— Tavoy. Wallich. Martius. Palm. p. 208. 



" C. melanacanthos : caudice scandente ; frondibus ecirrosis, pinnis aequidis- 

 tantibus concinnis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, margine nervisque tribus pri- 

 mariis setis longiusculis nigricantibus ; aculeis antice nigris, vaginarum subver- 

 ticillatis rectis, rhachium spadicum compositorum lororumque recurvis; baccis 

 oblongis octolinearibus, squamis pa Hide fuscis spadiceo -marginatis. 



Crescit in insula Pinang et in or a Tenasserim prope Chappedong : WaUidi." 

 Martius. Palm. p. 211. t. 116. f. 13. 



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