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(flagelliferi) infra pinnas valde inaequalibus sparsis patentis- 

 simis, inter pinnas subtus uncinatis supra minutis dentifor- 

 mibus, pinnis aequidistantibus confertis linearibus (long. 16- 

 uncialibus lat. 5-6 linealibus) supra carina et carinulis duabus 

 setigeris, subtus venis 5 setosis, spadice decomposito erec- 

 to, spatha crebre armata spinis marginum apicem versus 

 longissimis, spicis florum faemineorum ascendenti-convergen- 

 tibus fructuum patentibus, dentibus calycis villosis vel pen- 

 nicillatis, fructibus oblongis albis. 



Hab. — In forests. Ayer Punnus, Rhim ; Province of Ma- 

 lacca. Malayan name Rotang Sabote. 



Descr.* — Climbing to a great extent, flagelliferous, diameter of 

 stem towards the flowering part 1£ inch. Sheaths swollen at the 

 insertion of the petiole, armed with strong large flat spines, distinct, 

 or in the usual incomplete verticils, those of the margins of the 

 mouth of the sheath exceedingly long, a span or a foot in length, 

 and proportionally broader at the base. Petiole 1^ to If foot 

 long in its lower naked part ; where it is rather angular, and various- 

 ly armed. The spines of the margin one inch long, subulate, the 

 others aculeiform, while the upper flatter face has small thorny teeth. 

 Pinniferous part 5-6 feet long, rather angular, armed above along the 

 centre with short straight teeth, below with solitary hooked thorns. 

 These are as usual continued into the flagellus, which is very long. 

 Pinnce very numerous, generally approximate in pairs, linear, subu- 

 lato-acuminate, 16 inches long, 6 lines wide, under face with 5 

 bristle-bearing veins, the upper has the midvein carinate, one lateral 

 one on either side sub-carinate, bearing bristles chiefly above the 

 middle ; margins bristly, ciliate ; apex as usual hispid. 



Spadix 2\ feet long, (exserted 2 feet,) peduncle adhering to the next 

 sheath, in the young state so imbricated with spathes as to be subu- 

 late ; of these spathes the lowermost 4 are armed, the armature gra- 

 dually diminishing from the base upwards. In flower it has one 

 spathe near the axilla, boat-shaped, 4-5 inches long, flattish or nearly 



* Specimens ; entire specimens of plant with female flowers and fruit. 



