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outside which is on the posticous side a larger bracte, and on the 

 anticous side a smaller one. 



Calyx oblong-ovate, rather large, with three short stout acute teeth. 

 Corolla in the part corresponding to the calyx ovate- ventricose, 3- 

 partite a little below the middle (or to the calyx,) segments linear, 

 acute, rather spreading. Stamina 6 ; filaments united to the corolla as 

 far as the base of its segments : thence free, short, broad, subulate 

 ending in bristles ; anthers deficient. Ovarium ovate- oblong, densely 

 covered with shortly ciliate- scales, 3-celled. Ovules solitary. Style 

 very short, stout, divided nearly to its base into 3 branches which are 

 subulate, spreading or almost recurved, rather longer than the petals, 

 with an elevated line along the centre of their backs; inner face 

 stigmatic. 



This species differs from C. platyspathus* abundantly. 

 The petioles (not the spadices) are prolonged into flagelli, 



* C. platyspathus : scandens, aculeis vaginarum crebris subulatis rectis petioli 

 rectis et reduncis, pinnis sparsis lineari-lanceolatis long, sub-pedalibus lat ; pol- 

 licaribus pluriveniis plicatis subtus ferrugineo-tomentosulis, spadicis aculeis rec- 

 tis abortivis loriformibus, spathis subinermibus, spicis abbreviatis confertis.* 



C. platyspathus, Mart. Palm. p. 210. 



Hab. — Tavoy, Tennasserim Provinces. W. Gomez. 



I subjoin Martius's character and description of this species : — 



" Calamus platyspathus : caudice scandente tenui ; frondibus ecirrosis ; pin- 

 nis sparsis, terminalibus distinctis lineari-lanceolatis plurinerviis plicatis, sub- 

 tus ferrugineo-tomentosulis, aculeis vaginarum crebris subulatis rectis, petioli 

 rhacheosque rectis et aduncis ; spadicis masculi decompositi julis abbreviatis 

 confertis, aculeis rectis ; spathis (primum clausis, dein expansis ?) planis, sub- 

 inermibus ; loris aculeatis. 



Species distinctissima. Pinnae spithamam ad pedem longae, medio ultra polli- 

 cem latae. Spadix sesquipedalis, laxus, rhachi inferne ancipiti superne teretius- 

 cula. Rami florigeri masculi quadripollicares et sursum breviores, primum, uti 

 videtur, spathis membranaceis omnino involuti, quae tandem explanatae, dorso 

 nervis binis nunc passim aculeatis nunc inermibus sunt percursae. Juli cujusvis 

 rhacheos partialis secundo-convergentes, continent flores 7-11 parvulos, pariter in 

 unum idemque latus conversos, quasi uti in racemo scorpioideo. Calyx campanu- 

 latus, sinubus rotundatis in denticulos tres breves excisus pallidus. Corolla viridi- 

 flava, petalis lanceolatis." 



* Char, c Martio. 



