78 The Palms of British East India. 



Flowers distichous, rather distant, one at each flexure, of the shape 

 of a sugar loaf, small, suffulted by a small annular scale-shaped 

 bracte, and two minute bracteoles. Calyx oblong, conical, of a thick 

 substance at the base, with three short sub-cordate mucronate teeth 

 with whitish membranous margins. Corolla oblong- ovate, a little 

 longer than the calyx, divided nearly to the middle ; segments erect 

 rather obtuse. Stamina 6 ; filaments not adnate to the corolla, united 

 into a cup surrounding the lower part of the ovarium, (free) very short ; 

 anthers ovate- sagittate, effete. Ovarium oblong-obovate, smooth at 

 the base, where it is 3-celled, otherwise covered with scales. Style 

 (common) scarcely any, the branches revolute from the base, subu- 

 late, stigmatose inside. Ovula solitary. 



Fruits very numerous, of the size of a pea, surrounded at the base 

 by the perianth, beaked by the hard persistent base of the style. 

 Scales very numerous, minute, whitish with fuscous margins and 

 points, which are incised. Seed baccate, erect, roundish-placenti- 

 form. Tegument thin ; pulp gelatinous, thick opposite the chalaza, 

 and in a less degree on the opposite face. Raphe of two divergent 

 whitish branches, terminating about the middle of the ventral face of 

 the seed. Albumen cartilaginous, solid, surface slightly unequal ; op- 

 posite the chalaza is a shallow foveola, and a smaller and shallower 

 one on the opposite face : on a long section it appears pulley- shaped. 

 Embyo basilar, conical. 



This appears to be a very distinct species, especially in 

 its inflorescence. It has considerable affinities with Cala- 

 mus tenuis, especially in the female spikes and flowers. I 

 have dedicated it to my friend Mr. Masters, who is now in- 

 vestigating the Flora of Assam with great success. 



36. (26) C. ramosissimus, (n. sp.) spinis pinnis 



spadicis supra-decompositi inermis pedunculo infra spathas 

 ancipiti sursum teretiusculo areolato, spathis (terminalibus) 

 membranaceis scaphiformibus, spicis gracillimis, floribus 

 (masculis) numerosissimis, corolla calyce oblongo breviter 

 tridentato duplo fere longiore. 



Hab. — Uncertain. 



