152 NEW OR RAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



narrow lanceolate smaller. Fruit subglobose long-beaked, 

 scales dark brown longer than broad acute, lanceolate 

 hairy on edges and tip, tip hairs elongate up-turned. 



Sarawak: Santubong (Hewitt). 



A remarkably small species for this genus of gigantic 

 rattans. 



Ccratolobus discolor, Becc. 



Mr. Hewitt sends the termination of a stem with 

 spathe and spadix of what appears to be this species. 

 The stem is little armed. The bud surrounded by a dry 

 brown sheath lanceolate over a foot long and 2 inches 

 wide, acuminate. The young leaf has a stout flagellum 

 with hooks in threes, and there are two flagella one stout 

 bearing one or two abortive leaflets at the base, the other 

 then slender and without leaflets. Spathe 18 inches long 

 lanceolate ending in two long stiff points, smooth brown 

 about -1 inches across. Spadix 9 inches much branched 

 with slender branches and distant flowers. Spathels 

 small dilate upwards with a short lanceolate limb. Calyx 

 saucer-shaped with three short points. Petals ovate stiff 

 connate at base, large. Ovary covered with brown glis- 

 tening scales. 



Sarawak : Batu (Hewitt). This plant hiterto has only 

 been known from a leaf obtained at Kuching. The 

 flowers have not previously been described. 



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