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BECCARI. 
know that C. Hoolcerianus is a Philippine species, it is possible that the original 
specimen was one of Cuming’s distributed plants. 
The extremely elongated spadix, the very long, slender, simple partial in- 
florescences, the long, divaricate, cylindraceous spikelets, the forms of the spathels, 
involucre, and perianths of the young fruits, are exactly the same in Curran’s 
specimen and in the type of the species at Kew. 
Calamus Arugda Beec. sp. nov. 
Scandens, mediocris. Folia (cirrifera) nonnihil ampla, segmentis 
aequidistantibus, in parte media 6-7 cm inter se dissitis, e basi acutiuscula 
elliptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, rigide chartaceis, 5-costulatis, interne 
nndis, superne vix vel non secus costnlas spinulosis, medianis 45-46 cm 
longis, 5-6.3 cm latis. Spadix foemineus densus, in ramulos breves 
utrinque spicis 3-4 valde approximatis praeditos; spathis superioribus 
tubuloso-infundibuliformibus, 3-5 cm longis, in ore marcescentibus ; spicis 
brevibus, 3-4 cm longis, paucifloris; spathellis concavis amplectentibus. 
Flores foeminei vulgo in spicarum parte basilari gemini, et flore alari vel 
neutro destituti, superne solitarii et flore neutro comitati. Fructus (im- 
maturi) ovoideo-elliptici, basi attenuati, superne late conice rostrati; 
squamis per orthostichas 15 ordinatis, squarrosis, apice paullo productis 
et eroso-ciliolatis. 
Scandent, of moderate size or rather large, the stems (naked canes ?) 
3 cm in diameter (Ivleinme). Leaf -sheaths Leaves rather 
large; in the small portion seen by me they have equidistant, alternate, 
not very closely set leaflets (6 to 7 cm apart) ; the intermediate portion 
of the rachis is slightly convex beneath and is here armed with small 
claws along the middle, above it is 2-faced with an obtuse, salient angle. 
Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, broadest at about their middle, and narrowing 
equally to both ends, gradually acuminating to a not conspicuously bristly 
tip, the base acute, rigicl-papyraceous, green, slightly paler beneath than 
above, 5-costulate, the costas very sharp, smooth, or bearing a few incon- 
spicuous spinules above, quite smooth beneath, margins very minutely 
and appressedly spinulous from the base, transverse veinlets very fine, 
very approximate and continuous; the leaflets seen by me, apparently 
belonging to the intermediate portion of a leaf from a young plant, are 
45 to 46 cm long, 5 to 6.3 cm broad. Male spadix Female 
spadix , not entire, apparently very dense; the summit of one (or of a 
partial inflorescence ?) with several short, approximate branchlets, each 
of these terminated by a short, unarmed, thick, caudiculum, 10 to 15 cm 
long. Spathes (primary or secondary ?) tubular-infundibuliform, 3 to 
5 cm long, thinly rusty-furfuraceous, thinly coriaceous, exsuccous, mar- 
cescent, and more or less fibrous-lacerate at the mouth, prolonged at one 
side into a triangular, acuminate and acutely, dorsally keeled point ; the 
keel covered with rigid spiculiform bristles which rest on bulbous bases ; 
branchlets inserted inside, but near the mouth of their respective spathes, 
6 to 8 cm long, with 3 or 4 spikelets on each side; secondary (or ter- 
tiary ?) spathes infundibular, similar to the primary but smaller, and not 
