SYSTEMATIC ENUMERATION OF THE SPECIES 
OF CALAMUS AND DMMONOROPS. 
WITH DIAGNOSES OF THE NEW ONES. 
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By O, Beccari. 
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CALAIfllJS Linn. 
Group I. — Leaves with many, more or less equidistant leaflets, 
and with rachis not cirriferous (not produced into a flagellum), Pri^ 
mary spathes elongate-tubular, dilated and lacerated above. Spadix 
with the partial inflorescences and spikelets provided with a 
pedicellar portion included in their respective spathes. Fruiting 
perianth explanate. Spathellule of fern. fl. short, not pedicelliform. 
Albumen Embryo basilar or nearly so. 
A. — Stem erect. Leaf^sheaths not flagelliferous. 
I. Calamus erectus Roxb. — C. macrocarpus Griff. — C, col- 
linus Griff. . . . . . . N.-E. India. 
C, ERECTUS V, BIRMANICUS Becc. . . Burma. 
2(?) Calamus SCHIZOSPATHUS Griff— C. erectus v. Roxb.? 
—Sikkim Himalaya.. 
B.— Scandent. Leaf-sheaths flagelliferous. 
3. Calamus flagellum Griff. — C, polygamus Roxb. 
— N. E. India ; Burma. 
Group II. — Leaves with many, more or less equidistant leaflets, 
and with rachis not cirriferous. Primary spathes elongate-tubular, 
more or less lacerate above ; secondary often inflated and lacerate. 
Leaf-sheaths not flagelliferous. Spadix with the partial inflores- 
cences and often the Spikelets with a pedicellar portion included in 
their respective spathes. Fruiting perianth explanate. Spathellule 
