igS SYSTEMATIC ENUMERATION OF THE SPECIES OF CALAMUS 
of fem. fl. short, not pedicelliform. Albumen (where known) ? 
equable. Embryo basilar. | 
A . — Stem erect. Spadix not produced into a fiagellum. \ ' 
4. Calamus arborescens Griff.— C. hostilis Hort. Calc. Burma. 
5. Calamus dongmaiensis Pierre MS. (nomen tantum). — ^Cae- I 
spitosus, subacaulis, frondibus magnis segmentis elongato-Iance- 
olatis, 40-60 cent, longis, 8 cent, latis, supra viridibus et nitentibus^ ' 
subtus vix pallidioribus, spadicibus S valde elongatis, spathis primariis i 
tubulosis apici dilaceratis, spathis secundariis apice subinflato lance- ■. 
olato-auriculaeformi inermi spicis flexuosis 10-15 cent, longis, floribus ^ 
(<^) majusculis 8-to mill, longis, 3 mill, latis.— »C, arborescenti ; 
valde afiinis foliorum segmentis utrinque viridibus differt. v 
Lower Cochinchina (Pierre No. 4829). 
6. Calamus dilaceratus Becc. sp. n. — Caespitosus ? caudice ' 
erecto ? spadices erecti late paniculati non flagelliferi, ramis (inflor. 
partialibus) erecto-patulis 25-35 cent. longis, spicis utrinque 8-10 ; ^ 
spathae primariae breves laxae apice exsuccae et dilaceratae, spiculis 
rectis nigris armatae ; spathae secundariae tubuloso-infundibuli- 
formes lacero-fissae fuscescentes inermes ; spicae 4-7 cent, longae 
parte pedicellari gracili inclusa 1-1*5 cent, longa praeditae ; perian- 
thium fructiferum in lobos 6 aequales partitum ; fructus parvi late 
ovati, abrupte apiculati, 12 mill, longi, 9 mill. lati, squamis parvis 
pallide stramineis apice minute fimbriato-fuscescenti ; seminibus 
ovatis utrinque rotundatis dorso convexis, ventre planiusculis, super- 
ficie aequabili, albumine homogeneo, embryone basilari. 
Nicobar Islands (E. H. Man). 
7. Calamus CASTANEUS Griff. . . Malayan Peninsula, 
8. Calamus Griffithianus Mart.— C. castaneus v. a Griff. 
^ • — Malayan Peninsula. 
9. Calamus Burckiaiius Becc. sp. n. — Caespitosus ; frondium 
petiolus subteres compressiusculus elongatus inermis ; segmenta 
aequidistantiaalterna numerosa lineari-ensiforniia, majora 28-30 cent, 
longa, 12-13 mill, lata, utrinque viridia, supra distincte 3-nervia ; 
inflorescentiae partiales spadicis ? circiter 50 cent, longae, apici 
caudiculo inermi terminatae, spathis secundariis tubuloso-infundibuli- 
formibus inermibus, spicis basi parte pedicelliformi inclusa praeditis, 
vermicularibus, flexuosis, 12*15 cent, longis; fructibus globosis 
abrupte apiculatis 9-10 mill, diaro., seminibus laevibus late ovatis 
compressiusculis, dorso convexis, ventre umbilicatis, albumine aequ- 
bili, embryone subbasilari, 
Java (Teijsmann in Herb. St. Pet.) 
