2i6 systematic enumeration of the species of calamus 
158. Calamus Ilarmamli Pierre MS. (nomen nudum).— Caes- 
pitosus ? frondium vagina in ventre aperta spinis longis basi 
confluentibus et irregulariter verticillatis armata ; petiolus supra pro- 
funda canaliculatus, subtus rotundatus ad margines spinis rectis 
borizontalibus armatus ; segmenta numerosa aequidistantia approxi- 
mata lineari-ensiformia utrinque subconcolora, tricostulata in pagina 
superiore costa media validiuscula remote setosa et costulis secun- 
dariis minute remoteque spinulosis, subtus nervis omnibus nudis, 
majora 30-40 cent, longa, 10-15 mill, lata, 2 apicalibus basi liberis 
brevoribus angustissimis ; spadix erectus rigidus, spicis paucis rigidis 
crassis cylindraceis erectis, 10 cent, longis, undique (per series 6?) 
floriferis, fructibus (immaturis) parvis obovatis et apici rostratis- 
densissime congestis. — Species anomala floribus in spica multiseriatis 
insignia. 
Cochinchina (Pierre No. 3359 et 1198). 
159. Calamus thysanolepis Hance . „ . Hong-Kong, 
160. Calamus femigiiieus Becc. sp. n. — Caespitosus? vaginae 
spinis solitariis vel aggregato-subseriatis, elongato-laminaribus 
armatae ; frondes (non cirriferae?) rachi subtus plana et aculeis 
brevibus in medio armata, supra acute bifaciali ; segmenta aequi- 
distantia numerosa linearia acuminatissima 27-28 cent. longa, 12-15 
mill, lata, acuminatissima, apice fiiiformi, 'subtus pallidiora, supra 
costa media nuda, nervo lateral! tenui (in utroque latere) setis 
nigris sparse, subtus in nervis 5 tenuibus minute setoso-spinulosa, 
marginibus ciliato-spinulosis ; spadix (?) rigidus breviusculus 
non flagelliferus undique indumento furfuraceo atro-rubiginoso 
indutus, spathis primariis tubulosis apicem versus parum arapliatis, 
dorso carinatis et aculeatis, in ore barbato-ciliatis ; inflor. partiali- 
bus brevibus spicis paucis ascendentibus subscorpioideis, floribus 
approximatis 4-seriatis ; spathis secundariis infundibuliformibus 
truncatis et margine ciliato-barbatis.— E congerie C. Reinwar dtiil 
Borneo (Lobb in Herb. Calc.); Sarawak (Beccari P. B. No. 563). 
161. Calamus mc^ttanensis Becc. sp. n.— Scandens, caudicis 
vaginae 12-17 diam. (non flagelliferae ?) spissis, sublignosis, spinis 
linearibus anguste lanceolatis, 10-15 rnid. lon^s, borizontalibus, basi 
supra tumescentibus, subtus concavis et ad latera subdecurrentibus, 
spinulis minoribus intermixtis, armatae ; frondes majusculae cirro 
elongate flagelliformi aculeato terminatae, petiole elongato sub- 
biconvexo vel plano-convexo marginibus et subtus aculeis reduncis 
robustis armato ; segmenta pauca (17-1^) valde inaequidistantia 
saepe 2*3 approximata, utrinque subnitentia, rigide et spisse char- 
