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vix aculeatus et apicem versus omnino inermis.— Species insignis 
inter Cymbospathas defectu spadicis dubia, vagina in sicco atra, 
ochrea marcescente elongata et intumescentiis vaginae intus spon- 
giosis inter species mihi cognitas facile discriminanda. 
Malayan Peninsula ; Perak (Scortechini). 
Section II. Piptospathae. — Spadix narrow-cylindraceous or 
elongate before flowering, , then more or less diffusely branched. 
Outer spathes not completely enclosing the inner. 
A. — Spathes coriaceous^ tubular before flowering^ the outer 
hardly shorter than the inner. 
27. Daemonorops macropterus (Calamus Miq.) Becc. 
—Celebes. 
28. Daemonorops lamprolepis Becc. sp. n. — Scandens, 
caudicibus vaginatis circ. 2 cent, diam ; vaginae apice conspicue sac- 
catae, spinis gracilibus numerosissimis fusco-castaneis acicularbus vel 
tenuiter laminaribus, majoribus 1*5 cent, longis armatae ; frondium 
petiolus cito biconvexus supra spinis rectis armatus ; rachis cirro 
elongate gracili et verticillatim redunco-aculeato terminata ; seg- 
menta numerosa aequidistantia anguste ensiformia apice in acumen 
tenuissimum filiforme vix ciliolatum attenuata, majora circ. 30 cent, 
longa, 17-18 mill, lata, supra in costa media acuta, marginibus acutis 
minutissime et adpresse spinulosis, margine inferiore in pagina 
superiore linea angustissima nitida notato, remote setosa et nervis 
duobus tenuibus setis brunneis obsitis percursa, subtus nervo medio 
tantum setoso ; spadicis fructiferi erecti, ante anthesin refracti 
pedunculus gracilis densissime apicem versus spinis fuscis sparsis 
laminaribus 1-2 cent, longis armatus ; spathae cylindraceae coria- 
ceae deciduae apice densissime setoso-spinulosae, exterior spinulis 
tenuissimis rigidis acicularibus inordinate obsita ; panicula fructi- 
fera ovata 20 cent, longa, fructibus ovoideis obtuse umbonatis, 
14-16 mill, longis, 1 1 mill, latis, squamis pallide stramineis, nitenti- 
bus. — D.macropter 0 Miq, affinis. 
Celebes ; Kandari (Beccari). 
29. Daemonorops nicer (Calamus Willd.) Bl. . Aniboina. 
B. — Spathes coriaceous^ deep-concavoy cymbiform or spoon-shaped ^ 
the outer hardly shorter than the inner* Spadix densely paniculate. 
30. Daemonorops cochleatus [Calamus Miq.) Teijsm. & 
Binn. ....... Singapore. 
C, — Spadix narrow-elongate before flowering y then paniculate. 
Spathes at first tubular ^ then opeuy all deciduous^ or the- outer one 
