CLVI. PALMACE^. 
{DcBmonorops. 
Peduncle unarmed, long; leaflets linear-lan¬ 
ceolate ..... 
Peduncle unarmed, flat, 2-edged 
Peduncle flat, edges spiny; leaflets in alter¬ 
nate threes distant 
Stems with rings of black bristles and long 
spines. 
Leaflets equidistant linear .... 
Leaflets not equidistant linear 
Leaflets lanceolate broad in groups of 4. 
Leaflets i in, wide ..... 
Leaflets 3’75 in. wide .... 
{22) D. geniculatis 
(23) D. longipes 
(24) D. periacanthus 
{25) D. verticillaris 
(26) D. setigerus 
(27) D. Sabut 
(28) D. macrophyllus 
§ I. Cymbo^pathcB. 
(1) D. angustifolius MuyI. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 329: Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 174. Calamus angiistifolius Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 
V. 89; Palms of Bril. hid. 95, t. 213 a, b. 
Stem 30 ft. tall, greenish yellow, purple scurfy. Leaves 12 to 
14 ft. long; leaflets linear acuminate, 13 in. long, 75 in. wide, 
bristly on nerves and edge. Spadices bisexual, outer spathe canoe- 
shaped, 6 in. long, grey, dotted red, spines flat, black, along keels 
and in transverse rows, beak 4 in. long, inner spathes narrower, 
second only armed. Spadix dense, 6 in. long. Flowers *25 in. 
loaig, I male and i female together. Fruit *5 in. through, globose, 
scales in 8 rows, chestnut, edges silvery. Seed flattened, black, 
ruminate. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; 
Johor, Sungei Tehran. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Dusun Tua 
(Cantley), Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill, Penang, Balik Piilau. 
Native name : Rotan Min^^ak. 
(2) D. Scortechinii Becc. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. xii. 8r, 
pi. 27. D. Sepal var. sphoerocarpus Becc. Rec. Bot. Snrv. Ind. ii. 220. 
Flagellum rather long; leaflets linear or narrow linear-lanceo¬ 
late, 8*5 in.' long, -44 in. wide, bristly on midrib and nerves. 
Female spadix fusiform short-beaked, 7 to 8 in. long; peduncle -6 to 
3 in. long. Spathe boat-shaped, beak i-6 in. long. Fruiting 
spadix nodding. Fruit globular, -8 in. through or sub-turbinate. 
Scales 15 or 16 rows, tawny brown with darker edge, deep chan¬ 
nelled. vSeed globular not strongly ruminate. Hab. Perak 
(Scort echini). 
I have not seen this. The plate and descriptions are inadequate; the 
plant much resembles D. angustifolhis, except that the fruit is said to be 
brown. 
(3) D. Sepal Becc. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 469; Rec. Bot. SimK 
Ind. ii. 220; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. l.c. 77, pi. 24. 
Climbing stems 18 to 27 ft. long, slender. Leaves, sheath covered 
with tobacco-coloured scurf, spines narrow, long, limb about 3 ft. 
long; petiole pricldy on upper surface; leaflets 35 to 40 on each 
side linear or linear-lanceolate, tip filiform bristly, 3-nerved; 
nerves bristly. Male spadix fusiform, beak one half or one fourth 
as long. Flowers oblong obtuse. Fruits ovoid or elliptical 
