CLVI. PALMACE^, 
Dcemonorops.'] 
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suddenly stoutly beaked, scales in i8 rows, tawny brown with 
dark marginal line, point exactly triangular. Hah. Mountains, 
Perak, Gimong Tam bang Badak (Scortechini); Larut (Kunstler). 
Native name : Rotan Sepal. 
I have not seen this. Beccari says it is very near D. Scortechinii, but 
requires more naaterial to judge if it is distinct. 
(4) D. calicarpus Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 326, i. 175, fig. 6; 
RuU. Mat. ii. 174. Calamus calicarpus Griff, l.c. v. 22; Palms o, 
Brit. Ind. 99, t. 315. C. petiolaris Griff, l.c. 93; Palms of Brit. 
Ind. loi, t. 216. Daemonorops tabacinus Becc. in Hook. fit. F.B.I. 
vi. 466 
A bush, not climbing. Leaves 6 to 8 ft. long, thickly armed, 
spines grey; leaflets narrow; petioles short, 1-5 in. long. Spadices 
several among the leaves. Outer spathe boat-shaped, densely 
covered with stiff bristles, 6 to 7 in. long, beak linear flat, 4 in. 
long. Male spadix 4 in. long. Calyx obscurely lobed. Corolla- 
lobes blunt. Female spadix stouter; flowers larger. Fruit 
oblong-globose, 5 in. through, scales longer than broad, yellow 
edged dark brown. Seed pitted. Hah. Common in hill woods. 
Johor, Bukit Soga, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Fraser Hill (Burkill); 
Sungei Yu (Foxworthy); Malacca (Griffith); Bukit Sadanen 
(Derry); Chenana Putih (Cantley). Selangor, Dusun Tua. Dindings, 
Thaiping Hills; Gunong Keledang and Bujong Malacca (Curtis). 
Native names : Rotan Kiisom ; Rotan Chiichor. Use : For ataps. 
Beccari keeps D. petiolaris, D. calicarpus and D. tabacinus distinct. I 
have seen very many bushes of D. calicarpus and am quite unable to separate 
the other two species. 'Tep([ 
(5) D. microthamnus Becc. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. ii. 221; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. xii. 92, pi. 32. 
A small tufted palm; stem under -5 in. through. Leaves 6 ft, 
long; petioles short, unarmed; sheath wath few spines; rachis 
abortively flagellate, densely hairy. Leaflets 18 to 20, linear 
acuminate, 1*5 in. long (only the spadix-branch ones shown), mid¬ 
rib spineless. Female spadi.x about 3 in. long, erect. Spathes 
boat-shaped sparsely spiny, beak 1-5 in. long. Fruit ovoid- 
globose, tip conic acute, about *5 in. long, scales cinnamon, tip 
fuscous, edges paler. Hah. Perak (Scortechini). Very rare. 
Near D. calicarpus, but the whole plant much less spiny. The specimens 
are very incomplete. Beccari suggests it is a diminutive form of D. petiolaris 
[D. calicarpus). 
(6) D. monticolus Marl. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 328, t. 173; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 175; Becc. Ann. Calc. l.c. pi. 29. (D. monticolus 
var. pinangianus). Calamus monticolus Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 
97, t. 214. 
Stems tufted, climbing ones 15 ft. long, -5 in. through. Basal 
leaves about 12 to 14 ft. long, sheath mouth broad, thin-edged, 
spines *5 in. long, base black; petiole one-third the length; leaf- 
