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[DcBmonorops, 
lets linear, 16 in. long, -5 in. wide, bristles on keel and edge few, 
except at tip; leaves on flowering stems much shorter, i ft. long; 
leaflets very narrow. Spathes 4 to 10 in. long, outer lanceolate, 
spines very slender, black, beak longer than body of spathe. 
Spadix under 3 in. long. Fruit globose, *5 ih. through, scales 
orange yellow, tips brown, in 6 rows. Hab, Local in hill forests. 
Malacca, Gunong Mering, Ophir (Griffith). Penang Hill (Griffith 
and all collectors. Common). Distrih. Borneo, 
Griffith’s type is the Penang Hill plant; the Ophir one I have not seen. 
(7) D. Lewisianus Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 327, /. 175, fig. 4; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 176. D. rnalaccensis Mart. l.c. 327. L). Kirtong 
Griff. Palms of Brit. Ind. 102. Calamus Lewisianus Griff. C. 
acanthopis Griff, l.c. 102, t. 217. 
Stem stout, 20 ft. long, strongly black-spiny. Leaf large; 
leaflets i ft. long, -5 in. wide, bristly; petioles 7 in. long, base 
swollen, strongly spiny. Flagellum 4 ft. long, stout, hooks up to 
6 together. Spathe i ft. long, 3 in. across, covered with bristle- 
spines, slender, over i in. long, beak 6 in. long. Spadix i ft. long, 
red-tomentose. Calyx hardly lobed. Female spadix 3 in. long or 
more. Fruit globose, -75 in. long, yellow, scales in 7 rows, edges 
paler. Hah. Hill forests, Johor, Bukit Soga, Batu Pahat. Malacca 
(Griffith). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Penang (Lewis); 
Waterfall, etc., common. 
(8) D. aciculatus Ridl. Mat. ii. 176 
Leaves 4 to 6 ft. long; petiole 6 in. long^ thorny all over; 
leaflets 8 to 10 in. long, -75 in. wide, pale-bristly. Spathe thin 
fusiform, on a 4 in. long peduncle, armed with pale flat spines, 
spines on spathe very narrow, flat, greenish, -12 to 1-5 in. long. 
Spathe 8 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, beak 3 in. long. Male spadix 
6 in. long, dense hairy. Calyx tubular cup-shaped, 3-lobed. 
Female in fruit 6 in. long. Fruit obovoid, over i in. long, yellow 
brown, scales in 8 rows, edged brown, broader than long. Seed 
very rugose, densely pitted. Hah. Perak, Thaiping Hills to top 
(Ridley). 
(9) D. grandis Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 227, t. 173; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 177. L). intermedins Mart. l.c. t. 175; Becc. Attn. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. 73, p. 20. Calamus grandis Griff. Palms of Brit. 
Ind, 91, t. 210. (Fig. 212, p. 39.) 
Plant unisexual; stems 15 to 30 ft. long, i in. through. Leaves 
10 ft. long; petiole 4 ft. long; leaflets broad linear, glabrous or 
with few bristles on upper midrib, 2 ft. long, 2 in. wide; flagellum 
6 ft. long, stout. Spathe outer boat-shaped, 1*5 in. wide, up to 
14 in. long, spines numerous, black, flat, 1-5 in. long, beak as long 
as spathe. Male spadix 6 in. long, branches 6 or 7, rusty mealy. 
Flowers -25 in, long. Calyx tubular, hairy on edge. Female 
spadix as large. Fruit globose, -5 in. through, scales yellow, edged 
brown, 10 rows. Seed elliptic, flattened, deeply pitted. Hab. 
