DcBtnonoropsi] clvi. palmacejE. 43 
var. minor Becc. l.c. 138, pi. 56, seems to be only a smaller 
form. Malacca (Griffith), Thaiping Hills (Kunstleij. 
(18) D. Kunstleri Becc. in Hook. fiL F.B.l. vi. 469; Ann. 
Bot. Card. Calc. 151, pi. 161. 
Stem erect, 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3 in. through, sheaths dark, scurfy 
densely armed with gre^dsh brown spines. Leaves about 3 ft. long; 
leaflets linear ensiform, bristles few or o, 13 in. long, i in. wide. 
Male spadix unknown. Female elongate cylindric, about 20 in. 
long, covered with scurfy tomentum; peduncle 7’S in. long, bruit 
spherical, -5 in. through, dark green (when dry, brown), scales 
darker edgcxl, deep grooved, rhomboid. Hah. Mountains. Perak, 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Gunong Tambong Batak (Scortechini). 
(19) D. scapigerus Bccc. Bot. Sitrv. Ind. ii. 228; Ann. Bot. 
Card. Calc. xii. 195, pi. 87. 
Leaves rather long, leaflets lanceolate-linear, long-acuminate, 
with pale brown hairs with a whitish base along the midrib beneath, 
longer and crowded at the tip, i ft. long, -5 in. wide, rachis fairly 
stout with short recurved solitary hooks. Spathes “ thin papery 
lanceolate, 4 in. long, -5 in. wide,” pale buff witli dark edges. 
Spadix peduncle slender, 2 ft. long, armed below with distant 
needle-like spines, -6 in. long, spreading, above crowded, shorter 
deflexed, and in lines several together, branches scurfy 3 (to 6), 
short, stout, I to 2 in. long, spathels ovate, secondary branches 
•5 in. long, with 4 to 6 flowers. Flowers unknown. Sepals in 
fruit ovate. Petals lanceolate, blunt, b'ruit ovoid, -6 in. long 
with a distinct beak. Scales sub-triangular, blunt, deeply chan¬ 
nelled, on the centre light yellowish brown with a broad black 
edge. Hab. Johor, Ulu Madik (Holttum). Distrib. Borneo. 
Lobb describes tlie stem as erect, 2 ft. tall. The plant is remarkable for 
its very long slender peduncle and few short thick branches. 
(20) D. eloiigatus Bl. Riimphia, iii. 16; Ridl. Mai. ii. 185. 
Leaf about 4 ft. long; petioles with strong flat pale spines 
along edge; leaflets linear acuminate, i ft. long, 75 in. wide, 
equidistant, bristly on nerves and tip; flagellum slender, 2 ft. 
long. Peduncle 6 in. long, verj^ stout acute spiny edge, same 
spines -5 in. long surrounded by shorter ones in circles. Lowest 
spathe persistent coriaceous oblanceolate, 4 in. long, black spiny. 
” Male spadix 15 to 24 in. long, strict, branches 6 to 8 of 10 to 12 
branchlets with 8 to 10 distichous spikes ” (Blume). Flowers very 
small. Female spadix as long. Fruit globular-ovoid, -35 in. through, 
I in. long, greenish-yellow, scales rhomboid, edge erosely toothed. 
Hab. Forests. vSingaiX)re, Chan Chu Kang; North Selitar. Johor, 
Kwala Tebrau. Selangor, Bnkit Kutu. Penang Hill and Balik 
Pnlau (Curtis). Lankawi, Gnnong Raya (Haniff). Distrib: Borneo. 
(21) D. vagans Becc. in Hook. fit. F.B.l. vi. 469; Ann. Bot. 
Card. Calc. l.c. 153, pi. 62. 
Stem climbing, 15 to 25 ft. long, -5 in. through; petiole gibbous 
