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Dmnonorops.\ 
long; sheath armed with yellow spines strong at mouth; leaflets 
linear acuminate in alternate threes, i ft. long, 1-5 in. wide, 
sparsely bristly on sides, many bristles on the tip. Spadix about 
I ft. long; peduncle narrow flat, thorny on edge. Spathes 6 or 7, 
cartilaginous, browm, lanceolate, unarmed, lowest 6 in. long. Fruit 
globose, *5 in. long, scales yellow, as broad as long, edged brown. 
Seed ruminate. Hab. Not rare in forests. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah; Jurong. Johor, Gimong Pantai; Batu Pahat; Genuang. 
Perak, Bujong Malacca. Distrib, Borneo, Sumatra. 
(25) D. verticillaris Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 329, i. 175; 
Ridl. Mat. ii. 186. Calamus verticillaris Griff. Palms of Brit. hid. 
73, pi. 200. 
Stems 50 to 60 ft. long, i in. through, densely covered with 
raised rings of flat grey spines, one row pointing up, the other 
down, mixed with numerous black bristles. Leaf 4 ft. long or 
more; flagellum long, slender; petioles over i ft. long, with strong 
flat half-whorled spines; leaflets equidistant, broadly linear- 
acuminate, I ft. long, I in. wide, bristly on nerves and tips. 
Male spadix 2 ft. long, peduncle armed with tufts of bristles on 
edges. Spathes 5 or 6, lowest 7 to 15 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, 
linear acuminate covered with row^s of black bristles, upper ones 
thin, nearly glabrous. Spadix branches 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers 
alternate sub-distichous or spiral. Female spadix over 2 ft. long, 
spreading, much branched. Fruit dark red, *4 in. long, scales 
rhomboid, slightly resinous. Hab. Common in forests. Johor, 
TebingTinggi; Panchur. Malacca (Griffith); AyerPanas; Selandor. 
Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado). Negri Sembilan, Seremban 
(Moorhouse). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Rotan Chinchin. 
Use: For rigging. 
(26) D. setigerus Ridl. D. periacanthus Ridl. Mat. ii. 185 
(not of Miquel). 
Stem 40 ft. long, i in. through, with raised rings of bristles 
and spines as in D. verticillaris. Leaves 5 ft. long; petioles over 
I ft. long, armed wdth long erect spines 3 in. long and half wdiorls 
of black bristles; leaflets unequally distant, linear, Ijroad, i ft. 
long, *75 in. wide, bristly. Male spadix over 2 ft. long; peduncle 
18 in. long with tufts of bristle-spines on edge. Spathes thin 
coriaceous, lowest 18 in. (or less) long, i in. wide, covered with 
brow'u bristles in tufts, lanceolate. Flowers closely distichous. 
Female spadix shorter and stouter. Fruit turbinate-globose on 
a pedicel -5 in. long, mammillate, yellow, scales bioader than long, 
edge scarious with an inner dark brown line. Hah. Not rare. 
Forests. Singapore, Kranji; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Sungei 
Tehran. Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado); Tahan River. Malacca, 
Bukit Sadanen (Derry), Ophir. Selangor, Ulu Gombak. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Asam Kumbang (Wray); Bujong Malacca. 
Native name : Rotan Gulang. 
