CLVI. PALMACE^. 
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Calamns.'\ 
Piso's Mantissa i88. As more than one species of Calamus supplies the 
Malacca cane of trade, it may be doubtful as to which is the plant of Loureiro. 
The species above described, however, supplies most of the red Malacca 
canes, and has always been considered to represent Loureiro's plant. 
(8) C. ornatus BL Rumphia, iii. t. 148; Ridl. Mat. ii. 196; 
Becc. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. 365, pi. 153. 
Stems gigantic, over 80 ft. long, 2 in. through, dull green, with 
short, flat thorns in threes. Leaves 12 to 15 ft. long; petioles 
I in. long, thick spines scattered, -75 in. long; leaflets in alternate 
pairs, lanceolate, narrowed at base, 25 in. long, 2 5 in. wide (in 
young plants leaves flagelliferous). Spadix 16 to 18 ft. long; 
spathes 4 in, long, limb acuminate, i in. long, thorny, branches 6 
or 7. Spikes 3 to 4 in. long, distichous, crowded. Flowers dis¬ 
tichous. Females *25 in. long, crowded. F>uit oblong-globose, 
1-5 in. long, scales 10 rows, pale red, with darker tips. Ilab. Common 
in high forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Tebing Tinggi ; 
Batu Pahat. Malacca, Durian Tungul (Fernandez, Griffith). Negri 
Sembilan, Bukit Senaling (Moorhouse). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra and Java. Native names: Rotan Manok Keli- 
chek; Rotan Mantang, 
This plant, I believe, supplies some at least of the white Malacca canes. 
(9) C. manan Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. Suppl. 595; Ridl. Mat. 
ii. 196. C. giganteus Becc. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 460; Ann. Bot. 
Card. Calc. 440, pi. 197. 
Stem very long, 1*5 in. through. Leaves 6 ft. long; sheaths 
armed with flat black spines i in. long in rows; petioles gibbous 
at base, edges thorny; flagellum stout, on the leaf end; leaflets 
lanceolate, base narrowed, i ft. long, 3 in. wide. Spadix very 
large. Spathes thorny or not, limb ovate acuminate. Spikes 
6 in. long. Flowers unknown. Fruits sub-globose-oblong, large, 
I in. long, scales in 8 rows, yellow or reddish, longer than broad. 
Seed oblong, strongly ruminate. Hab. Forests, Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Senaling near Seremban (Moorhouse). Perak (Scortechini). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Native name : Rotan Manok Telor. 
(10) C. densiflorus Becc. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 445; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 196; Becc. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. 103, pi. 157. 
Stems about 15 ft. tall, 75 in. through, green, with scattered 
flat thorns of pale colour -25 in. long, single or in rows of three. 
Leaf 6 to 8 ft. long; petioles short; rachis thorny on upper surface; 
leaflets equidistant, alternate, linear acuminate, i ft, long, -5 in. 
wide, 3-nerved, bristly on the edge, flagellum from sheatli 5 ft. 
long. Male spadix over i ft. long, basal sheath thorny, 6 in. long; 
peduncle 9 in. long, upper spathes and spadix unarmed, branches 
3 in. long or less; spikes recurved, i in, long. Flowers very close 
set, distichous. Calyx saucer-shaped pubescent. Petals ovate- 
lanceolate. Female spadix 5 to 6 ft. long; peduncle over i ft. 
long. Fruit ovoid beaked, -5 in. long, scales in ii rows, longer 
