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CLVI. PALMACE^. 
[Calmnus. 
(16) C. Burkillianus Becc. MSS. 
Stem apparently stout, at least i in. through, pale. Leaves 
large, sheaths pale, armed with flat broad-based spines, *25 in. 
long or less, not flagellate; leaflets lanceolate linear, base narrowed, 
I ft. long, *6 in. wide, not bristly; rachis with stout short hooks, 
one to each leaflet. Male spadix unknown. Female spadix very 
long, slender, ending in a flagellum, strongly armed with black- 
pointed hooks, solitary to three together. Branches in fruit i ft. 
long. Spikes recurved, moderately slender, i in. long. Fruit 
ellipsoid, narrowed, conoid at the tip, *3 in. long; scales straw- 
yellow with a dark line and a scarious edge, broader than long, in 
10 rows. Seed small oblong not ruminate. Hah. Pulau Tiuman, 
Juara Bay (Burkill). 
(17) C. pulaiensis Becc. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. xi. App. 34, pi. 18. 
Leaf about 3 ft. long; petioles over 5 in. long, rather flattened, 
with straight thorns -24 in. long on edges; leaflets 6 in. long, *4 in. 
wide, lanceolate-linear, equidistant, rather close. Male spadix 
unknown. Spadix female 2 ft. long or more with 3 or 4 remote 
branches 7 in. long. Spikes in young fruit distant, 1-25 in. long. 
Spathes tubular with numerous scattered short stout black-tipped 
thorns. Corolla twice as long as calyx. Top of spadix flagel¬ 
late. Hah. Johor, Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Rare and very little 
know’n. 
(18) C. distans Ridl. 
Leaves, rachis rather slender, armed with distant strong recurved 
thorns, leaflets remote, 3 in. or more apart, linear-lanceolate, long 
acuminate, base slightly narrow^ed, 15 in. long, i in. wide, quite 
glabrous, thin; nerves 5. Spadix, female 4 ft. long, slender, 
peduncle 3 ft. long, base strongly armed with numerous straight 
thorns -2 in. long, on edges and back, above the first spathe with 
distant hooked thorns on the back, in threes and fours. Flow'ering 
branches slender, 6 in. long, unarmed, spikes 2 to 3 in. long, i in. 
apart; spathules smooth narrow^ slightly dilate upw'ards. Fruits 
(young) distant, distichous, ovoid-oblong, beaked, scales in 5 row'S, 
olive, triangular, blunt. Calyx cylindric, -i in. long, lobes triangular 
acute. Petals slightly longer. Hah. Kelantan along the ridge of 
Gunong Sitong (Foxworthy). 
(19) C. laxiflorus Becc. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. xi. Appendix, 
P- 13. pl- 7 - 
Slender plant. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, not close, linear- 
lanceolate, attenuate both ends, tip bristly, 10*8 in. long, i in. 
wdde. Male spadix long slender, 3-branched. Spikes filifonn, very 
slender. Spathes narrow elongate, scabrid; flowers distichous and 
very remote. Spathels scabridulous; flow'ers cylindric. Calyx 
strongly ribbed. IIab. Singapore, Woodlands (Ridley). Very rare. 
(20) C. luridus Becc. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 445; Ann. Bot. 
Card. Calc. 243, pl. 80; Ridl. Mat. ii. 198. 
Stem 15 to 20 ft. long, slender, dark purple when dry, with 
