Calamus.] CLVi. paIMACE^. 6 i 
( 33 ) C, palustris Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 62; Palms 
of Brit. Ind. 71, t. 199. 
Stem 30 to 80 ft. long, 2 to 3 in. through. Leaves 8 to 12 in. 
long; sheaths with a few flat spines or nearly unarmed; petioles 
gibbous at base; leaflets in alternate pairs, lanceolate, i to 2 ft. 
long, 3 to 5 in. wide, tip bristly. Male spadix long, branched; 
branches 6 in. long or less. Spathes tubular with short and few 
hooks. Flowers distichous. Fruit ellipsoid oblong, -5 in. long, 
scales trapezoid, pale brown, edge blackish brown. Hah. Open 
country. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak (Scorte- 
chilli). Distrib. Tenasserim, Andamans. Native names: Rotan 
Segar Badak ; Rotan Kumbang. Use : b^or tying beams in houses. 
(34) C. brevispadix Ridl. Mat. ii. 207. C. bubuensis Becc. 
Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. xi. 417, pi. 183. 
Stem *5 in. through. I.caves long; sheaths densely spiny, 
spines flat, i in. long, grey; petioles over i ft. long, spiny on edge; 
leaflets in distant groups of 4 to 6 and 6 in. apart, elongate lanceo¬ 
late, II in. long, -75 in. wide, 5-nerved. Male spadix slender. 
Female 2 ft. long or less, erect, branches 3 or 4; peduncle slender, 
8 in. long, thorns in tufts on edge. Spathes unarmed papery, 
lowest 3 in. long, spikes few, 2 in. long. Fruit elliptic beaked, 
•25 in. long, blackish brown, scales 6 rows as broad as long, tips 
lacerate. Hah. Mountains rare, Johor, Gunong Belumut (Holt- 
turn). Semangkok l^ass at 4000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Bubii 
at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
(35) C. elegans Ridl. Mat. ii. 207: Journ. F.M.S. Mas. iv. 87. 
Stem *25 in. through, thickly covered with flat spines -25 in. 
long. Leaves 4 ft. long, spines of sheaths short terete, bases broad, 
pale; petioles 15 in. long; leaflets in distant fascicles of 5 or 6, 
about 4 to 6 in. apart, narrow lanceolate-linear acuminate, 8 in. 
long, -5 in. wide ; flagellum 18 in. long. Male spadix very slender, 
Aliform, 3 ft. long, branches 3, 8 to 9 in. long, lowest sheath 2 in. 
long, with a few thorns, spikes 20, -5 to i in. long. F'cmalc spadix 
3 ft. long, branches two, 5 to 6 in. long, spikes 6, each i to 1-5 in. 
long; flowers 20 on each. F'riiit cylindric-oblong beaked, -25 in. 
long, yellow, edged brown. Hah. Mountain forests, Pahang, Telom ; 
Gunong Tahan (Haniff). Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 
(30) C. viridispinus Becc. in Hook. fd. F.B.I. vi 458; Ann. 
Bot. Card. Calc. xi. 418, pi. 184, 
Stem 20 to 25 ft. long, not thick. Leaf-sheaths armed with 
flat green spines passing into bristles above. Leaflets in distant 
fascicles lanceolate-linear, 10 in. long, i in. wide; rachis stout, 
2*5 ft. long. Male spadix over 4 ft. long, slender, quite unarmed 
except at extreme base, branches few, long, flattened, spikes curved, 
2 in. long. Spathes, lower one i ft. long, limb lanceolate blunt, 
I in. long. Flowers not distichous. F'emale spadix very long. 
Fniit small ellipsoid, beaked, *5 in. long, scales broader than long, 
