S66 ANNALS OF THT? ROTAI. BOTANIC G-UIDEN, [C. ornatvs.
of t h e a d u l t a n d f e r t i l e p l a n t v e r y large, up t o 4 ni. loog, sub-cirriferoas, mth
t h e summit of thoir rachis strongly clawed aud furuished with nlternate diminiitive
l e a f l e t s ; petiole long and robust (up to 60-70 cm. in length and 2-5-3 cni. broad
a t tiie base) rouuded boneatli, channelled above near the base, flat upwards, more or
less irregularly armed with broad straight spines; rachis in the intermediate portion
acutely bifaced above, slightly convex or fiattish beneath where somewhat irregularly
armed along tho middle and at the sides with large brown-tipped solitary or binate
claws, these becoming more numerous and ternate towards tho sub-cirriform summit;
eaflets numerous, rather remotely alternate, equidistant, firmly papyrai v e ry
large, elongate-lanceolate, acuminate and setose at the
,pex, plicate, 5-costate
and sparingly bristly spinulous on 1-3 or oven
I all tiio 0 costao
naked and paler or subglaacescent beneath; trans
56 veinlets not very ' con
Bpicuoua, but extremely numerous and approximate;
rgius remotely bristly; thi
largest leaflets, the intermediate ones, 50-60 and
broad
small.
rachis, termmated by a largo bipartite leaflet, or two highly connate leaflets. Male
spadix very large with a very long and robust flagellum at its summit, ultradecompound,
g r e en
I hove,
even 80
t h e upper ones gradually smaller, those at side of th
Radical leaves with excessively long and terete petioles
CU), long, Ò--9 cm
c i i i i f o rm terminatici
td sparingly aculeolati
with many branched panicled partial inflorescenccs; primary spathes very
long, tubular, closely sheathing, armed with seriate prickles; secondary spathes short,
tubular-infundibuliform, rather loosely sheathing in their upper part, smooth, fugaciously
furfuraceous, obliquely truncate and densely ciliate at the mouth; tertiary spathes
shorter, more enlarged above and more attenuate at the base than the secondary
ones, asynnnetrically infundibular-cyathiforni, unarmed, truncate aud ciliate at the
mouth, 10-15 mm. long, acute at one side; spikelets inserted at the mouth of their
own spathe, 5 - 8 cm. long, somewhat flattened, bearin on each side lS-17 disticiious
approsimate orecto-patent flatly bifavious flowers; the spikelets of the upper part of
t h e inflorescences larger and longer than those of the side braiichlets; spathels
concave, broadly bracteiform, ciHate, horizontal or almost deflexcd, prolonged at one
side into a broad point and each subtending its own flower; involucre attached at
t h e base of the spathel above its own and much shorter than this, cupuiar, truncate,
deeply emarginate and acutely bidentate on the side next to the axis. Male jlowers
oblong-ovoid; the calyx obsoletely striately veined, divided down about to the middle
i n t o broad triangular acute lobes; the corolla one-third longer than the calyx, its
segments ovate-lanceoíate acuce, opaque outside. Fem^de spadix simply decompound with
a very robust axial part, very large, elongate, flagu-lhform, up to 1-5-2 m. in length,
not including a very robust strongly clawed flagellum about as long or longer, with
v e r y few (^3-4) very remote partial inflorescences; primary spathes very elongate,
tubular, closely sheathing, coriaceous, truncate at the mouth, slightly prolonged at
one side into a short and broad point, more (
c less armed with short triangular flat
deflexed confluent end seriate spines, the low^
st shorter than the others, 2-4 cm.
thick, somewhat flattened and two-keeled, th
upper ones a good deal louger and
cylicdraceous, slightly and gradually narrowed t<
t h e base; partial inflorescences inserted
a t the mouth of their
wn spathe, ascendent and adpressed to the axis at the base,
speedily arched and rt
irved, the lower ones, the largest, up to 60 cm. long and
w i t h 15-16 spikelets o
each s i d e : secondary spathes tubular, slightlT infundibuliform,
short, 10-15 mm. long
closely sheathing, truncate and entire at the mouth; slightly
-C. ornaius.'] BECCACI. MOKOGEAPH OF THE GENUS CAXAMUS. 367
apiculate at one side; spikelets very robust, 10-18 cm. long with 10-20 flowers on
each side; the upper ones shorter, thick and rigid, inserted at the mouth of their
respective spathe, horizontal or more or less recurved, and slightly arched; spathels
v e r y shortly and broadly infundibuliform, narrow at the base, truncate, entire,
slightly apiculate at one side ; involucrophorum inserted iuside its own spathe at the
base of the one above, cupuiar, posticously two-keeled; involucre exsert from the
involncniphorum, somewhat unilaterally cupuiar, rather deep, shining inside, e n t i r e;
areola of the neuter flower large, ovate, very sharply bordered. Fernale Jhw.rs flatly
bifarious, about 5 mm. long. Frtdliuq perianth distinctly pedicelliform, the calyx
polished in the part included in the involucre, with 3 broad triangular lobes; the
segments of the corolla a good deal narrower and as long as tho lobes of the
calyx. Fndt large, ellipsoid sub-obovate, very suddenly and shortly coiiically beaked,
3-3-0 cm. long; scales in 15 series, deeply channelled along the middle, with a
short rather obtuse point and an erosely toothed margi
integument with a very irregular aud
t h e onco fleshy
equable; embryo basal.
HABITAT.—Of this very variable s
t h e Malayan Peninsula, and the Philippi
he distinguished.
CALAMUS OENATUS v a r . JAVANICUS (B1.) B e c c.
DESCRIPTION.—Leaf-shcaths almost unarmed. Lca\
with distinctly 5-costate leaflets; 3 costae spinulous
HABITAT.—Java; occurring on the hmestone hill
I t has been found also in Bantam on tlie hilh
T j a m p i a and in the forest of the lower part of r
I t is one of the largest known species. Its
robust, is often employed
The seed, enveloped by
Javaneese, which, along
i^ecd when freed from
ven surface ; albumen
lecies ranging from Java, Borneo, Sun
tes, the following geographical varieties
tes of the upper part of tho plant
above. Fruit scales spadiceous.
B more frequently than elsewhere.
; of Seribu, on the mount near
Dount Salak (Bl.).
Rutang, which is very long and
cable stretched across rivers for moving ferry boats.
,uid grateful and refreshing pulp, is eaten by the
t h e roots bruised iu water, make a potion used to
alleviate the paius of labour (BL).
C. ormlus receives in J a v a the name of " H u y Suttie," " S e u t t i " or " Seti
in the Western provinces especially that of " H u y Kassuri."
Some sterile specimens collected in Java by Hasskarl and preserved in the 1
H e r b a r i um bear the name of " H u y karuk-rok."
Obseevations.—I have seen of this, otherwise easily recognisable species, a
portion of a male spadix and of a radical leaf o£ Blume's authentic specimen.
My knowledge of the fruit of tho Javan form is derived only from the figure of
Martius, and the descriptions of Blame, as I have seen no specimen of it. The
radical leaves of C. ormius differ f r om those of the upper part of the stem in tho
ioni s u b t e r e t e petiole, wh i c h is a rme d wi t h long a n d s l e n d e r spines, a n d in t h e
rachis less powerfully furnished <
deflexed spines terminating
t h e back with rare, solitary, straight, more or less
, flabelliform more or less deeply partite leaflet.