8'i ANN.iLS OP THE ROZ-VL BOTANIC GARDES', C.il-CDTTA.
47. C. mollis Blanco.—Scan dent, slender. Zeaf-sheaihs sparingly s
Aairy, brittle iit the mouth. Ocrea spinulose. Leaves 40-G0 cm. loQg; the petiole very
abort. Leaflets narrowly lanceolate, not very numerous, inequidistant, but not fascicled,
imicostate or sub-3-costulate, the mesial ones 20-27 cm. long, 3 cm.
broad. Male spadix flagelliform, iiltra-decompound; spikelets with veiy closely packed
spathels. Female spadix simply decompound, elongate; primary spathes as in the male
spadix, elongate, closely sheathing, armed with oiany rccurved prickles ; spikelots short,
2*0-4 cm. long, with 12—18 distichous, very crowded flowers on each side; spathels
Tery closely packcd, bracteiform. Fruiting -pei-ianili esplanate. Fruit small, sub-obovateelliptic,
abruptly beaked, 1 cm, long including the beak.
Philippines.
C. Meyenianus Schauer.—Like C. mollis, but leaf-iheatlis and primary spathes
quite smooth. Ocrea naked.
Philippines.
49- C. Blancoi Kuuth.—Scaadent, very slender. S/mthed stem 5-7 mm. in diam.
Leaf-iheaths armed with ueedle-Hke almost bristly spines, the mouth truncate and
haiiy-bristly. Leaves 35-40 cm. long; the petiole very short. Leaflets few (14—17 in
all), very inequidistant but not distinctly fascicled, linear or narrowly lineai'-lanceolate,
subulately acumiuate, 25-30 cm. long, 7-12 mm. broad, their mid-costa spinulous on
both surfaces; side-nerves very slender; the two terminal leaflets free at tlie base. Male
spadix slender, partially ultra-decompound; primary spathes elongate, hairy-bristly
at the mouth, aculeolate; spikelets short, 10-15 mm. long; spathels bractciform, concave.
Female spadiz simply decompound; spikelets few, short, 10-12 mm. long;
spathels shortly and broadly infuudibuliform. Fruiting perianth not pediccUiform.
Philippines.
50. C. n'ualis Thw.—Scandeut: more or less rusty-furfiiraceous in the different
parts and especially on the flowers, involucra and spathels. Sheathed stem 1-2
cm. in diam. Leaf-nheaths wifh straight, scattered, subulate s2Hue.s. Leaves about
I m. long; the petiole short. Leaflets numerous, rather approximate, equidistant, linearlanceolate
or ensiform, 3-costate, the mid-costa with a few long bristles beneath; the
leaflets near the base the largest, 40-45 cm. long, 15-20 mm. broad. Male ipadix.
elongate, partially ultra-dccompound. Female spadix also elongate and flagelliform,
shnply decompound; partial inflorescences 20-30 cm. long, with 5-10 spikelets on
each side; th« largest spikelets 5-6 cm. long with 8-10 flowers on each side.
Fruiting perianth not pedicelliform. Fruit small, very broadly ovoid, abruptly beaked,
I I mm. long including the beak, 7-8 mm. broad. Scales in 18 series, not or very
f a i n t l y channelled along the middle.
Ceylon.
51. C. Metzianus Schl.—Dimensions of leaf-sheaths and leaves as in 0. rivalis.
Fruit broadly ovoid, very distinctly and abruptly contracted into an about 3 mm,
long beak, 17 mm. long including the beak and perianth, 11 mm. broad. Scales distinctly
channelled along the middle.
Lower India: Cañara.
EICCAEI. MOÏÏOGEAPH OP THE GENUS CALAMDS. 33.
52. c. pseudo-rivalis Bccc.-Apparcntly scandent and of moderate size. Femah
spadt, very elongate, flagelliform, the clawed flagellnm itself even 2 m lon^
primary spatbes very elongate, cylindraceou.s, often longitudinally split, more or les^
p n c k y ; partial inflorescences slender, as much as 1 m. in length, with 10-12
W «P^^l-« - ' ^ g - t e , cylindracoous. g-IO cm
Z - ; I f l / . - - c h side. pedicelliform.
Fr^at mall, ovate, rounded at both ends, abruptly contracted into a cylindric 2
mm. long beak, H-15 mm. long including the beak, 9 mm. broad. « 7 in sf
sene.s, faintly channeUed along the middle.
Nicobar Islands.
53. c. pseudo-tenuis Becc.-Scandent. Sheathed stem as thick as a fin<rer. Leafilieaths
armed with short or long straight subulate spines. Ocrea sometimes as much as
10 cm long. apetiob about lo cm. long; ,aclu. a™od Icnoath with
straiglrt SPIMS m its l o w „ part and with long-tippod claw, upward.. UaJU. „„mcrom,
eqmd.rtant, nan-owly or Imoar-knccolatc, those near the base the largest, 35-45 cm •
long 2 cm. broad, „ i t h 3 bristly spinnlous e0Sl!0 abOTe, M^U Toiy long'
tlagelMoi-m, supra-decompound; componnd spikes 12-14 cm. long, with 12-15 yeiy
small 10-15 mm. long, seorpioid fcw-Hewered secondary spiitelets on each side
I m u k simply decompound ; partial intloresosnees Tory long (up to 90 cm )
with many slender flcMOus spikelets on each side, Fruiti.n peria,!/, explanate. Fruit
small, oToid or subobovoid, abruptly conically beaked, 10 mm. long, 7 mm. broad
SaOti la 18 series, not channelled along the middle, straw-yellow with a brood very
dark intramarginal line.
Ceylon and Lower India.
^ M. e. Hooker,ams Bccc.—Apparently high soandent and slender, or of moderate
size. L,all,l> numerous, equidistant, nai-rowly Knear-cosiform, with 3 bristly cost®
above; the largest 30 cm. long, 13 mm. broad. F„naU ,p^dix very long and slender,
flagellifonu i prrmary spathes very long, very closely sheathing; partial inflorescences
exces.sively long (up to 1-5 m.) w-ith many remoto spikelets on each side; these iilifoi
m, rigid, zig-zag sinuous, with rather remote flowers and pushed downwards by a
vveerryv ccoonnssnpiimcuinoiuiBs aHxvirllllmar—y »cnaill.k..s.. n .> ,i . . .
Lower India.
FndUi}{/ perianth callous at the base.
55. 0. mmaiospadis liccc.—Scandont. Sheathrd stem 12-15 mm. in diam Lmfdeath
armed wit], flat, fringed, elongate-triangular, 5-7 cm. long spines. Lmves
80-90 cm. long; the petiole rather long. l„Jl,ts rather numerous, equidistant linear
ensilorm, 20-.J0 em. long, 1-2 em. broad, .sub.3-oostnlato, M«k and female „adi„-
v e i y long libform, excessively slender; primary spathes very long, extremely narrow,
and closely slieathmg; male partial inflorescences elongate, with many filiform
compound spikes; spikelets very short. Male Jlewers 2 mm. long. Female ,fikelet,
tlilorm, 4-5 em. long. Female / « „ „ 1.5-2 mm. long. Frdti,, periaMh explanate.
Frml pisiform, sphair.c, minutely mucronate, 6-7 mm. in diam. Seale. in 12 series
iiorneo: Sarawak.
ANN. EOY. BOT. GAUD. CAI.CUITA VOL. X I .