88 ANNALS OP THE EOYAL BOTA:ilC G-AEDEN. CALCUTTA.
of the elongate mouth and armed on ita surface with straight scattered subulate
spines. OcTca sliort liguliform. Leaves about 1 m. long; petiole 4-7 cm. long.
LeaJIeia numerous, inequidistant, or more or less distinctly grouped, narrowly lanceolate,
10-18 cm. long, 1 cm. broad, with 3 cost® which, are provided "witli few strong
bristles above and are naked beneath. Female spadix simply decompound, rigid, short,
primary spathes densely bristly bearded at the mouth. Fruiting perianth not pedicellif
o i m ; the calyx slightly callous at the base. Fndt obovate, about 18 mm. long, U-12
mm. broad, conically beaked. Scales slightly channelled along the middle.
Southern New Guinea.
72. C. uestitus Becc.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 12-15 mm. in diam, Leaf-sheath
densely aimed with small delicate almost bristly spines. Ocrea 15-t8 cm. long, dry,
ultimately lacerate and fibrous. Leaves about 60 em. long, petiole very short or
0. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, linear-acuminate, the intermediate ones 20 cm. long,
10-12 mm. broad, 3-costulate, with long bristles on all three costse above and only on
the mid-costa beneath; the two tenninal leaflets small, free at the base. 3iale and
female spadices elongate, flagelliform, longer than the leaves. Male spadix idtradecompound
with not many, remote, elongate partial inflorescences. Female spadix simply
decompound; spikelets vermicular, slender, 6-9 cm. long, mth 5-10 remote flowers
on each side.
Northern New Guinea.
7S. Q. ralumensis Warb.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 2-5-3 cm, in diam. Lmf-shaath
unarmed or nearly so. Ocren very large, 15-30 era. long, lanceolate-anriculiform,
papyraceous, not breaking into filaments. Leaves above 1 m. in length; petiole
very short or 0. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, ensifomi or narrowly lanceolate-ensiform,
the intei'mediate ones 30-40 cm. long, 20-25 mm. broad, 3-costulate, with long bristles
on the 3 eo.stai above, beneath the mid-costa only bristly spinulous. Spadices longer than
the leaves, flagelliform; primary spathes tubular, closely sheathing, marcescent and
fibrous at the mouth, Male spadix ultra-decompound. Female spadix terminating in
a filiform clawod Sagellum; upper primary spathes often split on the ventral side;
partial inflorescences 30-40 cm. long, with 8-9 spikelets on eacn side; these 10-15
cm. long. Fruiting perianth shortly pedicelliform. Fncit spherical (when ripe) about
1 cm. in diam. Scales in lo series, faintly channelled along the middle.
Eastoni New Guinea.
74. C. maorochlamys Becc.—Apparently scandent. Sheathed stem 2 cm. in diam.
Lenf-sheaihs smooth. Ocrea very large, as much as 35 cm. long, lanceolate-auriculiform,
exsuccous, papyraceous, seviately spinulous at the base and near the mai'gins. Leaves
about 9Q cm. long; petiole 11-12 em. long. Leaflets not numerous, distinctly grouped
with long vacant spaces interposed, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 25-30 cm. long, 4-5
cm. broad, unicostate, quite naked on both surfaces, the margins also smooth except
near the apex, the two of the terminal pair confluent to the middle and forming
a forked fiabellum. Male spadix shorter than the leaves, densely panicled; cupressif(
ij-m ; spikelcts short; 2-3 cm. long with 13-15 flatly bifarious and pectiuately arranged
flowers on each side.
Eastern ISew Guinea.
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75. c. gogolensis Becc.—Scandent. Sheathed stem about 2 cm. in diam. Leaf,
sheaths armed with scattered unequal subtuborculifonn or laminar spines as much as
15-20 mm. long. Ocrea 8-10 cm. long, dry and ultimately fibrous, obtuse. Leaves
about 1 m. Jong; petiole 12 cm. long (in one specimen). Leaflets not very
numerou.^, conspicuously grouped in fascicles of 2-3 on each side, with long vacant
spaces interposed, ensiform or narrowly lanceolate-ensiform, 30-35 cm. long, 2-2'5
cm. broad, with 3 costse which have a few bristles above ; beneath the mid-costa only
bristly spinulous near the apex; 4 leaflets are approximate at the summit, the two
tormina] confluent to tlie middle and somewhat shorter, but not narrower than the
others.
Eastern New Guinea.
76. C. tenuis Roxb.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 1-2 cm. in diam. Leaf-sheath
more or less armed with very broad-based spines, which often form transverse crests by
their confluent and extended bases. Leaves 60 cm.-l m. long; petiole 10-15 cm.
long. Leaflets 20-35 on each side, rather closely set, equidistant, linear-ensiform
or^ very narrowly lanceolate, 15-35 cm. long, 15 mm. broad, tricostate; the 3 costs?
bristly above, and beneath only tlie mid-costa sparingly spinulous; often the mid-costa
provided at the base on its upper sui-face with a rigid spinule. Male spadix very
long, ultradccompound; the largest spikelets 2-3 cm. long and with two series of
6-10 flowers, winch resemble those of some species of Digitaria, are quite exsert
from the involucres, 4 mm. long, oblong, and obsoletely trigonous. Female spadix
sunply decompomid; partial inflorescences few, the upper ones very short, the lowest
15-20 cm. long with 7-10 arcuate spikelets on each side; flowers of young spikelets
distinctly 4-seriate, each female flower being accompanicd by a well-developed neuter
flower. Fruiting perianth distinctly pedicelliform. Fruit globose, 10-11 mm. in diam.
shortly acutely beaked. Scales in 15 series, narrowly channelled along the middle!
Seed globose.
N. India, Burma; Cochin-China.
77. 0. horrens BI.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 1-2 cm. in diam. Lcaf-shaths
armed with conspicuously broad-based, scattered, straight, subulate spines. Leaves about
1 m. long; petiole rather short, about 15 cm. long, flat and smooth above, convex
and armed beneath along the middle with black-tippcd, straight, slightly deflexed but
not hooked spines, of which a few are 1-2 cm. long, and others much shorter.
Leaileta numerous, equidistant, 3-costate, linear-ensiform or veiy nai-rowly lanceolate; the
3 costai bristly above, beneath only the mid-costa sparsely bristly spinulous; almost
all leaflets furnished on the mid-costa on the upper surface near the base with a rigid
spinule.—Probably this is only a Javan form of C. tenuis.
Java.
78. C. Godefroyi Becc.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 15 mm. in diam. Leaf-sheaths
armed with broad-based, black-tippcd spines. Leaves about 60 cm. long, quite
opetiolate. Leaflets 15-16 on each side, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, with only, a
distinct sparingly spinulous costa above; those a little above tne base (the largest)
30-35 cm. long, 2-6 cm. broad, the others speedily and gradually shorter, but not
narrower, the two of the tenninal pair (the smallest) free at the base. Female spadix
strict, flagelliform, with very few remote small partial inflorescences; spikelets small,
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