9 6 ANNAIiS o r THE EOTAL BOTAKIC G-AEDEIi, CAXCUTTA.
102. C. Gambiei Bscc.^Leaves large. Leaflets 6-7 cm. apart, ensiform, 60-65
cm. long, 25-28 mm. bvoad, with 3, on both suvfaces moie ov less bristiy-spiiiulous
coatie, margins remotely ciliate-spinulous. Female spadic with somewhat arched,
25-30 cm. long partial iufloresconces ; spikeleta arched, subscorpioid. Female flowers
poiiiting upwards, ovate, 5 mm. long. Fruit globose-obpyriform ov tuvbiuate-globose,
tapering towards the base, 22-25 mm. long, 17-18 mm. broad. Scales usually in
21 series, pale yellow, shining, strongly gibbous, distinctly cliannelied. Seed globose
ovoid.
Lower India.
G. Gamblei var. sphcerocarpus Beec.—Fruit n-ical, not tapering to the
18 mm. in diam. Seed also almost spherical.
Lower India.
103. C- gracilis Roxb.—Scandent. Sheathed stem 15-20 mm. in diani. Leaves
rather short; petiole -1-3 cm. long. Leaflets few, all in one plane, approximate into
3-4, usually opposite and rather remote groups of 3-5 on each side of the rachis,
narrowly oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, with 3-5 and occasionally on the upper
surface 7 spinulous costas, underneath the mid-costa only sparingly spinulous. M'xle
and female spadices relatively short, ending in a filiform, feebly-clawed flagellum.
Male flowers relatively large, 5 mm. long, 2 mm. thick. Female flowers distant,
horizontal. Iruit broadly ovoid-elliptic, 26-;^0 mm. Ions, 14-17 mm. broad ; scales
in 21 series, straw-yellowish, narrowly and deeply channelled along the middle. Seed
ovoid, ruminated ; embryo lateral, in the centre of one of the faces.
N. E. India.
104. 0- melanacanthus Mart.—Leaves elongate. Leaflets numerous, regularly bifarious,
equidistant, linear-lanceolate, gradually acuminate into a very slender filamentose
tip, tricostulate, the mid-costa very sparingly bristly spinulous on botli surfaces, the
other two costic furnished with a few long bristles on the upper surface and smooth
beneath. Female spadiz very long and flagollifomi, with remote partial inflorescences
which are inserted outside the mouth of their respective spathes; upper primary spathes
very long, very narrow and very closely sheathiog; spibeiets inserted above the mouth
of their own spathe, 5-6 cm. long with 6-7 alternately distichous rather remote flowers
on each side. F/mt ovoid-elliptic, 23-25 mm. long, 14^15 mm. broad. Scales in 18
series, straw-yellowish, channelled along the middle with a very narrow dark Hue all
round. Seed oblong, rather deeply ruminate; embryo lateral, in the centre of cue o£
the faces.
Tenasserim.
705. C. Diepenhorstil Miq.—Scandent. SheatJiad stem 1-5-3 cm. in diam. Leaves
elongate; petiole rather robust and long. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, linear-ensiform,
the largest 35-45 cm. long, 15-18 mm. broad, unicostate, in the upper surface the
mid-costa only bristly, underneath the mid-costa and one nerve on each side of it
furnished with long conspicuous bristles; margins ciliate near the apex, otherwise
smooth. Male and female spadices flagelliform, some metres in length, with very remote
partial inflorescences. Male spikelets horizontal or deflexed, inserted just at the moutli
of their own spathes, 1-3 cm. long, with 5-12 flowers on each side. Female spiJielets
4-12 cm. long, horizontal or deflexed, with a distinct axillary callus, with 4-10
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alternately distichous distant flowers on each side. Fruii sphaeric, 16-18 mm. in
diam. Scales in 18-24 series, superficially channelled along tlie middle, Hght-yellowiah
with a narrow darker intramarginal line. Seed globular, deeply pitted; albumen
deeply ruminate; embryo basal.
Malayan Peninsula. Borneo. Sumatra.
106. G. marginatus Mart.—Scandent. Sheathed stem JiO-2o mm. in diam. Leaf,
sheaths flagelJiferous, opened a long way down on the ventral side at the mouth, armed
with rather large solitary or confluent spines which leave a diutinct impression of their
outline. Leaves elongate; the petiole rather long, smooth beneath, narrowly channelled
above. Leaflets very numerous, rather closely equidistant, shining above, linear-ensiform,
the largest 25-26 cm. long, 13-15 mm. broad, 3-co8tate, the 3 costas naked
above and finely densely spinulous beneath ; tho margins thickened and finely scabrid
on the lower surface.
Borneo.
107. c. ciliaris Bl.—Very slender. Leaf-sheaths and spadiees hairy scabrid in
every part. Leaves very delicate, 35-70 cm. long. Leaflets very numerous, very
closely and regularly set, very small, 7-10 cm. Jong, 5-8 mm, broad, very narrowly
linear, with conspicuously hairy ciliate margins. Fruii roundish, 10-12 mm. in diam.
Java.
lOS. 0. exUis Griff.—Slender or verj slender. Lenf-shath, ¡patkc, and „vnthih
very BOabnd. U a « , O-e-1-3 „ . long. rather nnmeron., 15-25 cm. I„„,
8-14 mm. broad, eqmdi.Unt, more or less COTered »¡th long hairs on" both snrfac»
and at the margms. M-uil narrowly ellipsoid or oToid elliptic, varyins from 15-16
J b o t ' h : T ' " '' ' ''—Wong, acute
The Malayan Peninsula,
109. 0. hispidulus Becc-Hather slender. ie«f.,/mas densely coTorcd with
M™«S harrs when young, ultimately scabrid. Syati,, and , p . a , k scabrid, i ™
about 60 em. ong. leaf.,, not Tory numerous, equidistant, linear-lanceol.te, i H o
Z b su^Le • """ spinulifercus „ o r v i e t s en
both » A c e s the margrn. conspicuously remotely and adpre.sedly hairy. jr„i,
olongate-ellipsoid, 3 cm. long, 8 - H mm, broad. e J y- -irmt
Borneo.
m c Pjcsellus Becc.-Slondei. Leaf.kaa, almost unarmed, not scabrid
Z » « . about 6 cm. long. numerous, approximate, equidi.t ut, an c„ e''
about 10 cm. long, 10-11 mm. broad, with the mid-costa and 2-3 secondary ner' e
on each ..do of it furnished with long bristles abo.e, aud with very n u Z "
bairyspmulous nervoletB benoathi the margins with long spreading hairs
Borneo. °
? ; / . e. samuiaksnsi, Becc. Slender. Zm/.,/,eaa, armed with a iew scattered
strargh hor.zontal spines, not scabrid. i „ „ , 60-65 cm. long. ¿ . a j J Z JZt
remotely rnequrdrstant, linear-lanceolate, 20-22 em. long, I S - f e m J i r o T ^ d t r
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