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104 ANNALS OP THE HOTAL BOTANIC GAEDEK, CALCUTTA.
136. G. ouoideus Thw.—Scandem and robust, leaves very large, rachis spinulou3
above. Leapis numeroua, equidistant, ensiform, v e r y acuminate, up to 55 cm.
long, 23 mm. broad, 3- or sub-5-C08tu]ate, -with long bristles on 3 nerves beneath
a n d ' on the upper surface usually b r i s t l y on the side nerves only. Fmile spadix large
a n d diffuse, with stout and stalked partial iQilovescencea; spikelets robusb, 8-10 cm.
long, with 14-16 distichous flowers on each side. Female flowers ovoid, about 5 mm.
long. Fniiting psi-ianth explanate, subtended by the subpedicelHform involucroplioruai.
Fruit obovoid, beaked, 15-16 mm. long, about 1 cm. broad. Scales deeply channelled.
Seed ovoid, slightly flattened, slightly irregularly furrowed; albumen nonr
u m i n a t e ; embryo basal.
Ceylon.
137. C. polystaohys Becc.^Leaf-almHis 3-5-4 cm. in diam., covered at short
i n t e r v a l s -with complete membranous rings which are densely fringed with long
blackish criniform bristles. Leaves large ; raciiis spinulouB above. Zeajeis numerous,
e q u i d i s t a n t , linear-enaiform, up to 50 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, with 3 costaa which
a r e more or less bristly on both surfaces. Femah spadix about 1 m. long, pyramidate,
diffuse, with 4-5 gradually smaller partial inflorescences on each side;
p a r t i a l inflorescences with a distinct pedicellar part inserted far inside their own
gpathes: the largest 50-55 cm. long and composed of 18-20 secoodary spathes, of
which the lower ones bear 2-3 spikelets each: only the spathels near the summit
h a v i n g solitary s p i k e l e t s ; these distinctly stalked, 6-S cm. long, with 14-16 flowers on
each side ; involucrophorum calyciform, nan-owed at the base. Female flowers 3 - 5 mm.
long.
N a t i v e country unknown.
1S8. c. andamanicus Kurz.—Very large and high scandent. Leaf-sheaih 8-10
cm. in diam. with numerous, approximate, small, membranous crests which are fringed
w i t h capillary brittle spiculee. Leaves very large ; rachis spinulous above. Leaflets
v e r y numerous, equidistant, elongate-ensiform, 50-70 cm. long, 2-5-3-5 cm. broad, 3.
costulate, more or loss bristly on both surfaces; margins rather distantly bristly
ciliate. Male spadis> panicled, shorter than the leaves ; spikelets 20-25 mm. long with
1 5 - 2 0 very crowded bifarioue flowers on each side. Male flowers 3 mm. long.
Female spadix panicled, about 1 m. long ; partial inflorescences 50-60
8 - 1 1 distichous—10-15 cm. long—spikelets on each side; invokcrophc
subpedicellate. Female flowers about 6 mm, long. Fruit ovoi(i-elliptic, <
about 18 mm. long, 10-11 mm. broad. Scales in 15 series, not channelled, with an
elongate, triangular, scarious, finely-fringed point. Seed coarsely grooved; albumen
; embryo basal.
T h e Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
long, with
1 calyciform,
onically beaked,
139. 0. Zollingerii Becc.—Scandent and very robust. Leaf-sheaths almost woody,,
s t r o n g l y armed with unequal flat spines. Leaves very large, as much as 4-5 m. long
i n the pinniferous part. Leaflets numeroua, equidistant, onsiform, unicostate, the largest
5 0 - 7 0 cm. long, 3-3-5 cm. broad, underneath the mid-costa furnished with a fow
3 - 2 - 5 cm. long bristles and the side nerves faiot and smooth ; above the side
BECCARI. MONOGJIAPH OP THE GENUS CALAMUS.
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. . only with a few long bristles. Male spadix zni much branched;
p a r t i a l inflorescences panicled, cupressiform, with many secondary branches or compound
spikes; ultimate spikelets very small, 1 cm. long. Female spadiz 1-1-5 m.
long, broadly panicled ; spikelets conspicuously pedicellate, 8-10 cm. long, with 15-25
.distichous flowers on each side. Fruiting perianth explanate, subtended by the sub-
' cm. in diam. ..perficially
CeloboB.
140. 0. Menlllii Beco.-Scaudent and robust. Z.afyhath thick woody 6 7
em. in d,.,n. ; armed with innumerable „nail spicuto and rigid brittle br'iBtle«
v e r y l a r g e ; ruehis spinulou, above. Leaßä, very nunierous, equidistant!
elongate-ensiform, more or lese distinetly S-costnlate, the eide coslie slender and
jnore or less fum.shed with long bristles above, below the ,nid-oos(. iurnished with
long br,sties and the s.de nerves smooth. Mai. large and mnoh branehed •
p a r t i a l mfloreseenoes pan.eled, cupressiform, with many secondary branches or d :
pound spikes ^ u l t i m a t e spikelets inserted iuside ot their own spathes with a dis tat
flat ened pedicel, very brittle, t h e largest about « mm. long, w i t i 11-12 very app ori
mato fiatly b i f . n o u s flowers on each side. ^ " p p r o ii
T h e Philippines,
m . 0. aquatnk Uidley.-Scaudent and of moderate size. L,a«„ about 3 m
" r ° ' -"•»">3' « - ¡ f e ™;
up to 30-33 em long, 2-5-4 cm. broad, unicostate, smooth iu the upper Bu.i.ce and
finely bristly spin.lons on 3-5 nei-ves beneath where farther s p r i n S i d with very
™ , 1 rusty seaes. „.fc large and diffuse, with loosely panicled, 40- 0
, 0 fl ti 7 ; " " » « « f » ™ ™ - ^ ••1'»='«» ^ P i e t a s 10-15 mm. long! L p l . n to "vi h
8 - 1 0 t^atly b farious closely set (lowers on each side. « „ f c panicled
pikelets 8-10 cm. long, with 18-20 dowers on each side. gloLe H ;
i - u 7 " • ' ' T / T 1 ' ' orbicular,'d epTy
p i t t e d on he back it. s „ f a c e hairy v e l v e t y ; albumen equable, embryo b a a l.
T h e Malayan Pemusnlo, Singapore.
M2 C. Warburgii K. S c h u m . - S c a r d e n t and r . t i i e r robust. large ; petiole
almos obsolete. I„ßets very numerous, very approximate, pectinate, rigid narrowly
b r i s t l y on both surfaces; margins adpressedly and closely spimilous, the lowes
leaflets Lorison al, more approximate and more narrow than the upper ones.
. p a d , , r a t t e r large, with „„merou, distichous rather approximate, 30-45 cm. Ion.
p a r t i a l inflorescences; secondary spathes tubnlar-infundibuliform, dry and diseolo"
OU.S in their upper p a r t ; spikelets somewhat flattened, the largest 6-7 cm Ion.
ovate, very suddenly apiculate, about 1 cm. long, 6-Ô-7 mm. broad. tofa very
convex, r a t h e r deeply channelled. globular ; albumen equable
German New Guinea.
a p „ „ ™ n t l v ® , . r " " f ° " " ' ' . ^ » " - • ' ' • » • • ' ' ' " y »»»'¡•'nf and of moderate size.
a p p a i e n t l y rather large; the rachis smooth above in the intermediate portion.
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