108 AIS;SALS OF THE BOYAL BOTAKIC GAJIDEN, CALCUTTA.
almost squatrose, flatfish, not or obscurely channelled. Seed globose, deeply pitted and
irregularly grooved; albumen subruminate.
The Philippines.
149. G. trispemus "QQCC.—Leaves non-cirriferous (of the lower part of the
plant?) Leajlets few, inequidistevnt, approximate in paii's on each side of the rachis,
•somewhat concave-couTes, oblanceolato, 30-33 cm, long, 6 cm. broad, with 5 distinct
costie, these smooth on both surfaces; margins closely and adpressedly spinulous.
Female spadix panicled; partial inflorescences 40-45 cm. long, with 5-6 spikelets on
each side; spikelets 12-16 cm. long with l 2 - l n flatly bifarious, 6 mm. long flowers
on each side. Fruit -with 3 seeds, broadly oboroid, suddenly beaked, 18 mm. long,
12-13 mm. broad. 6caii5 in 15 longitudinal series and each soriea composed of
about 12 scales, shining, faintly channelled. Seeds smooth, convex externally and
with 2 flat faces on the axial side ; albumen equable; embryo basal.
The Philippines,
150. c . manillensis II. VienAl^Female spikelets large, thickly vermicular, cylindraceous,
18 cm. long (in one specimcnj, with about 16 flowers on each side, inserted
just at the mouth of theii- own spathe ; spathels shortly infundibaliform. Fruiting
ferianih explanate. Fruit usually with 3 seeds, globose, 15-17 mm. in diam., shortly
beaked, the tliin scaly pericarp very brittle. Scales in 12 longitudinal series, each
series composed of about 6 well-conformed scales, shining, rather deeply channelled.
S^eds smooth, convex externally and with 2 flat faces on the axial side; albumen
equable; embryo basal.
Tho Philippines.
757. C. axillaris Becc.— Scandent. Sheitlied stem 2 cm. in diam. Leaves about
Im long in the pinniferous part, terminated by a rather slender cirrus; petiole
almost obsolete. Leqfleis not very numerous, incquidistant, but not distinctly fascicled,
narrowly lanceolate or subensiform, the largest up to 33 cm. long and 2 cm. broad
with 3 or almost 5 costulse, these smooth on both surfaces. Male spadix spuriously
axillary (in one specimen), slender, almost quite unarmed, partially supradooompound,
1-4 m. long, terminated by a spikelet; partial inflorescences few, 12-20 cm.
long, attached outside the mouth of their respective spathes.; simple spikelets 2-2-5
cm., long, arched subscorpioid, with 6-12, not exactly flatly bifarious flowers on each
side.
The Malayan Peninsula,
152. C. mglectus Becc.—Apparently scandent and rather slender. Leaves
terminated by a slender cinns. Leajleis inequidistant, linear-lanceolate, unicostate, the
largest 18-20 cm. long, 10-13 mm. broad ; the costa and one slender nerve on each
side of it sprinkled with fulvous bristles above, underneath the midcosta only closely
hairy; margins ciliate. Female spadix with several rather approximate partial iuflorescances,
which arise erect from or a little above the mouth oi their own spathe and
then are arched, spreading; spikelets arched, inserted just above the mouth of their
c-wn spithe, 6-7 cm. long, with 8-10 distichous rather remote flowers on each side.
Prmiing perianth subpedicelliform. Fruit ovoid-elliptic,
very faintly channelled along the middle. Seed deeply pitted.
The Malayan Peninsula.
BECCAEI. MONOGEAPH OF THE GENUS CALA.MUS. 109
15S. C. bubuensis Becc.—Slender and apparently scandenl. Sheathed stem
about 12 mm. in diain. Leaves about 55 cm. long in the pinniferous part, terminated
by a slender cirrus ; petiole about 7 cm. long. Leaflets not very numerous,
irregularly grouped, linear-lanceolate, «-costate; the cost® smooth on both surfaces;
margins smooth. Male spadix simply decompound, rigid, straight, shorter than
tho leaves, not flagelliferous, quite unarmed; spikelets 2-2-5 cm. long with 7 - 8 flatly
bifarious, not very approximate, 4 mm. long, flowers.
The Malay&n Peninsula.
154. C. uiridispimis Becc.—Scandent, slender. Leaf-sheaths 8--15 mm. in diam,,
armed with flat greenish cr schistaceous spines. Leaves up to -9 m. lung in the
pinniferous part; petiole more or less elongate. Leaflets rather numerous, 3-co8tate,
linear-lanceolate, very iong-aciiminate, 2-6 approximate on each side of the rachis
and on one plane (not pointing to different directions) and with long vacant
spaces interposed; the cost« smooth or very sparingly bristly above, quite
smooth beneath; margins smooth or nearly so. Male and female spadiees almost
similar, both simply decompound, flagelliform, ending in a filiform unarmed appendix.
Male sj-ihekis spreading, 4-6 cm. long, with 15-18 perfectly bifarious flowers on
each side. Female spilceleis strongly deflexcd and conspicuously callous at their
axilla, 5-10 cm. long, with 5-11 flowers on each side. Fruiting perianth campanulate,
slightly pedicelliform. Fruit obovate, distinctly beaked, 11 mm. long, 6 mm.
broad. Seals in 12 series, slightly channelled. /Seec? ovoid-elliptic, smooth ¡"albuu.en
equable ; embryo lateral.
The Malayan Peninsula,
C. viridispinus var. sumatranus Becc—Leaflets much less acuminate than in
the type and sometimes almost obtuse at the apex.
Sumatra.
155. C. mucronatus Becc.~Sheathed stem 4-6 mm. in diam., smooth or armed with
a few broad spines. Leaves small, 1.5-30 cm. long in the pinniferous part, terminated
by a very slender cirrus; petiole very short. Lea/lets veiy few, 8-9 on each side
of the rachis, very inequidistant, oblanreolate, suddenly mucronate, plicate-5-costulate •
the costa3 and margins quite smooth. Male spadiz smooth on every part, shorter than
the leaves, simply decompound, with very few very small partial inflorescences; primary
spathcs unarmed, smooth; spikelets very short, circinate-scorpiod and 5-10 mm.
long, with very closely packed flowers.
Borneo.
156. G. aspenimus Bl.-Scandent. Leaf-sheaths 7-20 mm. in diam., very scabrid
and densely prickly. Leaves about 60 cm. long in the pinniferous part, terminated by
a very slender cirrus ; tüe petiole quite obsolete. Leaflets 8-10 on each side of the
rachis, very inequidistant, narrowly lanceolate, gradually acuminate, unicostate, sometimes
with one rather distinct secondary nerve on each side of tho mid-cost®, all
nerves smooth on both surfaces; margins spinulous. Male and female spadtces with
primary and secondary spathes scabrid. Male spikelets circinate-scorpioid. Female
spxkelets sprcadirg, slightly arched, about 4 cm. long, with 8-10 distichous very