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n s ANxVALS OF THE EOTAL BOTANIC GARDEN. CALCUTTA.
182. C. pachystachys Warb.-Robust, scandent. Leaves rather largo; tlie cirrus
robust; racMs prickly above. Leajlets rather numerous, equidistant, about 4 cm. apart,
longitudinally plicate, narrowly lanceolate; 20-25 cm. long, 2-3-5 em. broad, with
tho mid-costa sparingly bristly above, smooth beneath; side-nerves slender and
smooth on both surfaces; margins conspicuouBly ciliate. Fmale spadix robust, with
rather large partial inflorescences ; spikeJots strongly arched, their axis thick, subterete,
vermiform, the largest about 15 cm. long, with 7 pairs of female flowers on
each side, tho spathels usually subtending two equally erolute female flowers.
Fruit subglobose-ovoid or subturbinate, suddenly conically beaked, 15-17 mm. long,
1 0 - 1 2 mm. broad. Scales shining, in 1 7 - 1 8 series, strongly convex, deeply channelled.
Seed globular, d<?eply ruminate.
Celebes.
m . C. didymocarpus Warb.-Robust, scandent. Learn large, the cirrus robust,
up to 2 m, in length. Zeafleis lanceolate-ensiform, longitudinally plicate, 8-10 cm.
apart, 40 and more cm. long, 4 cm. broad, the mid-costa sparingly bristly above,
smooth beneath; secondary nerres slender and smooth on both sm-faees; margins
spinulous. Female spadix large and difiuso, with long nodding or pendulous partial
inflorescences which carry 6-7 rather distant spikelets on each side; spikelets
vermicular, up to 25 cm. long with 15-20 pairs of female flowers on each side
usually the spathels subtending two equally evolute female flowers. Fruii sabglobose'
ovoid or subturbinate, suddenly topped by a 2 mm. long cylindi'aceous beak.
Scales in 15 series, strongly convex, shining, deeply channelled. Seci globularalbumen
deeply ruminate. '
Celebes.
184. G melanoloma Mart.—Slender, scandent. Leaf sheaths 7 12 mm. in diam.
aimed svith scattered spines. Leaves small, 30-50 cm. long in the pinniferous part','
the cirrus slender; petiole short or very short. Leajlels 10-20 in all, 10-12 cm. long)
1-5-2-5 cm. broad, usually in remote pairs on each side of the rachis, lanceolate or
oblanceolate, 3-or sub-5-costulate, smooth on both surfaces. Male and female spadices
very similar, very simple, with a few spikelets on each side of the main asis;
spikelets 5-6 cm. long, with few distant spreading flowers on each side. Fruit
elongate-ellipsoid, distinctly beaked, 18-21 mm, long, 10-15 mm. broad. Scales in
1 5 - 1 8 series, faintly channelled, straw coloured with a black marginal line and
tip. Seed narrowly oblong, deeply pitted; albumen subi-uminate; embryo basal.
185. c. siphonospathus Mart.—Scandent. Leaf-sheaths 2-4 cm. in diam., moro
or less armed with slender acicular spines. Leaves (of the upper part of the adult
and fertile plant) 1 m. and more long in the pinniferous part with a cirrus about
as long; petiole rather long. Uafleia numerous, equidistant or nearly so, linear or
linear-lanceolate, 2 0 - 3 5 cm. long, 10-18 mm. broad, with 3-5 bristly costs;. Mah
tpadix -6-1 m. long, narrow, terminating in a subulate smooth tail-like apex, with
several small partial inflorescences, each issuing from a tubular, very loosely sheathing
or rather inflate spathe; spikelets with a very slender, filiform, zig-zag sinuous axis,
1 0 - 1 5 mm. long, with 8 - 1 0 flowers in all. FemoXe apadiz similar to the male one'
BECCARI. MONOGKAPH OF THE GENUS CAXAMUS. I I T
but with larger, twice branched, rather dense, partial inflorescences ; spikelets 3 - 4 cm,
long with 8 - 1 2 flowers on each side. Fruitivg perianth pedicelliform. Fruii very
small, ovoid or sub-ovoid, obtusely beaked, 6 mm. long, 3*5-4 mm. broad. Scales
in 12-18 series, convex, not channelled along the middle.
The Philippines.
C. siphonospathus {iy^\x5).—Leaf-skeaths armed with slender, light-coloured spines
petiole and lower part of the rachis prickly on both surfaces. Leaflets very narrow
with 3 bristly costoe. Spathes aculeolate. Partial inflorescences much branched and
very dense. Fruit-saales in 15 series.
C. siphonospathus var. subleuis Becc.—Leaf-sheaths smooth or nearly so; petiole
and lower part of the rachis prickly on both surfaces. .Leaflets very narrow, with
3 smooth 01' sparingly spinulous costîe. Spathes smooth. Fruit scales in 15 series.
C. siphonospathus var. oUgoiepis {major) ^eco.—Leaflets very narrowly lancoolate
with 5 bristly costai. Spathes aculeolate. Fruit-scales in 12 series.
G. siphonospathus var. oligolepis (minor) Becc.—Slender. Lea/lets smaller, with 3
bristly costae. Fruit scales in 12 series.
G. siphonospathus var. po/yiepis Becc.—Leaflets linear, with 3 bristly spinulous
costoe. Spathes aculeolate. Partial inflorescences very dense. Fruit scales in 18 series.
186. G. miorocarpus Becc.—Scandent. Leaf-sheaths 2-2-5 cm. in diam.; armed
with elongate often confluent spines. Leaves 1-5 m. long in the pinniferous part;
petiole elongate, prickly all round. Leaflets approximate in groups of 3 - 7 , â-l-ô cma.
part, on each side of the rachis, equidistant and pectinate in each group, linear,
lanceolate, 2 0 - 3 0 cm. long, 12-20 mm. broad, 3-8ub-5-co8tulate, Female spadiz strict,
about 50 cm. long; primary epathes slightly inflated; spikelets with a slightly zig-zag
sinuous, cylindraceous, filiform axis, 't-5 cm. long, with 10-12 horizontal iiowers on each
side. Fruit very small, globose, 6 - 7 mm. in diam., shortly conically beaked. Scales
in 12 series, very deeply channelled, gibbous near the apex.
The Philippines.
187. G. dimorphacanthus Becc.—Slender, scandent. Leaf shea ihs about 2 cm. in
diam., very densely armed with long acicular spines. Leaves 60 cm. or more long in
the pinniferous part; the cirrus about as long; petiole short, armed like the greatest
part of the rachis, especially on the upper surface, with very unequal horizontal
spines, of which some in the leaves of young plants are very long and needle-like •
the rachis in its upper part armed beneath with half whorls of very robust claws.
Leaflets numerous, subequidistant, very narrowly linear, 10-22 cm. long, 3-5 up to
8 - 1 0 mm. broad, unicoatate; margins conspicuuualy ciliate. Spadices very similar
to tboso of C. siphonospathus, very strict, with loosely sheathing, subinflate spathes.
Fruit ovoid, obtusely apiculato, 8-9 mm. long, 5'5-6 mm. broad. Scales in 18
series, shining, convex, slightly channelled near their base.
The Philippines.
188. G. conirostris Becc.—Scandent, of moderate size. Leaf-sheaths densely
armed with short and long spines. Leaves large, 1-8-2-5 m. long in the pinniferous
part; the cii-rus short and robust; petiole rather long. Leajlets numerous
equidistant, linear-ensiform, green on both surfaces, 3-costate, about 45 cm. long, 25-28