j jd AHSALS OE THE ROYiL BOTANIC OABDES, CALOOTTA. [0. Motlsl/i.
erfended at one side into a broadly Iringular, acute point; iiwolncrophonin, shortly
and thiekly obconio, 3-5 mm. long, angular, .Hghtly calions at its axjla,
„nilaterally ertended at the apex into a comparatively l«rge, broadlytnangular,
acute point; the involucre has a short and thick baso, and in parts slightly exceeds
the involucrophorum, but is yot shorter than its apej, with a very short,
uneoual very shallowly cupul.r limb; areola of tl,e neuter fiower concave, nicholike
sometimes sublunate, the scar not swollen. Fenm. oonical-ovoid,
acuminate before the anthesis, 8 mm. long; the calyx very short, about 2 mm. high,
cupular with 3 very superficial but distinctly apicnlate teeth, slightly f.rf.raceous
and finely veined; the corolla is at least four times as long a. the calyx, undivided
for a third of its length upwards, the segment, elongate-triangular, acummate.
perianth explanate" under the fruit. Fmit globose-ovoid, suddenly narrowing
into a very short conical beak, 2-2-35 mm. long, 18-20 mm. broad; scales arranged
in 14-15 longitudinal series, exactly rhomboidal and with an obtuse, no prov
e d , point, narrorfy and sharply grooved along the centre of a chestnut-brown
colour, L o s t glossy, not or only very slightly covered with a res,nous exudation
Z globular-ovoid. 15 mm. long, U mm. broad, 12-13 mm. thick, as usual
pitted and ruminate ; embryo almost basal.
Ha b i t a t - T h e west coast of Snmatr. at Friaman (Diepenioni). I have found
this species a second time and in fruit, August 1878, at Ayer 3 antchor near
; {Bern P. S. No. 832). Malayan name " Rotang Sigoi (Miq.).
0BS.BVAT10NS.-The specimens of D. graciUp« collected by me at Ayer Mantchor
agree perfectly with the typical specimens which I have received from J ^ rW
oi Utrecht and Leyden. The leaf described by Hiquel (froiis pe.trevis fiabellifoimv
I t r a c t a ) is evidenHy a radical one, and from a young plant. 1 have .1.0 seen a
~ o f an a u t h e n L specimen of Blame's M'ore r
L Korthals in Sumatra, and have thus been able to identify it with M.quel s II
aLilip,,. Another specimen na.ned 0. of Blu.ue, which also comes from
Sumatra and was collected by Praetorius, is also D. ¡raed.pei
D gr,ciKve, is easily distinguishable from other species of the group by its erect,
non-scandent slm, and by the globular-ovoid, comcally > > » « . Vrn'oTt
slightly resinifiuous fruit. The fruit, of the specimens collected by mo we e almos
free f r o » resinous secretion, but those produced by plants grown m the hot-honses of
much lamented friend, the Mar,ui. Bardo Corsi Salviati, at Sesto ^ ^^
T e L e d from seed, also collected by me in Sumatra, have a very slight covering of
red rosin.
PI.ATB 43.-Daemonorop. gracilipes Becc. The lower part of the plant ; portions
of a i ^ f l m a full grown plant ; portion of the upper part of a sheathed stem
L y i n g a fruiting . p a l x ; a u ' e n t i r e seed; another seed bisected ongit.dmany along
T l i n . passing through the cliala.al fovea and the embryo. From Becc. P. S. No. 832,
in Herb. Beccari.
15. Daemohobobs Motlbvi Becc. in Eec. Bot. Surv. Ind. ii, 224.
D K S o a ™ . - H i g h scandent, 15-18 m. long (Motleyi). S « « . t a about 2 cm.
in d i " L e a f J a i U gibb.us above, armed with broad, thinly laminar, elastic.
D. Moileyi \ BECCARI. THE SPECIES OP llAEMONOROPg.
subulate, solitary, or scatteroJ, horizontal or defiexod, lead-brown spines; the mouth
oblinuei; truncate, unarmed. Ocr« almost obsolete. i « « rather large, the upper
ternratin. in a long clawed cirrus; petiole 20-30 cm. long, b.convox except at the
b a r w h e i flattish o'n upper side, glabrous, and almost polished - - » P — ^
longitudinally striolate, armed along the centre of tho dorsum first with stra ght
. o h L y , robLt spines that higher up ai-e transformed into claw.; the e d ^ s obtuse
and a L d with rather long, straight, horizontal spines, gradually becoming shorter
towards the upper part; the upper surface is also covered with short vertical .pine
alhis armed l u g the centre of the dorsum with, at first solitary, but higher up
v S S-nate and finally with half-whorled 5-T-nata broad-ba.ed and black-tipped
, l t - cn tiio cirrus the half-whorls of claws are almost regularly spaced at intervals
of 2-3 cm. without any other kind of .pines being interposed ; on the upper
L a c e the rachi. is at first convex and pricldy at the .ide. and then
bifaced the salient angle carrying remote prickles; leaflet, no » - » J "'
i r r e - u k r l y set, usually approximate in pairs on oach side of the raehis but at t i ^ s
roWary with very l o n g - u p to 15-20 cm. in l e n g t h - v a c a n t spaces interposed; the
^d s t i l e leaflets of L e side alternate with or are suboppo.ite to those of
I T o t W ; t e i u L L d i a t e leaflet, are the largest, and are 25-30 cm. long and
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approximate, ' f ^ very obscurely, appressedly and remotely
~ - r r ^ o m ^ j a i ^ ^ than the i n t e n d . , t . ^ e r m ^
are rudimentary and very narrow. J 'J. ,„„g, erect,
.ppearauce; before «owering i ^ s fattened, acutely two-edged
apparently nodding when m l i u i t , it nas , flowermg, completely
peduncular p.rt with t n e e d g e s ^ ^ ^ ^ ,,,
encloses the others, nor do the „ coriaceoas. concave, elongateexcocd
the outermost; the latter is J densely armed all over, but
fusiform, shortly ¿»P^ ' ' l ^ a t „ n - s c h i s t a c e o n s (rusty-furfuraceous when
specially along ^ comb-like, horizontal or slightly deflexed
young), ™ r e or than the enter and is prickly only on the
.pines; the second .»pathe i . sll„n y following spathe. are smooth, ovatecentre
of tho dorsum towards the J Jj „ .dherent,
lanceolate, concave, acuminate; 'I*® ¡'¡3 „ry few, approximate, small
thin, rusty-furfuraceous .piLet. .hort, with very few
partial inflo^scences, » " « y ^ y acutcly S-gonou.; .pathels with a
flowers, their » » ^ inte a very broad and short but acute
" - L ^ i m r r f a n d t h i ^ — , — z n k i r t :
AIS. EOT. BOI. SIBD., O.LCOIM, VO... XII.