150 ANNALS OF THE EOYAL BOl'ASIC 0-AEDEN, CALCUTTA. [/). RiedelionUS
short aud thick; by its fniit being more rounded at both ends; and by
thf'i axial pirts being- acutely a n g a l i r and covered witb an adherent, brown,
f u r f u r a c e o u s indumentum.
PLATE 60.~Daemonoi-ops Korihalsii ¿7. Portion of A sheathed stem with male
s p a d i c e s ; upper end of a leaf (upper surf:ice); the lower portion of a spadix with
f u l l - g r o w n fruits. Prom P. B. No. 1938 in Herb. Beccari.
of). DAUMOXORoes R i e d e l i a n u s Becc, lieu. Bot. Surv. Ind. ii, 2'36.
Calamus isect. Baemono'ops) ^iedolianus Miq. De. Palm. Arc. l u d . 19 and
2 3 ; H. Wendl. in Kerch. Palm. 237.
DESCKIPTIOS. — A p p a r e n t l y scandent. Sheai/tid stem 2-2-5 cm. in diam., very densely
a n d almost uniformly armed witli small, short, very dark, laminar, scattered or
obsoletely seriate spines, interming-Eed witli numerous small spiculae. Leaves rather
l a r g e ; the petiole broad, 10-12 mm. at its base, flattened-biconvex above it., very
densely spinous all round, but especially above where set with ascendent, straight,
S - IO mm. long s p i n e s ; the rachis, in the intermediate portion, convex and armed with
t e r n a t e claws beneath, above with the salieni angle slightly p r i c k l y ; leaflets numerous,
equidistant, cm. apart, linear-ensiform, broadest below the midJle, thence t a p e r i ng
s l i g h t l y towards the base, and gradually acuminate to a bristly tip, papyraceous,
r a t h e r rigid, g r e e n and ooncolorous on both surfaces, sabtricostulate, witb an acute
a n d prominent mid-costa, and one secondary nerve, stronger than the others, on
eacli side of i t ; transverse v e i n k t s slender, but rather siiarp, almost equally distinct
on both surfaces, moderately crowded, sinuous aud i n t e r r u p t e d ; margins ciliated with
r a t h e r close, blackish, spreading spinules. Male spadix Female spaiix very
simihir to that of D. Gaudichaudii\ primary spathos ; spikolets about 3 i^m. ion''
with 4-5 flowers on each side, at first fugaciously-furfuraceous, then glabrescent,
t h e i r axes angular, sinuous; spathels annular, slightly prolonged at one side into a
b r o a d l y triangular acute point; involucropborum pedicelliform, 2 mm. or at most 3
mm. long, non-callous at its axilla, appressed to the axis, angular, narrowing
considerably to t h e base, v e r y obliquely produced at the upper eud i n t o a broad, t r i a n g u l a r,
subacute limb; involucre tjiick, slightly protruding bsyonii the involncrophorum, flat,
disciform, orbicular, with a very narrow aunular margin; areola of the neuter flower
concave, niche-like, with a slightly callous p u n c t i f o rm scar. FniUing perianth sub-exp
l a n a t e or obsoletely and broadly obconical, aud subpediceiliform. FruU spherical, 13
mm. in diam., very shortly umbonate-raammillate; scales in 18 longitudinal series, of
a uniform hazel-nut-brown colour, almost glossy, clearly and narrowly grooved along
t h e centre, with a very narrow, scarious, erosely-toothed edge, r e g u l a r l y rhomboidal
b r o a d e r than long, the point obtuse. Seed irregularly globular, slightly flattened on
t h e raphal side, 10 mm. long and broad, 8 mm. t h i c k ; chalazal fovea small, pit-like,
round, placed in the centre of the raphal side; albumen deejjly naminated; embryo
almost basal, slightly shifted to t h e anti-raphal side.
D. Kunstlerir\ BECCABI. THE SPECIES OF DAEMONOEOPS. 151
HABITAT.—Celebus: Menado in the Province of Minahassa {liiedel) Vernacular name
Angah," but I find this name also applied to D. macropterm. At Menado it had
been collected also by ¿'oorrfers (No. 18389^ i n Herb. Hort. Bot, Bog.).
OBSEKVATIONS,—I have seen a few fruits of authentic D. Riedelianiis, in the
L e y d e n Herbarium, and other fruits of the same gathering, accompanied by a very
small portion of a leaf, in the Utrecht Herbarium.
Koorders's specimen consists of an entire fruiting spadix, an intermediate
portion of a leaf, and a portion of a leaf-sheath. The f r u i t i n g spadis is about 40
cm. long and bears 5 partial inflorescences; these are appressed to the main axis,
small, and have few s p i k e l e t s ; the peduncular part of the spadix is slender, densely
prickly all round; the fruit and seed aro exactly like those of the typo specimens;
t h e leaflets, however, are narrower, about 30 cm. long and 15 mm. broad, and
have the mid-costa and one nerve on cach side of it bristly spinulous on the
upper
s u r f a c e ; beneath only the mid-costa is rather closely bristly throughout.
f) cm. long, with
nerves are more
I n the type specimen the leaflets are 23-24 mm. broad and
3 b r i s t l y nerves above, while underneath 3, aud occasionally 4
or lees bristly.
D. Riedelianus is very closely related to D. Gaudickaudii, from which it differs
in the armament of the leaf-sheaths, in its smaller fruit, and in the seed, which
has an almost basal embryo, whereas in D. Gaudtchaudii the embryo is
on the antiraphal side.
57. DAEMONOKOPS KUNSTLERII Becc. in Huok. f. FL. Brit Ind. vi, 469; and iu
Rec. But. Surv. Jnd. ii, 226.
D. eUngatus (non Bl.) Ridley, Mat. Fl. Mai. Pen. ii, 185 (partly?).
DKSCRIPUON.—Erect, 60 cm. to 1 m. high, or at times somewhat elongate
(^Scortechini). Sheathed stem 2-3-5 cm. in diameter. Leaf-shcaihs 2-3'5 cm. in diam.
t h i c k l y coriaceous or almost woody, slightly gibbous above, split open a long way
down the ventral side, abundantly covered with dark furfuraceous scurf, densely
armed with unequal spines o£ which several are 2-2*5 cm. long, ratlier robust flat
r a t h e r broad, greyish brown, rigid, obliquely inserted, more or less seriate, but
i n d i v i d u a l l y distinct, and with a conspicuous lighter coloured basilar swelling,
i n t e r m i n g l e d with these are other very slender spines, spiculiform or acicular; near
t h e mouth the spines are ascendent and up to o - lO cm. long. Leaves p a r i ^ n n a te
or shortly cirrifeious, elongate, about I'o m. long, not including the petiole; the latter
also elongate ;4o~50 cm.j, 1 cm. broad, fugaciously grey-furfuraceous, smooth, on
t h e upper surface very slightly channelled near the base, flattish with a
s l i g h t l y salient angle higher up; beneath convex aud armed along the
centre, especially near the base, with a line of long, robuat, straight s p i n e s ; its
margins armed near the base with similar robust, spreading, and at the base
callous spines; rachis armed beneath with, at fiist solitary, but near the upper end
3-nate, or even o-nate claws; the upper surface is at first convex, but the flat