172 ANNALS OF THE ROrAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCCTTTi. [/J. ct/nHuS
I liavo proaervecl only two specinieus of D. formkarim of Terj' different sizes;
one (No. 1933) is iimch less stout than the other ; tlie first has a leaf
30 cm. long in the piniiiferous part;, and terminates in a slender cirrus of equal
l e n g t h ; in tiie other, shown iu the plate, the pinniferous part is 65 ciu. long, and
terminates in a rudimentary cirrus. One of Hewitt's specimens is stiil more robust
t h a n my No. 2óó2; it haa a sheathed stem 2 cm. in diameter, the leaves are
80 cm, long in. the pinniferous part, aud terminate in a cirrus about as lonp-,
armed at very regular aud short intervals with half-whorls of small claws; the
spadix is 30 cm. long, aud hears mature fmifcs. Another of líewitt's specimens has
f r u i t s quite identical with those of rhe preceding, but has a sheathed stem only 12
mm. in diam. and one leaf is only about 45 cm. long in the pinniferous part, and
t h e leaflets are 15 cm. long and 10 ram. broad.
P l a t e 70.—Daemonorops formicarius Beaa. Portion of the sheathed stem with
two spadices of which the fruits have fallen; upper end of the same loaf attached to
the stem. From P. B. No. 2552 in. Herb. Jieecari.
66. D.í:monorops c r i s i t ü S B1. Rumphia, üi. 2r, pi. 136; .Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm,
iii, 329 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Hat. lii, 98; Walp. Ann. iii, 479 and v
828; Tcijsin. Oat. f l o r t . Bog. 7-i; Becc. Malesia, ii, 79 and iu Rec. Bot.'
Surv. Ind. ii, 326. ' ''
Calamus (sect. Daemonoroos) crimltis Jliq. Anal." Bofc. Ind. 6, and De Palm
Arc. Ind. 29 ; H. Wandl. in Kerch, Palm. 235.
Oalamus manioatus Teijsm. and Binn. in Hort. Bog.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat iii
135; H, Wendl. in Kerch. Palm. 236. • • • .
Desceiption.—ScandoDt, slondec. Sh'.athed stem 9-12 mm. in diameter or at
times more. Leaf-sheaths slightly gibbous above, furnislied irregularly with 2-3
complete, annular, membranous, spiculiferous, deflexed collars; interposed between
these are 3-4 or even at times more collars often incomplete, some fringed with
spiculae pointing upwards, others with .spiculae pointing downwards or horizontal; the
spiculae are very slenderly criniform and brittle, quite black, shiny, unequal, short,
or ns much as 3-4 cm. in length, but of uniform thickness at their base; the
mouth of the legf-sheaths and the base of the petiole are also armed with small
transverse, interrupted series of similar spiculae. Leaves rather elongate, terminating
in a slender cirrus, with rather numerous leaflets which, from as far as can be
judged from the Herbarium specimens, are more or loss inequidistant, but never
grouped, in young plants or in the lower part of the siems; but in the upper
and fli>riferoiis end are almost equidistant; petiole of moderate leugth (10-20 cjm
long, 3-4 mm. broad) flattened-biconvex with not very acute edges which aro
sometime--^ armed very sparingly with remote, short, straight or slightly hooked
prickles, otherwise smooth on both surfaces; raohis with an acute, smooth, salient
angle and flat side-faces on. the upper surface and armed underneath with small
solitary claws, which at the upper end and especially on the cirrus become fernate
leaflets papyraceous, green and concolorous on both surfaces, linear-lanceolate,
D. crinitus] beccaei. t h e s p e c i e s of d a e j i o n o r o p s , 173
about the middle, thence tapering towards the base and gradually acuminate to
a subulate and bristly t i p ; they are obsoletely 3-costulate and bristly-spinulous on
the mid-costa underneath, otherwise glabrous on both surfaces; transverse veiulets
short, not very crowded, rather sharp on both surfaces; margins very minutely,
appressedly, .md rather reuiotely .spinulous; the largest leaflets (those a littlo above
the baso) are .25-27 cm. long aud 15-20 mm. broad, the others gradually bucome
shorter, but not or only slightly narrower. Mala spadix Female spadix slender and
cyiindraceous before flowering; the outer spathe crinite or with its upper part clothed
with black, shiny, long, criniform bristles. Frnihng spadix about 50 cm. long,
nodding, slender, narrowly panieled; its peduncular part slender, strongly flattened,
5 - r cm. long, its edges not very acute and slightly prickly only towards the upper
e n d ; all the a s i d parts of the spadix covered with a dark, rusiy-brown, furfuraceous
indumentum; the lowest iotemode slightly clavate, very slightly flattened, 4 cm. long,
4 mm. thick; the other internodes more or less angular, and more slender; mrtial
inflorescences 5-6, the lower 9-10 cm. long aud with 4-5 bifarious spikelets on
each side ; upper inflorescences somewhat smaller ; secondary and tertiary spathes
very shortly annular-amplectent, very slightly produced on one .side into a triangular
acute point; the lower spikelets of each inflore-'cence the largest, 3-4 cm. long
with two series of slightly unilateral flowers of 8-7 flowers each ; the other spikelets
somewhat smaller; the axes of the spikelets angular, and sinuous; spathels vei-v
shortly annular-amplectent, produced at one side into a short broad, acute, triau-ula'r
point ; mvolucrophorum very shortly pediccalliform, I mm. long, comparatively thick,
angular, truncate, aud very slightly produced at one side into a short triangular
point ; the involucre protrudes very siightiy beyond the involuorophorum and has
a very narrow, annular esplanate iimb, around the larger flat orbicular end; areola
ot the neuter flower small, slightly concave or niche-like, the scar non-swollen
Flowers and fruU unknown.
, "" specimen, of D. cri.nl.s „ere coUected
bj KoríU, m Í,. Borneo on the lüver Dasson. The plants e u l t i j a t e d «t Bnitenzorff
under tho name of iJ. m m k a l , , , are from seed oolleel.d at Palembang in Samatra
From this same locality, specimens exactly identical wit], Blame's fymeal D „intuí
were forwarded t„ Proi. Martclli in ,906 by Resident .1, „ „ Mjt „„
I t .s therefore qmte certain that tile native country of B. is Snniatra.
O B S . H V , ™ . - ! hare seen one of Blame's aathentic specimen,, of D.
winch exactly corresponds to i t , plato in the " K a n i p h i a . " I have however described
the specimens from the plants cnltiyated at Baiten.erg under the name
part as smooth, bnt as Blame says that the spicnlae are d e c L o . s , pos
that the apathos may appear glabrous when old, and bristly in youth.
n „ " ' " " » • ' ' ' • • » • • y ^ ' i ™ et Binn. to D. cH.U., (De Pabui,
p. 23) and I verihed the correctness of this identification by inspection of the
authentic specimens of both in the Herbaria of Leydon and Utíecht