Calamus maximus Reinw. ex de Vriese

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87 9 • Calamus maximus Blanco
Oalamus merrillii Beco.
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CALAMUS MAXIMUS Blanco PI. Filip. (1837) 260 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845)
185; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 331.
This is a perfectly valid species an4 is Calamus merrillii Becc.
in Martelli Webbia 1 (1905) 347, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 11
(1908) 105, 390, t, 167. It is the same «s Beccari’s original
identification of Blanco’s species, Merrill 1893, in Perk. Frag.
FI. Philip. (1904) 45, which number Beccari later made the
type of Calamus merrillii Becc., at the same time referring
Calamus maximus Blanco to Calamus-ornatus BlUme var. jphMi,p- ‘
pinensis Becc. Palasan is CalamusmaximUs&s, here interpreted,
while Calamus ornaifits Blume var. philippinensis Becc. is in-
variably limoran, and the two are never confused by the natives.
Both native names are cited by Blanco, the former under CaUimus
maximus, the latter under an undescribed species of Calamus
following the description of Calamus gracilis. Moreover, Blan-
co’s description applies unmistakably to the present interpreta-
tion of the species,. and not to Calamus ornatus Blume. The
leaflets^are (inscribed as: “Hojuelas lanceoladas, con tr&srietvios;
notables, y en los dofe laterales una hilera de pelos tiesos en la
pagina superior y en la inferior una sola hilera de lo mismo.”
This is a character of Calamus maximus as here interpreted,
but Calamus ornatus Blume var. philippinensis Becc. is without
such hairs.	. . * . ^ ,
Illustrative specimen from Bosoboso, Rizal Province, Luzon,
March, 1915, there known as palasan (Meiritt: Species Blanco-
anae.No, 879).
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