Korthalsia
(named after Peter W. Korthals, a German botanist, of this century). SYN. Calamosagus. ORD. Palmeae. A genus comprising about sixteen species of stove palms, natives of the Malayan Archipelago and New Guinea, closely allied to Calamus. Flowers small; spadices loosely racemose, pendulous. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect. For culture, see Calamus. K. Junghuhnii (Junghuhn's). l., long-stalked, terminating in a hooked tendril-like process; segments seven to nine, cuneate-rhomboid, shortly apiculate, pale whitish beneath. Java.
K. scaphigera (scape-bearing). l. pinnate, 2ft. to 4ft. long; rachis sparingly armed with short retrorse spines, terminating in a long, recurved, thorny tendril; young ones fugaciously white-tomentose beneath. Andaman Isles, Malacca. A large climbing palm, with canes up to 1/2in. in diameter.