FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 347 
capitulis fructiferis parvis globosis, drupis 30-40 ampullseformibus unilocu- 
laribus tertio superiore libero, stigmate parvo sessili centrali. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, spine-margined, 11-2 ft. long, } in. broad 
above the dilated base, tapering gradually to the point. Pedunele 
short, slender. Fruit-head globose, 2-3 in. long and broad, con- 
sisting of 30-40 drupes, which are about 1 in. long, half an inch 
in diameter, with a small sessile reniform stigma.— Baron 5269! 
Allied to Sussea lageneformis, Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, tab. 25. 
figs. 11-14. 
PANDANUS ($ SUSSEA) MYRIOCARPUS, n. sp. 
P. foliis elongatis linearibus argute serratis, pedunculo cernuo monoce- 
phalo, capitulis fructiferis ovoideis, drupis permultis unilocularibus ad 
apicem concretis, stigmate parvo sessili centrali. 
Leaves 4-5 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad above the base, coriaceous, 
margined with copious pungent spines. Woody branch j in. 
diam. Fruit-head ovoid, obtuse, 4 in. long, 3 in. diam. ; peduncle 
stout, cernuous, above half a foot long. Drupes very numerous, 
tetragonal, an inch long, }-3 in. diam. Stigma minute, reniform, 
sessile.—North-west Madagascar, Baron 5921! Allied to Sussea 
microstigma, Gaudieh. Atlas Bonite, t. 38, but heads single and 
much larger. 
PANDANUS SPARGANIOIDES, N. sp. 
P. foliis linearibus rigidulis argute serratis, peduneulo pedali valido 
erecto, capitulis 6-8 parvis sessilibus globosis vel ovoideis, drupis circiter 
50 unilocularibus cuneatis conspicue rostratis triente superiore liberis, stig- 
mate secus rostrum decurrente. 
Leaves about 3 ft. long, rigid, acutely triquetrous, 4-1 in. 
broad low down, tapering gradually to the point. Peduncle 
stout, erect, bearing 6-8 sessile fruit-heads about 2 inches long 
and broad. Drupes glossy brown in the exposed part, half an 
inch long, 2 in. diameter above the middle, euspidate with a beak 
à in. long, down which the stigma is decurrent.—Baron 5268 ! 
Very like Sparganium ramosum in inflorescence and general habit. 
Native name, Vakoamboalavo. 
KNIPHOFIA ANKARATRENSIS, D. SP. | 
K. foliis linearibus firmulis tripedalibus conspicue erebre nervatis margine 
scabris, pedunculo foliis paulo breviore, racemo oblongo densissimo, pedi- 
cellis flore triplo brevioribus, bracteis pedicellis subsequilongis, perianthio 
subeylindrico 8-9 lin. longo lutescente viridi striato segmentis parvis 
ovatis, genitalibus longe exsertis. 
