A416 PROF. I. B. BALFOUR ON A NEW SPECIES OF PANDANUS. 
Description of a new Species of Pandanus, as a Note to Mr. J. G. 
Baker' Paper on the Flora of Fiji By Prof. I. BAYLEY 
Barrovus, D.Sc., F.L.S. 
[See page 359.] 
PANDANUS JOSKEI (J. Horne in ‘A Year in Fiji, p. 265). 
Arborescens erecta, foliis acuminatis reduplicatis basi grosse 
apiee tenuiter aculeatis, syncarpiis ovoideis v. conoideis magnis 
solitariis axillaribus ad truncos infrafoliaceis longe pedunculatis, 
bracteis plurimis acuminatis, drupis anguste obcuneatis 4—6-an- 
gulatis apice planis v. concavis stigmate auriculato, 1-spermis. 
An arborescent erect plant 20 feet or more high; stem dark- 
coloured, rough. Leaves often 12 ft. long, 6 to 8 in. broad, acumi- 
nate, reduplicate ; margin coarsely at the base, at the apex finely 
prickled. Fruit-heads ovoid or cone-shaped, 6-8 in. long, 4-6 in. 
diam., often as much as 1 ft. long and 10 in. diam. ; solitary, axil- 
lary, erect, in spirals around the stem below and amongst the 
leaves. Peduncles 2-1 ft. long. Bracts many, ovate acuminate, 
subulate at point, thelarger 1 ft. long, the smaller ensiform and 
very short. Drupes narrowly cuneate downwards, 1-seeded, 
fleshy, 4-6-angled, 23 in. long, 1 in. diam. below, 3-3 in. diam. 
above. Apex flat and concave, with an auriculate stigma. Seed 
3 in. long, 3 in. diam. 
Fiji. Common between the Wai Manu and the Reiva river 
on alluvial land ; also in damp spots near streams in the moun- 
tains at the sources of the Tamarina river between Suva and the 
Reiva river. 
Distrib. Endemic. 
The description of the foregoing is derived from a note, ac- 
companied with a rough sketch of this Serew-Pine, sent me 
in 1879 by Mr. Horne. The details are rather meagre, and I 
have seen no specimens, as Mr. Horne brought home none. 
He remarks it is in some respects allied to P. Iceryi, Horne, 
a Mauritian species; but the resemblance lies only in the non- 
branching stem with infrafoliaceous and interfoliaceous fruit- 
heads. It is, I believe, a good species and a new one, and belongs 
apparently to the Vinsonia section of the genus. 
