432 MR. A. B. RENDLE ON THE 
Luzuna spicata, DC., var. sruENsts, Hochst. in Herb. 
Mt. Kenya, 8100 ft., lower edge of Bamboo zone: J. W. 
Gregory, July 24, 1823. 
A more robust plant, but apparently the same variety, was 
collected by Taylor in 1888 on the higher slopes of Mt. Kili- 
manjaro up to 10,000 ft. 
Distrib. of variety. Abyssinia, “in montibus simensibus ad 
11,000 ped.” 
FLAGELLARIACER. 
FLAGELLARIA INDICA, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 333. 
Rabai: W. E. Taylor, Sept. 1885. Leaves only. 
Distrib. Tropical and subtropical parts of Old World. 
PaNDANER. 
PANDANUS RABAIENSIS, sp. nov. (Pl. XXXIV. figs. 1-6.) 
Folio longo lineari sursum angustato apice valde elongato, glauco 
coriaceo, in margine et costa media carinata aculeato, aculeis 
crebris ascendentibus apice flagelliformi minoribus et densiori- 
bus; inflorescentia ¢ paniculata, staminibus singulis in ramulis 
ultimis spiciforme ordinatis; filamentis brevibus teretibus sub- 
robustis ; antheris linearibus, post anthesin spiraliter contortis, 
connectivo supra loculos valde apiculato ; drupis solitariis, 
1-5- sepius 4-loculis, obconicis, apice libero (totius parte quarta 
vel tertia) rotundato, inferne 5-6-angulis, stigmatibus 1-5 in areola 
centrali depressa sepe insitis vel ab ed circumdatis, fructu plavis ; 
mesocarpio fibroso, endocarpio crasso lignoso loculis utrinque 
circumdato et processus in parte superiore emittente. ° 
Hab. Kisulutini, Rabai Hills: W. E. Taylor, 1886. Native 
name “ Mtsapu.” 
The only leaf sent is 5} feet long and 23 inches broad above 
the base where it has been cut off; it tapers gradually upwards 
and the long drawn-out apex forms a flagellum. The margin 
and midrib, the latter deeply keeled on the back, are strongly 
spinescent ; the spines, which are scarcely darker than the yel- 
lowish upper leaf-surface, are ascending ; in the lower portion 
there are 30 to the foot, each about a line long, above they be- 
come gradually more crowded and finer, and in the flagellum are 
very small, sharp, and dense. The stamens are quite free from 
each other, and arranged in a spicate manner on the ultimate 
branches (about 4} inch long) of the panicle. The filaments are 
short and firm, § line long or less in the upper part of each 
