Pandanus.| CXLVIII. PANDANEE (WRIGHT). 129 
1. P. Heddei, Warb. in Engl. PAanzenr. Pandan. 46. Drupe 19 
lin. long, 14 lin. in diam., deeply sulcate at the apex; stigmas irregu- 
larly lobed, 2-2} lin. in diam.; endocarp bony, about 4 lin. long; 
upper part of mesocarp consisting of white spongy pith. 
Mozamh. Dist. German East Africa: on the sea-coast at Dar-es-Salaam, 
Hedde, 31. 
2. P. Kirkii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 326. Syncarps similar 
to those of P. Candelabrum, Beauv. Drupes 7—9-celled, 24-24 in. long, 
1}-1% in. wide at their greatest diameter, obovate-cuneiform, upper 
portion convex and polished, bearing 7-9 slightly elevated subangular 
divisions, terminating in a short blunt umbo, lower portion narrow and 
fibrous ; endocarp solid, mahogany-coloured ; mesocarp densely fibrous 
above.—Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 46. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mainland, opposite Zanzibar, Kirk ! 
Native name, Rope. A male inflorescence labelled “ Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk,” may 
belong to this species. It can be described thus :—Bracts ovate, acuminate, very 
finely denticulate. Stamens spicate on a thick pedicel; connective produced above 
into an arista. 
3. P. platycarpus, Warb. in Engl. Pfhanzenr. Pandan. 50. Drupes 
8-9-celled, obpyramidal, 24 in. long, 14-2 in. in diam., about 6-angled, 
almost flat, and marked with corky channels at the apex, furrows 
dividing the cells obscure ; stigmas subascending, rarely sessile, reni- 
form, 1 lin. in diam., more or less deeply bilobed. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Krause. 
4. P. thomensis, Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 206,¢. BE. A 
branched tree 26-50 ft. high. Leaves somewhat sheathing at the base, 
54 ft. long, 34 in. wide at the middle, acute, the whole of the margin 
and the back of the midrib (except in its lowest quarter) thickly armed 
with rather slender decurved cartilaginous spines. Male inflorescence 
a terminal leafy spicate panicle; spathes gradually increasing in size 
upwards, keeled, very sparingly spiny on the midrib, rather shorter 
than the spadix-branches ; rhachis fleshy, compressed. Stamens irregu- 
larly umbellate; filaments rather thick, conical, more or less connate; 
anthers 14 lin. long, shortly apiculate. Female inflorescence solitary, 
terminal, at first erect; spathes somewhat sheathing, gradually 
becoming smaller upwards, keeled, armed on the whole margin and 
from the centre of the midrib with slender more or less recurved teeth ; 
Spadix ovate, 2 in. long, 14 in. thick; rhachis fleshy. Syncarps ovate, 
84 in. long, nearly 6 in. in diam., pendulous on a long peduncle. 
Drupes obconic, rather convex above, 10-14-celled, sulcate and tuber- 
culate above, 3 in. long, 14-2} in. in diam.; stigmas sessile, rather 
thick, irregularly radiating; endocarp placed at the centre of the 
drupe; mesocarp spongy and fibrous above.—Rendle in Journ. Bot. 
1894, 325; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 56. 
Lower Guinea. [Island of St. Thomas: lower region up to 1600 ft., Moller, 
Rolas Island, Quintas. 
Native name, Péo esteira. Fruit produced in December. 
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