Pandanus. | CXLVII1. PANDANEZ (WRIGHT). 131 
stigmas 1-5 surrounding or seated in a depressed central areole.— 
Journ. Linn. Soc, xxx. 432, t. 34, figs. 1-6 ; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Pandan. 61. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kisululin, on the Rabai Hills, near Mom- 
basa, Taylor / 
Native name, Mi¢sapu. 
9. P. heudelotianus, Balf. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 49. 
Drupe 1—3-celled, 2? in. long, 9 lin. in diam., the upper 9 lin. rounded 
conical and subrostrate, the lower part gradually narrowed and angular ; 
stigmas sessile, horseshoe-shaped or triangular ; mesocarp apparently 
slightly hollow.—Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 325, t. 347, tigs. 5-6; 
Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 63. Heterostigma heudelotianum, 
Gaud. Voy. Bonite, Bot. Atlas, t. 25, figs. 15-31; Walp. Ann. i. 755; Ad. 
Brongn. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 6, i. 291 ; Solms-Laub. in Linnea, xlii. 66. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot. 
10. P. Welwitschii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 324, t. 347, 
figs. 1-4. An erect tree, 10-20 ft. high. Stem 1 ft. in diam, at the 
base Branches few, short, ascending. Leaves in terminal crowns, 
long linear, 33 ft. long, 14 lin. wide at the middle, near the base 
abruptly contracted, gradually narrowed upwards, with large sharp 
upcurved spines on the margins, and similar decurved ones on the mid- 
rib. Syncarps ovate-elliptic, yellowish when ripe, 6 in. long, 3 in. in 
diam. Drupes 12-14 lin. long, 5-7 lin. in diam. when dry, cuneiform, 
rounded above, narrowed below, upper 1} lin. free, shortly pyramidal, 
with a blunt central umbo, 1—2-celled; endocarp in the centre of the 
drupe, thick, deep red; mesocarp spongy above, fibrous below.— 
Cat. Afr, Pl. Welw. ii. 84; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 65. 
P. Candelabrum ? Hook. Niger Fl. 527; Welw. Apont. 586. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, banks of the River Cuanza, near 
Candumba and Ilha Calemba, Welwitsch, 5770! and fruit, 1015! 
11. P. livingstonianus, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 326. Upper 
leaves with upwardly curved teeth on the margins only, the lower ones 
on the midrib also. Syncarps ovate, 5 in. long, 3 in. in diam. Drupes 
5-angled, flat and 6—7 lin. across at the top, with a central subobtuse 
umbo.—Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 66. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; mouth of the 
Luabo River, Kirk ! 
This may be (as suggested by Dr. Rendle, l.c.) the species referred to by Living- 
stone (The Zambesi and its Tributaries, 19), which from the plate appears to be a 
tree 40-50 ft. bigh supported for a height of 8-9 ft. by forking roots. 
12. P. Petersii, Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 66, fig. 17 
J-L. A pyramidal tree, 13-26 ft. high. Stem branched, about 8 in. 
in diam. ; branches armed with short acute spines. Leaves about 20 in. 
long, 9 lin. broad, armed on the margins and midrib. Syncarps solitary, 
elliptical. Drupes 1-—2-celled, oblanceolate, 14 lin. long, 5-7 lin. in 
