Tas. 8197. 
PANDANUS Hovtwerm. 
Singapore. 
PANDANACEAE. 
Panpanvs, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 949. 
_Pandanus Houlletii, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 210, fig. 23; Ridley, Mat. — 
Fl. Mal. Penins. ii. p. 224; inter species sectionis Ryckiae syncarpio 
solitario cylindrico pedali distinctus. 
Truncus (in planta spontanea) 2-2°5 m. altus, simplex vel basi tantum 
divisus, 10 cm. diametro, radicibus aériis 5 em. crassis. Foliorwm bases 
persistentes ; laminae linéares, sensim longe in acumen tenue ad 15 cm. 
longum attenuatae, ad 2°5 m. longae, 10 cm. latae, coriaceae, saturate 
virides, saepe cupreo-purpurascentes vel juniores purpureae, spinis mar- 
ginalibus parvis curvatis apice purpureis vel fuscis 1 cm. distantibus. 
Paniculae masculae ad 1 m. longae; bracteae inferiores late lanceolatae, 
acuminatae, in margine spinulosae, 30 cm. longae, 7°5 cm. latae, sammae 
15 cm. longae, 2°5 cm. latae; spicae densae, cylindricae, 15-20 cm. longae, 
1-8 cm. diametro. Staminum filamenta fere at apices in columnam 6 mm. 
crassam connata; antherae 2 mm. longae, apiculatae, tota longitudine 
dehiscentes. Spica femina solitaria, matura cylindrica, 30 cm. longa, 
aurantiaca, carnosa. Drupae angulatae, 12 mm. diametro, vertice truncato 
plano.—P. Houlletianus, Ridley, l.c. p. 222. 
This fine screw pine was introduced from Singapore by a 
Mr. Porte in 1865, and flowered in the Jardin des Plantes in 
Paris for the first time in 1868. It was a male plant, like 
the Kew specimen from which the accompanying figure 
was drawn. According to Mr. Ridley, who gave a complete 
description of it in the wild state, it is endemic in the 
Southern part of the Malay Peninsula (Singapore and 
Johore), where it grows in dense forests. The fruit is 
according to him eatable and tastes like a pineapple. 
DescripTion.—Stem 7 or 8 ft. high in the wild state, 
simple or at least not branched at the top, 4 in. across; 
aérial roots 2 in. thick. eaves numerous, their bases 
persistent ; blades linear, gradually tapering into a long 
slender acumen, sometimes 8 ft. long and 4 in. broad, 
coriaceous, dark green, tinged with copper-red or the young 
ones purple, marginal spines small, curved, with brown or 
Jung, 1908, 
