purple tips. Male panicle 2 or more feet long; bracts 
lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 14 by 3 in., the uppermost 
6 in. by 1 in., margins spinulous; spikes cylindric, dense, 
6-8 in. long, 2 in. in diameter. laments united almost to 
their tips into columnar fascicles, } in. thick; anthers 75 in. 
long, apiculate, dehiscing all along. Female spike solitary ; 
in fruit cylindric, 1 ft. long, orange-coloured, fleshy. 
Drupes angular, } in. across, with a truncate, flat top.— 
Orro Srapr. 
CuLtivation.—The plant figured was received at Kew 
in 1905 from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. It was 
evidently a seedling. It grew very rapidly under tropical 
treatment, as all the Pandani do, and flowered in April last 
year. The Kew collection of Pandanz is rich in species, and 
some of them flower fairly regularly. In the Palm-house 
they grow to a large size, with stems as much as 20 ft. 
high, bearing enormous crowns of leaves. They are easily 
kept in health, enjoying great heat and plenty of water, 
whilst they are not particular in regard to soil. In a wild 
state they grow most luxuriantly in swamps or by the 
side of rivers, and they are equally happy when treated as 
sub-aquatics under cultivation. There is a fine collection of 
them in the Botanical Garden at Brussels, where they are 
grown in the same tank as the Victoria regia. Some of the 
species are grown as pot plants for decorative purposes, 
particularly P. Veitehii, P. Sanderi, P. inermis and P. 
utilis. Owing to their being dioecious they have never 
-- ripened fruits at Kew, but they are easily multiplied by 
means of offsets which are freely developed by many of the 
species, and they strike root readily —W. Warson. 
Fig. 1, fascicle of stamens; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, a whole plant:—1l-3 
enlarged, 4 reduced. 
