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have the leaves long acumiimte and agree perfectly with Elmer's type specimens 
no. 7201; on the contrary the leaves of some other specimens are shortly 
acuiuinatc. The marginal teeth of the leaves also seem rather variable as to 
size and shape. Some of my specimens have tlie peduncular part of the raceme 
1 m in length, UTid the syncarps, not very densely grouped at the summit of the 
peduncle, are 9-14 cm in length, always suhtrigonous hut varying from cylindrical 
to obovate. Pandaniis CopvlamUi Merrill seems to have a rather wide distribution 
in the Philippines and it is therefore probable tliat some of its specific character- 
istics are not absolute and that later we may be able to distinguish various local 
forms of it. 
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SPECIES DUBIAE. 
1. Paxoaxus Sabotax Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 771). 
See above under Pandaniis tectorius var. sinensis. 
2. Paxdaxus ixkkmis Blanco Fl. Filip. od. 2 (1S45) 537.' 
Blanco's description of this species is so short that it is impossible for me 
even to surmise to what kind of plant it may be applied. It is doubtful even 
if it is a Pnndanus because of its: "Hojas esparcidas," but if it is a Pandanus 
I do not know any unarmed except Pandanus tectorius var. Jarris Warh. {Panda- 
nus lacvis Kunth), of which only the male plant is known. This variety, I 
think, does not grow spontaneously anywhere, but is a domestic form, nuiltiplied 
by agamic reproduction, widely- distributed and cidtivatcd in niauy phices, its 
pollen being used as a hair powder. 
3. Pandanus latifoliits Perr. in ^lem. 8oc. Linn. Paris, 3 (1824) 134. 
From a small island at tlie entrance of Basilan Strait, imperfectly described. 
(See Pandanus duhiits Spreng, p. 07 above.) 
* Pandanus inrrmis Blanco is almost certainly the same as Dracaena anfjttsti- 
folia Pvoxb., a common and widely distributed species in the Philippines, aiul 
which Blanco does not consider in his "Flora de Filipiiuis" unless as Pandanun 
incrmi^. (E. D. M.) 
