2A0 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
PANDANACEAE 
PANDANUS Linnaeus f. 
PANDANUS APICULATUS sp. nov. § Rykia. 
Arbor, circiter 5 m alta, ramulis 2.5 ad 3 cm diametro; foliis 
circiter 1 m longis et 5.5 cm latis, in siccitate subflaccidis, sur- 
sum angustatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, inter nervis transver- 
salibus distincte reticulatis; infructescentiis lateralibus, 10 ad 15 
em longis, synearpiis spicatim dispositis, plerumque 10, confertis, 
ovoideis ad globosis, 15 cm diametro; drupis numerosis, confertis, 
cylindricis vel oblongis, 1-locellatis, 6 ad 7 mm longis, 2 ad 2.5 
mm diametro, apice rotundatis et acute apiculatis, stylis circite 
1 mm longis. : 
A tree, about 5 m high, the ultimate branches 2.5 to 3 cm in 
diameter. Leaves about 1 m long and 5.5 cm wide, somewhat 
flaccid when dry, the margins armed with rather conspicuous 
teeth, the midrib beneath near the base with retrorse teeth and 
toward the apex with antrorse teeth, the 2 lateral nerves 
sometimes with a few scattered teeth on the upper surface near 
the apex, the blade more or less narrowed to the distinctly and 
rather slenderly acuminate apex, distinctly transversely retic- 
ulate between the numerous secondary nerves. Infructescences 
lateral, from the base of the apical tufts of leaves, 10 to 15 cm 
long, the syncarps ovoid to globose, sessile, about 1.5 cm in 
diameter, usually about 10 on each infructescence, the peduncles 
closely covered in the lower half with numerous, imbricate, 
spirally arranged, oblong bracts, which are usually about 4 cm | 
in length. Drupes numerous, crowded, red, cylindric or oblong 
or sometimes narrowed below, 1-celled, 6 to 7 mm long, 2 to 2.5 
mm in diameter, the apical 1.5 to 2 mm free, rounded, terminated 
by the indurated, slightly upward-curved, usually acute style, 
which is usually about 1 mm in length. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34572 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, April 25, 1919, on ridges, altitude about 690 meters, at 
the iron deposit on the northeast coast. 
A rather remarkable species on account of its lateral infruc- 
tescences and its multibracteate peduncles. It is manifestly 
allied to Pandanus multibracteatus Merr., but has much wider 
leaves and differs essentially in its fruit characters, the drupes 
being much smaller and not prolonged into slender, elongated 
tips, as in the latter species. 
PANDANUS DINAGATENSIS sp. nov. § Rykia. 
Frutex parvus, ramulis circiter 3 cm diametro; foliis usque 
ad 1.75 m longis, circiter 6.5 cm latis, subcoriaceis, sursum 
