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angustatis, acuminatis; infructescentiis plerumque 3, peduncula- 
tis, syncarpiis circiter 10, spicatim dispositis, oblongo-ovoideis 
ad anguste oblongis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, confertis, pedunculo usque 
ad 10 cm longo; drupis minutis, confertis, oblongis, 1-locellatis, 
5 ad 6 mm longis, usque ad 2 mm diametro, apice rotundatis 
vel conicis, stigma plerumque rotundata et circiter 1 mm dia- 
metro. 
A small shrub, the ultimate branches about 3 cm in diameter. 
Leaves up to 1.75 m long, about 6.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, the 
margins armed with small teeth, the midrib beneath in the upper 
part with small scattered teeth, more or less narrowed above to 
the acuminate apex. Syncarps about 10, spicately arranged on 
each peduncle, oblong-ovoid to narrowly oblong, 2 to 4 cm long, 
1.5 to 2 cm wide, crowded toward the upper tips of the peduncles, 
usually 3 or more infructescences terminating each branchlet, 
the peduncles up to 10 cm long and 5 to 7 mm in diameter. 
Drupes very numerous, crowded, oblong or somewhat narrowed 
below, 1-celled, 5 to 6 mm long, 2 mm in diameter or less, their 
apices somewhat rounded or conical, terminated by the flattened 
and rounded or sometimes papilliform stigma which is usually 
less than 1 mm in diameter. 
DINAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35183 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 
in forests along streams at low altitudes. 
A species remarkable for its numerous, small, crowded syn- 
carps and for the very unusual character of several peduncles 
terminating each branchlet. The species is further charac- 
terized by its very small drupes, and is not closely allied to any 
previously described form. 
PANDANUS MULTIBRACTEATUS sp. nov. § Acrostigma. 
_ Arbor, circiter 4 m alta, ramulis circiter 3.5 cm diametro; 
foliis rigidis, coriaceis, anguste acuminatis, 1.5 ad 2 m longis, 
3 ad 3.5 em latis; infructescentiis lateralibus, spicatis, pedunculo 
usque ad 10 em longo, bracteis numerosis spiraliter dispositis, 
oblongis, 2 ad 3 cm longis, obtecto; syncarpiis 8 ad 10, confertis, 
ovoideis, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm longis, drupis numerosis, usque ad 3 mm 
diametro, confertis, stylis tenuibus, rigidis, integris vel obscure 
dentatis, circiter 5 mm longis. 
A small tree, about 4 m high, the ultimate branches about 3.5 
em in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, 1.5 to 2 m long, 3 
to 3.5 em wide, the margins armed with short, sharp, rather 
closely arranged teeth, gradually narrowed upward to the 
slenderly acuminate apex. Infructescences lateral, from the 
branches below the leaves, the peduncles up to 10 cm in length, 
