LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. l. Manila, P. l., January 25, 1908. Art. 16. 
A CENTURY OF NEW PLANTS 
BY 
A. D. E. ELMER. 
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PANDANACEAE. 
Pandanus martellii n. sp.—Slender erect solitary tree, 
about 9 m. high; stems hard, 15 ecm. in diameter or 
frequently thicker, unbranched except near the top, cover- 
ed with smooth yellowish bark and beset with blunt 
conieal spines; prop roots few and comparatively short; 
branches also few, short, thick and rigid. Leaves closely 
erowded near the ends of the branches, arranged in spirally 
twisted rows, the younger ones ascending, the upper one half of 
the older ones drooping, 15 dm. long or those of the young 
trees longer, 5 em. wide, shining dark green on the upper 
surface, glaucous green beneath, keel of the midrib beneath 
smooth below the middle, finely scabrid above the middle 
but especially toward the apex, edges sharply serrate, ter- 
minal portion slightly attenuate and extended into a fine 
apex, leaf blade 3 cm. wide at 2 dm. below the apex. 
Synearpia clustered upon a pendulous 5 dm. long peduncle, 
3 to 7 in number, descending, 12 to 17 em. long, about 7 
em. in diameter, equally rounded at both ends, cylindric 
or frequently a trifle tbicker toward the base; receptacle 
subterete, 10 em. long, 2 cm. in diameter, odorless; drupes 
from 60 to 100, yellow when mature, smooth, without odor, 
confluent below the middle, toward the base compressed and 
linearly attached to the receptacle, 2.5 to 3 cm. long, about 
