June 26, 1911] Some PHILIPPINE PANDANACEAE ; 1119 
separatis. Stigmata parva, acute prominentia. Endocarpuim 
osseum ambitu subrotundatum; mesocarpium medulloso-fibrosum. 
Habitat:—Along the coast in sandy soil. Todaya (Mt. 
Apo), District of Davao, Island of Mindanao, October, 1909. 
Elmer Philip..pl. n. 11979? (Herb. Martelli). 
Pandanus tectorius Sol. var. B. 
Caespitosus, caudicibus reclinatis, ramosis, 8-13 cent. cras- — 
sis, laevibus, griseo-lutescentibus, crebre lenticellosis; ramulis 
suberectis, 5-8 cent. crassis. Folia coriacea, metralia, ascen- 
dentia et in earum superiore parte deflexa, fere 5 cent. lata, 
basin versus profunde canaliculata et in ima basi breviter 
abrupteque paullo expansa, in dimidia superiore parte usque 
ad apicem sensim attenuata et in flagellum longiusculum de- 
sinentia, subtus glauca et longitudinaliter crebreque minutis- 
sime venosa, marginibus inferme remotiuscule attamen valide 
dentatis, dentibus albidis elongatis, acicularibus, rectis, paten- 
tibus, in dimidia inferiore foliorum parte brevibus et adpres- 
sis; costa media acute prominente, spinis brevibus, aciculari- 
bus munita, spinis basilaribus, crassioribus, subaduncis. Syn- 
carpium solitarium terminale, ellipsoideum, 18 cent. longum, 
13 cent. diam. viride, spatbis plus-minusve numerosis indu- 
tum; pedunculo fere 30 cent. longo, trigono suffaltum. Pha- 
langes numerosae, obpyramidatae, 2.5-3 cent. latae, basi acutae, 
ambitu acute penta-exagonae; loculis 7-10, subaequalibus, par- 
vis, superne depresse pyramidatis, a sulcis profundis separatis. 
Stigmata hipocrepiformia, parva, suberecta. 
Habitat:—In brackish swamps along the coast at or near 
Daron. Todaya (Mt. Apo), Distriet of Davao, Island of Min- 
danao, October, 1909. Elmer Philip. pl. n. 11979. (Herb. 
Martelli). 
Stems reclining and branched, forming tangled masses, 
3 to 5 inches thick, smooth, yellowish gray, obscurely ring- 
ed except below the foliage, covered with blunt lenticels; 
branchlets suberect, 2 to 3 inches thick below the foliage; 
leaves ascending, recurved above the middle or the slender 
tips descending, deeply grooved on the upper side toward the 
base, beneath glaucous green, the sharp spines whitish; fruit 
solitary, ellipsoid, 9 inches long at least, 6 inches across, 
