1132 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IH, Arr. 60 
rachis, 3 to 6 inches long, subparallel to the rachis, more 
or less flattened on the ventral side, rounded on the dorsal, 
sessile, the apical ones triangular and not reduced, 1.5 to 2 
inches across; drupes turning yellow to dull yellow, with 
rather sharp recurved yellowish brown tips. (Elmer ms.) 
Sectio; Acrostigma 
Pandanus copelandi Merr. in Gov’t. Lab. Publ. n. XVII, 7. 
Habitat:—In rich moist soil of a densely wooded slope 
on the Talon side of the mountain range at 1000 m. (8000 
feet). Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Min- 
danao, October, 1909. Elmer Philip. pl. n. 11901. (Herb. 
Martelli). 
Clustered but occasionally solitary; stem 8 to 5 inches 
thick, ringed and with blunt spines, otherwise smooth and 
yellowish; aerial roots short; branches few and relatively short; 
stem about 12 feet high or higher; leaves copious, ascending, 
reduced above the middle, rigid, 2 inches wide, deeply grooved. 
on the upper side, midvein beneath smooth, edges sbarply 
serrate especially toward the base, slightly paler green and 
duller beueath; peduncle arising from the uppermost leaf 
axils, 3 feet long, ascending, triangular, bracteate especially 
toward the distal end, green, hard, 1 inch thick; syncarpia 
3 to 5 clustered at the apex, ascending, 4 to 7 inches long, 
2 to 3 inches across, pale yellowish but soon turning red, 
(Elmer ms.) 
Indigenous name ''Barieu." 
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