CLASS XXII 
DIOECIA MONANDRIA. 
| PANDANUS. 
Male spadix compound; spathes alternate, ensiform. 
Proper perianth none. Corol none. Anthers inserted on 
the ramification of the spadix. Female spadix strobiliform ; 
spathes in three fascicles. Perianth proper, none, Corol 
none. Germs from one to many-celled ; cells eee} at 
tachment inferior, Fruit cuspacen ? 
1. P. odoratissimus, Willd. iv. 645. 
_ Ramifications of the male spadix compound. Drupes of 
the compound fruit turbinate, each containing a ee 
ed nut. 
- Sans, Ketuka. 
Hind. Keura, 
Beng. Kea. 
- Mellore, or Nicobar bread fruit. Asiat. Res. iii. 161." 
_ Kaida, Rheed. Mal. ii. t. 1.5. baa 
___P. odoratissimus, R. Corom. pl. N. 94, 985, 96. 
 P. verus, Rumph. Amb, iv. t. 74. 
Anthrodactylis spinosa. Forst. gen, N. 75. 
Keyro, Forsk, Zgypt. 172. 
‘Mugalik is the Telinga name of the male pia and Gor: 
doogoo that of the female, Kaldera is the name they are 
known by amongst Europeans on tlie coast of Coromandel. 
It is a native of all the warmer parts of Asia, all soils and si- 
tuations seem to suit it equally well. ty aaah sk chieBy du- 
ring the rainy season, 
