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this genus, which he called Palmce affinis arbor conifera Masca- 

 tensis, longissimo folio, tribus ordinibus spinarum munito, at first 

 {Aim. 277.) considered it as the same with the Kaida, and with 

 the plant of Ray already mentioned ; but on further considera- 

 tion {Mant. 145.) he questions if his plant be not rather the 

 Kaida Taddi, next to be described. As the fruits of the two 

 plants cannot be mistaken, and are the only parts, except the male 

 flowers, likely to be preserved in a dry specimen, we may I think 

 infer that he was at first mistaken, and that his plant was not 

 the Kaida : yet still afterwards {Amalth. 13.), when he acknow- 

 ledged his error in classing it with the Palma, he adopts the 

 name of J. Bauhin, already mentioned as probably belonging to 

 the Kaida. 



Rumphius, who described at least twelve species of this genus, 

 in describing the Pandanus verus, says (Herb. Amb. iv. 241.), 

 " In Horto Malabarico quatuor hujus plantae exhibentur species, 

 nulla autem omnino convenit cum Pandano nostro, excepta 

 prima species, seu vera Kaida, quae Pandano nostro vero acce- 

 dit, Malabarensis vero folia multo sunt longiora." And again he 

 says (p. 141.), "Acosta folia florem cingentia scribat nimis lutea, 

 fructus eleganter rubros et raelonum magnitudinem habentes, 

 atque quod ex cunctis vulneratis ramis et trunco copiosus ex- 

 stillet liquor, quae omnia forte in Malabarensi et Indostano Pan- 

 dano vera sunt, in Amboinensi autem et Moluccensi non ob- 

 tinet, neutiquam tamen pro diversis habeantur plantis. Panda- 

 nus enim fere in omni variat insula." Finally, he further says, 

 " In Amboina Pandanus verus non multum obcurrit; quique ibi 

 reperitur debilem fundit odorera, neque flores tarn bonae notae 

 ac durabiles sunt quam in aliis locis.'' From these circum- 

 stances, as this is not a cultivated plant liable as such to many 

 variations, I would draw a conclusion different from that of 

 Rumphius, and conclude, that although under the name Panda- 

 nus 



