FLORA VITIENSIS. 281 . 
Ehrenb. in Hort. Berol. 1834. . 7. angustata, Bory, mss. T. Javanica, Schnitzl. in Zoll. Cat. 
77. T. Shuttleworthii, Koch et Sond. in Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2. p. 785; Pl. Preuss. vol. ii. 
p. 3. T. Brownei, Kunth, Enum. Pl. vol. ii. p. 92. T. latifolia, Forst. Prodr. n. 336; non Linn. 
—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * De ni ruve.”—In swamps, Island of Kadavu (Seemann! n. 646). 
Also found in Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Australia, and nearly all other parts of the world. 
II. Pandanus, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 64; Endl. Gen. n. 1711. Flores dioici. Fl. g: Spadix 
compositus, thyrsoideus. Stamina oc, conferta; filamenta filiformia ; antherz 2-loculares. FI. 9 : 
Spadix simplex. Ovaria oo, dense conferta, libera v. in phalanges connata, 1-locularia. Ovulum 1, 
e placentz parietalis basi adscendens, anatropum. Stigmata sessilia, distincta. Drupze fibrosz, in 
phalanges connate, putamine osseo, l-loculares. Semen 1, e basi placent; parietalis erectum, testa 
membranacea; raphe filiformi, obsoleta. Embryo in basi albuminis dense carnosi minimus, ortho- 
tropus, extremitate radiculari umbilicum attingente infera.— Plante acaules v. caudice arboreo stricto, . 
sepius stolonifero; foliis phyllodineis, 3-fariam imbricatis, elongato-lineari-lanceolatis, amplexi- 
caulibus, margine ssepius spinosis; spathis confertis, szepe coloratis, ex axilla spadices exserentibus.— 
R. Br. Prodr. 341; Jacq. Fragm. t. 14. f. 2; Roxb. Corom. t. 94-96; Mirbel in Ann. Mus. vol. 
xvi. t. 17 ; Schott, Melet. p. 15. Arthrodacíylis, Forst. Char. Gen. n. 57.  Keura, Forsk. ZEgypt. 
p. 172. 
1. P. caricosus, Rumph. Herb. Amb. vol. iv. p. 154; Kurz in Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1867, 
p. 100; humilis, ceespitosus v. caulescens ; folia subflaccida, sursum subplana, marginibus costaque 
subtus a medio spinulosa, saturate v. lutescente viridia; syncarpia echinata, solitaria, cernua, ovalia 
v. subglobosa, pugni magnitudine, brunnei v. fusco-brunnei; drups sicez, granuloso-scabre.— 
Spreng. Syst. vol. iii. p. 897; Kunth, Enum. vol. iii. p. 98; Hassk. Cat. Bog. p. 60? ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. vol. iii. p. 168. P. atrocarpus, Griff. Notul. Monocot. p. 160.—Nomina vernac. Vitiensia, 
* Kiekie” et “ Voivoi."—In swampy forests, Viti Levu and Ovalau (Seemann! n. 650). Also 
found in the Indian Archipelago and the Moluccas. 
The Voivoi or Kiekie is an almost stemless species, with leaves ten to twelve feet long, which delights 
in swampy parts of the forests, and is occasionally cultivated. Fans, baskets, and the finest mats—even. 
those on which newly-born babes, naked as they are for more than a twelvemonth, are carried—are made 
of its bleached leaves. Occasionally neat patterns are worked in, by introducing portions of the material 
dyed black, whilst the borders of highly-finished mats are tastefully ornamented with the bright red feathers 
of the Kula,—a parroquet (Coriphilus solitarius, Latham), not found in the groups eastward of Fiji, and 
therefore highly esteemed by the inhabitants of those islands. The bleached leaves are also employed for 
decorating the body, being tied by the men over their head-dress (sala), around their breast, upper part 
of the arms, wrists, and above the calves. The custom is not restricted to any particular class of natives, 
but freely practised by all, serfs, commoners, and chiefs, when they go to war, or wish to look smart. 
2. P. verus, Rumph. Herb. Amb. vol. iv. p. 139, t. 74 (mala) ; Kurz, l. c. p. 125; arboreus v 
divaricato-decumbens, ramosus, 15-20-pedalis; folia marginibus costaque subtus spinis albidis rectis 
horride armata, strictiuscula, acuminatissima, albido-glauca v. glauca; spathe marginibus carinaque 
spinulose ; stamina racemosa, connata; syncarpia hominis capitis magnitudine v. majora, solitaria, 
dein aurantiaca; drupe per 8 v. oo, in phalanges apice tessellato-convexiusculas connate ; stigmata 
oblique trigona, parvula.— Kaida Taddi, Rheede, Malab. vol. ii. f. 6. Keura odorifera, Forsk. Reg. 
Arab. p. 172.  Arthrodactylis spinosa, Forst. Gen, n. 75. Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. f. Suppl. 
p. 424; Roxb. Pl. Corom. vol. i. p. 65. t. 94-96; ejusd. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 738; Kunth, Enum. PI. 
vol. iii. p. 94; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. iii. p. 156; Griff. Notul. Monocot. p. 159. t. 174. P. spiralis, 
Blanco, Fl. de Fil. p. 777; R. Br. Prodr. p. 941? ; Kunth, Enum. vol. iii. p. 100?. P. Blancoi, 
