148 CXXXIV. PANDANE. 
Stems arborescent or shrubby, the branches oe in 
a triple spire * ine leaves. Ovules solitary . 1. PANDANUS. 
Stems climbing, ranches leafy. Ovules numerous 
Superposed in 2 hve on 2 or 3 parietal placentas . . 2. FREYCINETIA 
1. PANDANUS, Linn. 
Male flowers in dense spikes, sessile or pedunculate in the axils of 
leafy or coloured bracts, forming a terminal peas spike. Stamens 
either Separate or more or less united in clusters. Female owers : 
or cone-like head, often separable into clusters.—Stem woody, us 
arborescent and branching. Leave s, long, coriaceous, spreading, prickly 
on me edges and often on the midrib, generally closely inserted towards 
series 
The genus is widely spread over the tropical regions of the X Mee din 
near the sea, Ofthe four or five Australian species ar is comm a great part 
of the range of the ise, the others appear to be all endemic 
Secr. I, Keura. nents connate in clusters. stignas peltate or reniform, — 
on the fla Seen or broadly conical apex of the ovaries. Drupes connate in clusters 
rarely Separat 
Filaments aha column longer than the free 
connate in clusters, m flat on the apex. 
e spikes dabile . P. odoratissimis. 
Drupes all bo. Other characters of P. ahna. 2, P. aquaticus. 
Drupes connate in clusters, each with a conical € 
Male spikes pedunculate 3. P. pedunculatus. 
Filaments very shortly at the base. Drupes con- 
in clusters, ee HO avery Convex apex. . 4. P. Forsteri. 
. Acrostigma. ts free. Stigmas raised on E acute or acuminalt 
Eis rof ^s. ovary or style, Drape fre or tip connate at the rg 
Single A Species Chic E AC ie monticola. 
Kev dis SUPE NIME connate in clusters. Stigmss 
eng m ovem, sessile on the flat convex or broadly conical ape 
es. Drupes ane in clust ly separate, the 
ye seg Aea i in ier b clusters or rarely sep 
P. odo tissimus, Zi n. f. Suppl. 424.— Stems “ from a creeping 
base arborescent, branched, 15 3 ft. high. " Leaves 3 to 5 ft. long or o? 
risus luxuriant individuals twice as long, 2 io 3 in. broad, acuminate: 
rdered by small prickles turned upwards. Male inflorescence ter- 
recurved, often above 1 ft, long, MR about 6 to 20 dense 
upper leayes, ta E mt 4 lon 
t, the up 
gradually smaller w args é ; : : 
than th i ale wi the mar. Sorter points and whiter, but all much lo 
filaments united 1 
free m at the iu with ü 
to 20 er in a column often i in. long, shortly 
ra anthers 1 to 2 lines. Drup | 
