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syncarp solitary on a peduncle 10 inches long, erect, slightly flexuous. 

 Bracts leaf-like, lanceolate acuminate. Syncarp (young) oblong 2 inches 

 long. 1 inch through. Drupes with a rounded top. Style setiform, 

 yellow, rather long, acute. Stigma upwards. 



Muar : Bukit Wilgu, Sungei Pauh (W. Fox) 11326. Endemic. 



11. P. MILITARIS, Balf. fil. Journ. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1879) 53. 

 A bushy pandan about 5 feet tall. Leaves narrow, linear acuminate 

 to a long point, 2 feet long, i inch wide, dark green edged the whole 

 length with pale red tipped thorns. M^ale flowers not seen. Female 

 syncarp solitary on a curved peduncle 4 inches long. Syncarp cylindric 

 green 3 inches long, 2 through in fruit, f in flower. Drupes i inch long, 

 base narrow cylindric, dilated above oblong rounded at the top with a 

 short dagger-like style broad based. Warburg Pflanzenr. IV. 79. 

 Fisquetia militaris, Gaud. Voy. Bonite. 1843, t. 5, fig. 2-7. 



Singapore : Bukit Mandai (Eidley, 5859), (3941, 6675) ; Pahang : 

 Ulu Kwantan (Craddock). Native name "Pandan." Endemic. I 

 have found plants with several small syncarps instead of one large one. 



12. P. PARVUS, Eidl. Journ. As. Soc. S. Br. 1900, Vol. 33, p. 171. 

 Stem 3 feet tall or less, 2 an inch in circumference erect grey, emitting 

 slender roots from all parts, branching little above. Leaves a foot long, 

 3 inches wide, abruptly caudate, the point 2 inches long very slender, 

 dull green above, glaucous beneath, rather thin in texture, spines very 

 small numerous on the keel at the apex and edges rather thin in texture. 

 Male inflorescence 6 inches long white. Bracts oblong boat-shaped 

 keeled mucronate, lowest 4 inches long, mucro an inch long in the two 

 lower bracts which are empty, upper bracts smaller. Flowering bracts 

 7 softer ivory white spinulose ovate to ovate lanceolate, terminal one 

 flat lanceolate 2 inch long. Spikes 5 shorter than the bracts (except 

 the terminal one). Stamens free very slender i inch long. Female 

 inflorescence solitary globose about 1 i inch long. Carpels conic, style 

 long brown shining i inch long. P. sp. 15 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 487. P. fiagellifer Warb. Pflanzenr. IV. 80. 



Singapore : Changi (Eidley 3938), Pulau Ubin, Kranji (Eidley 

 8928); Johor: Sungei Ban (Eidley), Sungei Tebrau, Sungei Ujong fin 

 Herb. Bot. Gard. Singapore) ; Malacca (Griffith) ; Perak : Bujong 

 Malacca (Eidley 7659). " Pandan Kura." Inhabits dry woods. 

 Common. Endemic. 



13. P. GLAUCOPHTLLUS, Eidl. Journ. Eoy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 41 

 p. 50. Stems about 10 to 12 feet tall i-l inch through. Leaves crowd- 

 ed at the top 1 to 2 feet or more long 2 inches wide, glaucous broadly 

 linear oblong, tip abruptly acuminate, edge minutely denticulate, rather 

 flaccid, midrib prominent, with very small thorns. Syncarp globose 

 2 inches long on a peduncle about 3 inches long stout. Drupes rounded 



