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angustatis, acuminatis; infructescentiis plerumque 3, peduncula- 

 tis, syncarpiis circiter 10, spicatim dispositis, oblongo-ovoideis 

 ad anguste oblongis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, confertis, pedunculo usque 

 ad 10 cm longo; drupis minutis, confertis, oblongis, 1-locellatis, 

 5 ad 6 mm longis, usque ad 2 mm diametro, apice rotundatis 

 vel conicis, stigma plerumque rotundata et circiter 1 mm dia- 

 metro. 



A small shrub, the ultimate branches about 3 cm in diameter. 

 Leaves up to 1.75 m long, about 6.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, the 

 margins armed with small teeth, the midrib beneath in the upper 

 part with small scattered teeth, more or less narrowed above to 

 the acuminate apex. Syncarps about 10, spicately arranged on 

 each peduncle, oblong-ovoid to naxrowly oblong, 2 to 4 cm long, 

 1.5 to 2 cm wide, crowded toward the upper tips of the peduncles, 

 usually 3 or more infructescences terminating each branchlet, 

 the peduncles up to 10 cm long and 5 to 7 mm in diameter. 

 Drupes very numerous, crowded, oblong or somewhat narrowed 

 below, 1-celled, 5 to 6 mm long, 2 mm in diameter or less, their 

 apices somewhat rounded or conical, terminated by the flattened 

 and rounded or sometimes papilliform stigma which is usually 

 less than 1 mm in diameter. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 351S3 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 

 in forests along streams at low altitudes. 



A species remarkable for its numerous, small, crowded syn- 

 carps and for the very unusual character of several peduncles 

 terminating each branchlet. The species is further charac- 

 terized by its very small drupes, and is not closely allied to any 

 previously described form. 



PANDANUS MULTIBRACTEATUS sp. nov. § Acrostigma. 



Arbor, circiter 4 m alta, ramulis circiter 3.5 cm diametro; 

 foliis rigidis, coriaceis, anguste acuminatis, 1.5 ad 2 m longis, 

 3 ad 3.5 cm latis ; infructescentiis lateralibus, spicatis, pedunculo 

 usque ad 10 cm longo, bracteis numerosis spiraliter dispositis, 

 oblongis, 2 ad 3 cm longis, obtecto ; syncarpiis 8 ad 10, confertis, 

 ovoideis, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm longis, drupis numerosis, usque ad 3 mm 

 diametro, confertis, stylis tenuibus, rigidis, integris vel obscure 

 dentatis, circiter 5 mm longis. 



A small tree, about 4 m high, the ultimate branches about 3.5 

 cm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, 1.5 to 2 m long, 3 

 to 3.5 cm wide, the margins armed with short, sharp, rather 

 closely arranged teeth, gradually narrowed upward to the 

 slenderly acuminate apex. Infructescences lateral, from the 

 branches below the leaves, the peduncles up to 10 cm in length. 



