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50) ped. alto eras human, crasso basi tantura radicibus aereis crassis sus- 
tenta et habitum P. dubii valde aemulans, nunc divaricato-adscendens, 
liumilior, caudicibus furcato-divisis, radices aereas crassas crebras 
emittentibus. Folia spiraliter trifaria, crasse coriacea, flaccida, 15-20 
ped. longa, 4 poll, lata, acuminatissiraa, obscure viridia, subtus glau- 
cescentia, lateribus rectangulariter devia, marginibus costf.que subtus 
crassmscula spinosa; spinse usque 2 lin. longae, complanatae, curvatre, 
apicem versus rectissimae, virescentes, dein fuscescentes. Spath* lato- 
lanceolatse, crasse coriacese, acuminatissimae, marginibus cariaftqi* 
spinoso-ciliatse, inodorae. Stamina 8-14, palmato- v. fasciculatim 
connata ; antherae aristatae. Syncarpia solilaria, \\ ped. longa, \ ped. 
crassa, v. racemosa, £-J ped. longa, £ ped. crassa, elliptico-oblonga v. 
oblonga, carnescentia rubra v. testacea. Drupa obconicfe 5-G-gonae, 
apice convexae v. subplanae; stigmata cornea, spinescente 2-3-furcata, 
rarius simplicia, fusca, nitentia. 
It is remarkable that individuals which produce simple fruits con- 
stantly do so, and racemose fruits are also always borne on the same 
plants. 
6. P. labyrinthiens, Kurz in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 53. 
■ Alte fruticosus, 15-25-pedalis ; caudices crebri, divaricato-ramosi, 
undique radices rectissimas inter se valde intricatas demittentes; folia 
anguste linearia, poll, lata, marginibus costaque subtus dense curvato- 
spinulosa, saturate viridia, lucida, subtus glauco-viridia ; syncarpia 
racemosa, pendula, ovi anserini magnitudine, oblonga, carnescentia 
aurantiaca ; drupae apice convexae, obconicae, nitentes ; stigmata pie 
nimque falcata. 
AiAB. Along the coasts of western Sumatra, near Siboga and Baros, 
Tdjmami!; Tikoe, Teijsmann, H. B. n. 2121 / 
7. P. niddifs, Kurz. Fruticosus, 6-8-pedalis ; caudices crebrae 
radicibus aeieis quam caudices ipsa* crassioribus sustentae; folia an- 
guste liiiearia, |~f poll, lata, marginibus costaque subtus remote recto- 
pmulosa, nitentia, saturate viridia; syncarpia solitaria, erecta, ob- 
n ga> casuarii ovi magnitudine, carnescentia, pulchre aurantiaca; 
r "pas apice convexse, obconicae, nitentes ; stigmata simplicia v. fur- 
JJta, saepius curvato-elongata.— Freycinetia nitida, Miq. Ind. Sein. 
Hort. Amstelod. 1853-4 ; ejusd. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 172. Pand. steno- 
Ptylus, Kurz in Miq. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 53. 
Hab. In the hill jungles of western Java, common, from 3-4000 ft. ! 
