126 REVISION OF INDIAN SCEEWFINES AND THEIB ALLIES. 
ricato-erecti, arborei, cms human, crassi, canescentes, cicatrical, apice 
furcato-diviso samius radicosi, basin versus radicibus aereis creberrimis 
brach. iuterdum crassis tuberculatis sustenti. Folia substricla v. 
rarius in speciminibns adultioribus flaccidula, coriacea, fere albido- 
glauca v. glauca, spiraliter trifaria, lineari-lanceolata, 3-4f (juvenilia 
8-10) ped. longa, 3-3$ poll, lata, acuminatissima, marginibus an- 
trorse costaque subtus antrorse retrorseque borride spinosa ; spins rec- 
tiuscnla nunc 3-4, nunc l£-2 lin. tantum longa) et apicibus purpuras- 
centes. Spadix masc. odoratissimus, pendulus, raceniosus, spatliatus ; 
spathm sursum sensim minores, eymbiformi-lanceolatse, acute carinats, 
cuspidatse, striata), marginibus carioaque spinulose eiliatse. Stamina 
plurima (10-15) in stipitem coramnnem racemose connata ; anthers 
fihi mentis panllo longiores, apice aristato- v. uncinato-mucronata, rintt 
longitudinali dehiscentes. Syncarpia solitaria, infantis capitis magni- 
tudine v. majora, globosa v. oblonga, pnlcberrime crocea v. vindin, 
dein fuscescentia. Drupse 8-20-iue connate, 2-3- pollicares, fibroso- 
lignosae, carnescentes, nitentes, apice tessellato-concretae, concavius- 
cula? ; stigmata trigono-reniformia, minora. 
Nom. Veen. Pandan Laut, Mai; Kea, Bent/.; Sataplm, Birm. ; 
Ledelet, And. 
Some varieties of this species resemble so much P. h*vi* that only 
the armed leaves distinguish them. P. littoralis, Jungh., is very 
marked by the fearful spines and whitish aspect, but otherwise does 
not differ. I have since seen many specimens which are quite inter- 
mediate, and I suspect even that it is only a younger state of growtn 
As in the case of P '. furcatus, we meet here with plants which con- 
stantly bear green fruits, becoming afterwards brown, and otheis 
which become bright orange-coloured. An objection made by Professor 
Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 157, with reference to the size of tlie 
fruits, is not well founded, as is more plainly shown by the Putci 
text. 
14. P. lam, Humph. Herb. Amb. iv. 148 ; Kunth, Enum. PI- ■* 
100; Hassk. Cat. Beg. 60; ejnsd. PI. Oav. Bar. 163. Arboreus, 
20-25-pedalis v. prostatas ; folia inermia, subflaccida, albido-ghW*' 
acuminatissima ; spathas laves, odorate ; stamina racemose connate , 
svnearpia ignota.— P. mogekatua, Humph. Herb. Amb. iv. » 
Voigt. Cat. Hort. Calc. 682 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 165. P- ***** 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 741; Kunth, Enum. PI. iii. 100; Ib'iuw. ID 
