132 REVISION OF INDIAN SCTtEWPINES AND THEIR ALLIES. 
Hab. Probably Bourbon; in the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, culti- 
vated. It is quoted in Masters's ' Report/ n. 981, with a query, as 
growing at Seebsaghur, in Assam, which is certainly wrong. 
Caudex humilis, 5-10-pedalis, brachio huraano erassior, dein elatus, 
15-30- (in solo nativo sec. cl. Bory. 50-60-)pedalis, cms orassus, sim- 
plex, furcato-ramosus, fusco-viridis et eleganter cicatrizatus, dein canes- 
cens, basi radicibus aereis saepe abbreviatis 1-2 poll, crassis subseria- 
tim tuberculosis sustentus. Folia crasse coriacea, confertissima, spi- 
raliter trifaria, 3-3| rarius usque 4| ped. longa, e basi sensim diktat a 
2-2 i poll, lata lanceolata, pungente acuminata, stricta, subplana, mar- 
line purpurascente costaque subtus distanter rubro-spinulosa ; spinulse 
lineam longse, rectiusculse, in sicco fuscescentes, Flares nrtsc. ignoti. 
Syncarpia solitaria, rarius basi 1-2 minoribus aucta, depresso-globosa 
v. rarius oblonga, dein cernua, nunc brevi nunc elongato-pedunculata, 
glauco-viridia, fuscescentia ; drupse lignosae, 4-8nae, in phalanges ccm- 
natse ; phalanges pyramidatae, a medio fere libera, 1$ poll, longae, 1-1 4 
poll, medio latae, compressse, apice oblique truncatulae et saepius cugi- 
tatim divisse ; stigmata sessilia, parva, peltata v. reniformia, dein lobis 
acute productis, emarcescentia. Ovula solitaria, rarissime bina, ana- 
tropa, placentae arete appressa. 
In the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, two plants of a Pandanus are 
cultivated, which differ from P. ntilis by the much larger leaves, placed 
in & perfect spiral. They came under the name of P. ntilis, from the 
Botanic Garden at Amsterdam. In general, there seems to exist some 
diversity of opinion about the true P. ntilis, which I found to be a 
very variable plant. P. lucidus, Wall., has every appearance of being 
a very distinct species, by the much smaller leaves, etc., and also by 
the fruits. On this account I consider this species only a marked va- 
riety, as there are transitions enough to justify my doing so. 
Tab. LXV.— Fig. 1. A full-grown tree in the Botanical Gardens, Java. 
Fig. 2. Vertieal section of a young drupe. Fig. 3. Transverse section ot 
the same. Fig. 4. Ovulum : 0, ovulum ; p, placenta. 
Tab. LXIV.-Fig. 3 and 4. Ripe fruits. 
9. P. drupaceus, P. Thouars, Journ. d. Bot. i. 45 ; Kunth, Enuin. 
PI. iii. 96 (qf. P. verum, Bumph.). 
Hab. lie de France. 
10. P. maritimus, P. Thomis, in Journ. d. Bot. i. 45 ; Kunth, 
Enum. PL iii. 96 (an cum P.vnipnpillato, Dennst., comparand us?). 
