I 
EEVISION OF THE INDIAN SCREWPINES AND 
THEIR ALLIES. 
By S. Kurz, Esq. 
(Plates LXIV. and LXV.) 
(Concluded from page 106.) 
13. P. verus, Humph. Herb. Amb. iv. 139. t. 74 {mala). Arboreus 
v. divaricato-decumbeiis, rainosus, 15-20-pedalis ; folia marginibus 
costaque subtus spinis albidis rectis horride armata, strictiuscula, acu- 
mmatissima, albido-glauca v. glauca; spathae marginibus carinaque 
spmulosse ; stamina racemose connata ; syncarpia hominis caput magna 
v. majora, solitaria, dein aurarttiaca ; drupae per 8 v. plures in pha- 
langes apice tessellato-convexiusculas connatse ; stigmata oblique tri- 
gona, parvula.— Kaida Taddi, Rheede, Malab. ii. f. 6. Keura odori- 
fera, Forst. Reg. Arab. 172. Arthrodactylis spinosa, Forst. Gen. 
ii- 75. Pand. odoralissimus, Linn. fil. Suppl. 424; Roxb. PL Coroni. 
i. 65. t. 94-96 ; ejusd. Fl. Ind. iii. 738 ; Kunth, Enum. PI. iii. 94; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 156 ; Griff. Notul. Mouocot. 159. t. 174. P. 
spiralis, Blanco, Fl. d. Fil. 777 ; R. Br. Prodr. 341 ?; Kunth, Enum. 
iii. 100? P. Blancoi, Kunth, Enum. iii. 583. P. fa Ocularis, 
Lamk. Encycl. i. 372 ; Wflld. Sp. PI. iv. 646 ; Kunth, Enum. PI. 
in. 98. P. littoralis, Jungh. Topogr. Natunv. Reise d. Java, 61; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 158. P. Uucanthns, Hassk. Fl. (Bot. Ztg.) 1842 ; 
Reibl. ii. 14. Hasskarlia leucacaullw, Walp. Ann. i. 753. Pand. 
MUlori, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 739; Hort. Beng. 71; ejusd. Icon. ined. 
xv. t. 4. 
Var. aAitto rails ; foliis albido-glaucis, strictis, horride spinosis, 
spinis usque 5 liu. longis. 
Var. ft. flaccida ; foliis minus albido-glaucis, flacciusculis, spinis 
dimidio brevioribus ermatis. 
Hab. Common along the shores all over the Indian Archipelago !, 
Malacca !, Birma !, Bengal ! and Malabar, extending into N.W. India, 
but here most likely only cultivated ; Assam, indigenous in the plains 
and hills of Gowhatty, Simons.'; Hort. Bot. Calcutt. ; Wallich, Cat. 
8589 ! ; Ceylon, Thw. C. P., 3739. 
Distr. N.W. Australia ? ; Ins. Maris Pacif. ; Hongkong. 
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