Pandaiius.] cxlviii. paxdane.e (vvright). 129 



1. P. Heddei, Warb. in Enyl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 40. Drupe 19 

 lin. long, 14 lin. in diam., deeply sulcate at the apex ; stigmas irregu- 

 larly lobed, 2-2^ lin. in diam.; endocarp bony, about 4 lin. long; 

 upper part of mesocarp consisting of white spongy pith. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: on the sea-coast at Dar-es-Salaam, 

 Hedde, 31. 



2. P. Kirkii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 326. Syncarps simihir 

 to those of P. Candelcdyrum, Beauv. Drupes 7-9-celled, 2\-l\i in. long, 

 IJ-lJ in. wide at their greatest diameter, obovate-cuneiform, upper 

 portion convex and polished, bearing 7-9 slightly elevated subangular 

 divisions, terminating in a short blunt umbo, lower portion narrow and 

 fibrous ; endocarp solid, mahogany-coloured ; mesocarp densely fibrous 

 above. — Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 40. 



nXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Mainland, opposite Zanzibar, Kirk I 

 Native nnnie. Rope. A male inflorescence labelled " Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk," may 

 belong to this species. It can be described thus : — Bracts ovate, acuminate, very 

 finely denticulate. Stamens spicate on a thick pedicel ; connective produced above 

 into an arista. 



3. P. platycarpus, Warh. in Engl. Pjianzenr. Pandan. ;")(>. Drupes 

 8-9-celled, obpyramidal, 2^ in. long, 1^-2 in. in diam., about 0-angled, 

 almost flat, and marked with corky channels at the ap3x, furrows 

 dividing the cells obscure ; stigmas subascending, rarely sessile, reni- 

 form, 1 lin. in diam., more or less deeply bilobed. 



IVIozamb. 391st. Zanzibar, Krause. 



4. P. thoxnensiSy Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 200, ^. E. A 

 branched tree 20-50 ft. high. Leaves somewhat sheathing at the base, 

 5J ft. long, ?>\ in. wide at the middle, acute, the whole of the margin 

 and the back of the midrib (except in its lowest quarter) thickly armed 

 with rather slender decurved cartilaginous spines. Male inflorescence 

 a terminal leafy spicate panicle ; spatbes gradually increasing in size 

 upwards, keeled, very sparingly spiny on the midrib, rather shorter 

 than the spadix-branches ; rhachis fleshy, compressed. Stamens irregu- 

 larly umbellate ; filaments rather thick, conical, more or less connate ; 

 anthers \\ lin. long, shortly apiculate. Female inflorescence solitary, 

 terminal, "at first erect; spathes somewhat sheathing, gradually 

 becoming smaller upwards, keeled, armed on the whole margin and 

 from the centre of the midrib with slender more or less recurved teeth ; 

 spadix ovate, 2 in. long, 1|^ in. thick ; rhachis fleshy. Syncarps ovate, 

 3 J in. long, nearly in. in diam., pendulous on a long peduncle. 

 Drupes obconic, rather convex above, 10-14-celled, sulcate and tuber- 

 culate above, 3 in. long, 1 J-2J in. in diam. ; stigmas sessile, rather 

 thick, irregularly radiating; endocarp placed at the centre of the 

 drupe ; mesocarp spongy and fibrous above. — Rendle in Journ. Bot. 

 1894, 325 ; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 50. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Island of St. Thomas: lower refrion up to 1600 ft.. MoUer. 

 Rolas Island, Quintas. 



Native name, Pdo esteira. Fruit produced in December. 



