130 cxLviii. PAXDANEiE (wright). [Pandanu8. 



5. P, Hahnii, Wai'b. in Enyl. PJlanzenr. Pandan. 5G. Drupe 

 6-12-celled, 2 in. long, 19-24 lin. in diam., slightly compressed, flat 

 and scarcely sulcate at the apex, shortly pyramidal below the apex, 

 scarcely narrowed to the broadly truncate base, 4-7 lin. broad at the 

 flat apex ; stigmas sessile, flat, reniform, 1 lin. long ; endocarp thick, 

 bony, in the centre of the drupe; mesocarp spongy and containing 

 fibres. 



" East African Islands ; cultivated in Martinique, Hahn." 



The indefinite locality renders it doubtful whether this is a member of the 

 Tropical African flora. 



6. P. Goetzei, Warh. in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 350. A tree, 33- 

 50 ft. high, much branched. Leaves 4 ft. long, 2j in. wide at the base, 

 gradually acuminate, armed on the margins and midrib with scattered 

 robust spines. Syncarps many, spirally arranged on the peduncle, 

 almost sessile, ovate,' 4-4| in. long, 3J-4 in. in diam. Drupes 70-90 in 

 each syncarp, 2-5-celled, 18 lin. long, 9-12 lin. in diam., scarcely com- 

 pressed, convex at the apex, slightly ribbed, narrowly pyramidal at the 

 base ; areole at the apex flat, angular, 2-3 lin. in diam. ; stigmas sessile, 

 reniform, 1 lin. or less in diam. ; endocarp bony, large, in the centre of 

 the drupe ; mesocarp woody above, scarcely spongy. — Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Pandan. 57. 



xyEozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Uhehe ; Lofio River (Lasio River, by 

 error, in the place of original publication), G-oetze, 437. 



7. P. Stuhlxnannii, Warh. in Engl. PJlanzenr. Pandan. b7,fig. 16, 

 L-M. A tree about 50 ft. high. Stem branched at the apex. Aerial 

 roots adpressed to the stem. Leaves nearly 10 ft. long, 2 J in. wide, 

 long and very slenderly acuminate, armed on the margins and midrib 

 with long thick spines. Syncarps many, spirally arranged on the 

 peduncle, almost sessile, oblong, 4^—5 in. long, 2-2 J in. in diam. 

 Drupes 80-100 in each syncarp, 2-5-celled, 1 in. long, 6-9 lin. in 

 diam., scarcely compressed, convex and ribbed at the apex, narrowed 

 to the widely pyramidal truncate base ; apical areole somewhat de- 

 pressed, angular, l|-3 lin. in diam., with prominent ribs on the margin ; 

 stigmas sessile, scarcely reniform, J lin. in diam. ; endocarp bony, in 

 the centre of the drupe ; mesocarp spongy and fibrous above. 



IVEozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Dar-es- Salaam, Stuhlmann. 



8. P. rabaiensis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 325. Leaf 5 J ft. 

 long, 2| in. broad, linear, gradually tapering upwards and produced 

 into a long narrow flagellum, glaucous, coriaceous, armed on the margins 

 and keeled midrib with ascending light-coloured spines. Male inflo- 

 rescence paniculate. Stamens spicate on the ultimate branches of the 

 panicle ; filaments terete, up to f lin. long ; anthers linear, 2 J lin. long, 

 connective prolonged and sometimes recurved at the tip. Drupes 

 solitary, 1-5- (usually 4-) celled, IJ-lJ in. long, J-1 in. in diam., 

 apical quarter or third free and rounded, obconic, 5— 6 -angled below ; 

 mesocarp fibrous, spongy above ; endocarp thick, woody, conical above ; 



