Pandanv^.] cxLviii. paxdaxe.« (wright). 1P>1 



stigmas 1-5 surrounding or seatel in a depressed central areola. — 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 482, t. 34, figs. 1-6 ; Warb. in Engl. Pilanzenr. 

 Pandan. Gl. 



zrile Iiand. British East Africa : Kisululin, on the Kabai Hills, neur Mom- 

 basa, Taylor ! 



Native name, Mtsapu. 



9. P. heudelotianus, Balf. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 49. 

 Drupe 1— o-celled, 2| in. long, 9 lin. in diam., the upper 9 lin. rounded 

 conical and subrostrate, the lower part gradually narrowed and angular ; 

 stigmas sessile, horseshoe-shaped or triangular ; mesocarp apparently 

 slightly hollow. — Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 325, t. 347, tigs. 5-G ; 

 Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 63. Heterostiyrna heudelotianum, 

 Gaud. Yoy. Bonite, Bot. Atlas, t. 25, figs. 15-31 ; Walp. Ann. i. 755 ; Ad. 

 Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 6, i. 291 ; Solms-Laub. in Linnsea, xlii. GG. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Hendelot. 



10. P. Welwitschii, RendU in Journ. Bot. 1894, 324, t. 347, 

 figs. 1-4. An erect tree, 10-20 ft. high. Stem 1 ft. in diam. at the 

 base Branches few, short, ascending. Leaves in terminal crowns, 

 long linear, 3 J ft. long, 14 lin. wide at the middle, near the base 

 abruptly contracted, gradually narrowed upwards, with large sharp 

 upcurved spines on the margins, and similar decurved ones on the mid- 

 rib. Syncarps ovate-elliptic, yellowish when ripe, 6 in. long, 3 in. in 

 diam. Drupes 12-14 lin. long, 5-7 lin. in diam. when dry, cuneiform, 

 rounded above, narrowed below, upper IJ lin. free, shortly pyramidal, 

 with a blunt central umbo, 1-2-celled ; endocarp in the centre of the 

 drupe, thick, deep red ; mesocarp spongy above, fibrous below. — 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 84 ; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. G'.). 

 P. Candelabrum'^ Hook. Niger Fl. 527 ; Welw. Apont. 586. 



ItO-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, banks of the River Cuanza, near 

 Candumba and Ilba Calemba, Wehvitsch, 5770 ! and fruit, 1015 ! 



11. P. livingstonianuSy Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, ?y'lG. Upper 

 leaves with upwardly curved teeth on the margins only, the lower one> 

 on the midrib also. Syncarps ovate, 5 in. long, 3 in. in diam. Drupes 

 5-angled, flat and 6-7 lin. across at the top, with a central subobtuse 

 umbo. — Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 66. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta : mouth of the 

 Luabo River, Kirk 1 



This may be (as suggested by Dr. Rendle, I.e.) the species referred to by Living- 

 stone (The Zambesi and its Tributaries, 19), which from the plate appears to be a 

 tree 40-50 ft. high supported for a height of 8-9 ft. by forking roots. 



12. P. Petersii, Warh. in Engl, Pflanzenr. Pandan. G(j, flg. 17 

 J-L. A pyramidal tree, 13-26 ft. high. Stem branched, about 8 in. 

 in diam. ; branches armed with short acute spines. Leaves about 20 in. 

 long, 9 lin. broad, armed on the margins and midrib. Synciirps solitary, 

 elliptical. Drupes 1-2-celled, oblnnceolate, 14 lin. long, 5-7 lin. in 



