132 cxLviii. PANDANE.E (wright). [Pandayius, 



diam,, angular and cuneate (but scarcely rostrate) at the base ; free 

 apex 1^ lin. long, convex, pyramidal, scarcely costate or umbonate ; 

 stigma terminal, reniform, |-1 lin. in diam. ; endocarp bony, o|-4 lin. 

 long ; upper o lin. of mesocarp somewhat hollow and fibrous. — Frey- 

 cinetia sp., Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 510, in obs. 



XVEozarab' X>ist3 Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique ; on the banks of 

 Lucuaro and Muiianche Kivers, Peters. 



];->. P. kamerunensis, Warh. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 66. A 

 branched tree. Leaves thick, glaucous beneath, narrowly acuminate 

 for about lin., 19-28 lin. wide, with distant sharp spines on the 

 margins and midrib ; spines on the lower part of the midrib pointing 

 downwards. Male inflorescence a compound spike ; spikes cylindrical, 

 white, 6-1 ;^| in. long, 7-1(1 lin. in diam., densely many-flowered; 

 peduncle 5-10 lin. long, 1-J-2J lin. in diam. Stamens 6-10, subum- 

 bellate at the apex of a narrow column 2^-6 lin. long ; filaments 

 filiform, 2-f>|- lin. long ; anthers |-f lin. long, linear, acute. Female 

 inflorescence terminal, compound; peduncle 11)|^ in. long. Syncarps 6, 

 sessile, ovate-globose, '^-4J in. long, 2f-4 in. in diam., slightly trigonous, 

 scarcely surrounded by the spathes. Drupes 150-^00 in each syncarp, 

 1-2-ceiied, connate high up, 14 lin. long, ^-'C) lin. in diam., free part 

 pyramidal, 5-6 lin. long, tuberculate, acutely angled, subacute, with 

 minutely spiny ribs at the apex ; stigmas terminal, reniform, sessile, 

 I lin. in diam. ; endocarp bony, situated below the centre of the drupe, 

 5 lin. long ; mesocarp fibrous in the upper part, nearly 10 lin. long. 



Upper G-uinea. Cameroons, Schran. 



Xative name, Mupnpti. Warburg suggests that J/a?i?i, 1861,coliected at Auibas 

 Bay, may belong to tliis species (see Solms-Laub. in Linnaea, xlii. 28, and Rendle 

 in Journ. JJot. 1894, 322) ; also a inale spike from the River Liuabe in the Cameroons, 

 Deistel, 108. 



14. P. Candelabram, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. ?>1 , it. 21-22. A 

 branched tree. Stem erect, supported in the lower part by aerial 

 roots ; lower branches horizontal, upper erect. Leaves glaucous, wide, 

 acuminate, with sharp spines on the midrib and margins. Male 

 spadices obiong-cylindric, white, fragrant ; spathes longer than the 

 spadices, narrowed to an acute apex, spiny on the margins and back of 

 the midrib. Stamens about 12, subumbellate. Female spadix sub- 

 ovate. Spathes similar to those of the male, but much shorter. 

 Drupes 1- (rarely 2-3-) celled ; stigma flat, irregularly subcordate. — 

 Lam. Encycl. Suppl. i. 576 ; Spreng. Syst. iii. 898; Kunth, Enum. iii. 

 96 ; Solms-Laub. in Linnaea, xlii. 27 ; Balf. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 48 ; Gurich in Mitth. Afr. Gesell. in Deutsch. v. 51 ; Rendle in Journ. 

 Bot. 1894, 321; Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Pandan. 67. Tuckeya 

 Candelabram, Gaud. Yoy. Bonite, Bot. Atlas, t. 2%, figs. 10-20. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Banks of the River Formosa, near Agathon, 

 Beauvois. Cameroon Mountains, Mann, 2 I 



A male iiifiorescence from Ambas Bay {Mann, 780), probably belongs to this 

 species. 



