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F and anus 



jntinued. 



P. heterocarpns (variable-fruited).* I. broad, from 3ft. to 6ft., or 



even more, in length, of a dark shining green above, lighter or 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, armed at the i 

 of the midrib with short, white spines. 



very handsome and ornamental species. 

 gardens. 

 P. Home! (Horn's). A synonym of P. HmMelii. 



margins and the back 

 Philippines, 1866. A 

 SYN. P. ornatut, of 



Pandanus cont inued. 



FIG. 20. PAXDANUS ODORATISSIMUS. 



h. 20ft Tropical Asia. A slender tree. The specific name is 

 owing to the odour exhaled by the male inflorescence ; a scent, 

 much esteemed in Java, Ac., is obtained from it. SYN. P. Blancoi. 

 See Fig. 20. 



P. odoratissimns (very odorous). A garden synonym of P. vtilis. 



P. ornatos (adorned). A garden synonym of P. heterocarpus. 



FIG. 19. PANDANUS HOULLKI 



P. Houlletii (Honllet's). I from 4ft. to 5ft. long, 3in. wide, 

 carinate, spinescent on the margin and keel, contracted rather 

 suddenly at the summit into a triangular, cuspidate point, 6in. 

 to 8in. long, and of a greenish-red above and deep coppery 

 beneath. Singapore, 1868. An elegant species. SYN. P. Hornei. 

 See Fig. 19. (EL H. 1868, 210.) 



P. javanicns variegatns (Javanese variegated). A synonym 

 of P. Candelabrum variegatug. 



P. Lais (Lais). A synonym of P. fureatus. 



P. mauritianns (Mauritian). A synonym of P. iftilis. 



P. minor (lesser).* >V. sub-erect, as large as the fist, composed of 

 about 150 yellow drupes ; drupes with a hemispherical top, termi- 

 nated by "a short, brownish, claw-like spine. I. sub-distichous, 

 lift, to 2ft. long, gracefully recurving, keeled, the margins spurn- 

 lose. Stems slender, about 3ft. long, prostrate. Bengal, 1878. 

 (B. M. 6347, under name of P. vnffvifer.) 



P. odoratissimns (very odorous).* jr., drupes 2in. long, seventy 

 to ninety in an oblong-elliptical, drooping head, 6in. to lOin. 

 lone I in drooping tufts, terminating the short branches, 

 bright green, 3ft. to 5ft. long, armed with short, white spines. 



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