484 CLXIV. PANDANE^:. (Hook, f.) [Pandanus. 



Enum. iii. 98 ; Kurz in Seem. Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 101, t. 62, f. 4, 5, 6 ; 

 ft For. Fl- ii. 506 ; Solms in Linnaa, xlii. (1878) 8. Frisquetia macrocarpa, 

 Gaud. Voy. Bonite Bot. t. iv. f. 2-8. Pandan. Wall. Cat. 8591. 



ASSAM and the KHASIA HILLS, and Eastwards to BURMA. The CONCAN ? 



A densely branched shrub. Leaves with large strongly incurved usually dis- 

 tant marginal sphmles. Spathes pale yellow. Anther $ g in. long. Fruit very 

 variable in size, from a hen's egg to a man's fist, red when ripe. 



2. P. caricosus, Spreng. Syst. iii. 897 ; shrubby, leaves 5-8 ft. by 

 2-2^ in. spinulose-toothed, spinules minute white, anthers very long 

 slender, fruits spicate subglobose obovoid or broadly oblong, crown of 

 drupes muricatg; KuntTi Enum. iii. 98 ; Hassk. in Flora, 1842, ii. Beibl. 13 

 & Cat. Sort. Bogor. 60 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 163, # Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 

 ii. 54; Kurz in Seem. Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 100, t. 62, f. 1-3 & in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. xxxviii. ii. (1869) 146, in Flora (1869) 450 ; Solms in Linnsea, 

 xlii. (1878) 7; Carriere in Rev. Sortie. (1878) 405, with ic. of male spadix. 

 P. atrocarpus, Griff. Notul. iii. 160. 



MALACCA, Griffith. DISTEIB. Malay Islds. 



Apparently closely allied to fcetidus, and like it with foetid yellow spathes, 

 differing in the spicate dark coloured or even blackish fruits and muricate crowns 

 of the drupes. I have seen no specimens. I do not cite Rumph. Herb. Amb. iv. 

 154, though it is the authority for the species, the description and plate not being 

 sufficiently explicit. Nor are others of the authorities cited quite dependable. 



** Malefl. of many anthers umbellate on the connate filaments. Drupes 

 with a low crown and subulate or flattened simple or forked stigma. 



3. P. furcatus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. in. 744; arboreous, leaves 15-20 ft., 

 subglaucous beneath spinously toothed, spines curved, fruits solitary or 

 racemed ellipsoid or oblong, drupes obconic crown convex, style very short 

 flattened entire or 2-3-fid. Spreng. Syst. iii. 898 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 98 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 162, t. 37 male fl. ; Hassk. PI. Jav. Ear. 163 ; Kurz in 

 Seem. Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 102, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii. ii. (1869) 

 147, in Miq. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii; 54; in Flora (1869) 450, # For. FL. ii. 507 ; 

 Solms in Linnaa, xlii. (1878) 13 ; Regel, Gartenfl. 1878, 298 ; Carr. in 

 Rev. Hortic. 1879, 290, with fig., and 1881, 174. P. crassipes, Wall. mss. 

 P. caricosus, Miq. Analect. Ind. ii. 16. P. spinifructus, Dennst. Schluess. 

 Hort. Malab. 23. Eyckia furcata, De Vriese in Verhandl. Kl. Acad. Wet. 

 (1854) ; in Tuinb. Fl. i. 161, & in Hook. Kew Journ. vi. (1854) 268. Barrotia 

 diodon, Gaud. Voy. Bonitt Bot. t. xiii. f. 15-24. Pandan. Wall. Gat. 8951. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-5000 ft. J.D.H. ASSAM, KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, 

 and SILHET, alt. 0-4000 ft., CHITTAGONG and BURMA. DISTEIB. Malay Islds. 



Stem 3040 ft., with aerial roots towards the base, as thick as the arm or leg, 

 sparingly dichotomously branched above. Leaves 4 in. broad, marginal spines f-i 

 in. long, flattened, lower curved. Spathes inodorous, l-2 ft., golden yellow, very 

 coriaceous. Stamens 8-14, filaments united in a fleshy tube 'longer than the anthers, 

 tips free or variously cohering. Fruit 6-9 in. long or less, very variable in size, red 

 brown. Drupes rather fleshy, 5-6-angled ; style shining. In specimens from Churra 

 in the Khasia and from Sikkim, the column of filaments is much broader and the free 

 portion is much shorter than in those from Silhet. 



4. P. ceylanicus, Solms in Linnsea, xlii. (1878) 16 ; stems tall tufted 

 very slender, leaves elongate margins with strong recurved spines, anthers 

 very short crowded on a very short fleshy tube, fruit broadly oblong, 

 crown conical narrowed into a nearly straight spinescent style notched at 

 the tip. P. furcatus, Thw. Enum. 327. 



