PANDANUS 



PANDOREA 



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mats, and other articles. Juvenile specimens with 

 curving Ivs. \Y<i ft. or less long, ma}' be known as P. 

 elegantissimus or by other names. 



9. heterocarpus, Balf. f. (P. orndtus, Bull). Branch- 

 ing tree, to 20 ft., with slender trunk, very numerous 

 roots and spreading branches : Ivs. lanceolate^acuminate, 

 dilated and clasping at the base, erect-spreading, 

 leathery, strict, greenish, often somewhat glaucous at 

 the base, rather flat margin covered with small red, 



2745. Pandanus utilis. An old screw-pine in the tropics. 

 (Adapted from "The Garden") 



slightly incurved spines; lower midrib furnished from 

 the middle with distant spines of the same character. 

 Mascarene Isls. I.H. 19:97. 



10. pygmaus, Thouars. Low spreading shrub, not 

 over 2 ft. high hi the center, but sending out from the 

 base numerous horizontal, rooting, annulated branches: 

 Ivs. about 1-1 Yi ft. long, spirally arranged in 3's, linear- 

 subulate, with a clasping base; margins and keels 

 fringed with small fuscous spines. Madagascar. B.M. 

 4736. Said sometimes to be cult, as P. graminifolius. 



11. graminifdlius, Kurz. Lvs. 12-18 in. long by 34 

 lines wide, glaucous beneath: marginal and carinal 

 spines minute, straight. Burma, and the true species 

 perhaps not cult.; see Xo. 10. P. graminifolius of the 

 trade has never been carefully distinguished from P. 

 pygm&us, and, according to Nicholson the garden plant 

 under this name is a species of Freycinetia. F.R. 2 : 388, 

 where Taplin says it has a tufted much-branched habit, 

 dark green Ivs. about } ijin. wide, not so stiff as most 

 species; spines short, whitish. Gn.W. 20:446. G.W. 

 11, p. 245. 



12. furcatus, Roxbg. (P. horridus, Blume. P. 

 spinifructus, Dennst. P. urophyllus, Hance). Tree, 

 attaining 30 iO ft., branched, with aerial roots at base: 

 Iva very long, attaining 6-9 ft., about 3 in. wide, some- 

 what glaucous beneath, the margins and keel with dis- 

 tantly thick spines; apex long-acuminate. India. R.H. 

 1879:290; 1881, pp. 174, 175. 



13. caricosus, Kurz. Low, cespitose: Ivs. 5-8 ft. by 

 about 2 in., glaucous beneath; margins and dorsal 

 costae densely spinulose-serrate, the spines very small 

 and acute. Java. R.H. 1878, p. 405. 



BB. Spines disagreeably long. 



14. reflerus, C. Koch. Tree, about 15 ft., branched, 

 the trunk 3-6 ft. tall: Ivs. reflexed, acute, 5-6 ft. long, 

 dark green, shining; spines long, whitish, those on the 

 midrib of the lower side reversed. E. African Isls. 

 F.R. 2: 387. G.W. 11, p. 245. 



15. Vandermeeschii, Balf. f. Tree, to 20 ft., much 

 branched: Ivs. stiff, suberect, 2J^-3 ft. long, 1^-2 in. 

 broad, very glaucous; margins red and thickened; spines 

 strong, red; midrib red, prominent, spiny. Mauritius. 

 G.C. III. 18:237. 



P. amaryllifdlius, Roxbg. Plant small and diffuse, supported by 

 aerial roots: Ivs. linear, somewhat 3-nerved, the apex somewhat 

 dilated, little spinose-serrate. Probably Malayan. C.L.A. 19:131. 

 G.W. 11, p. 243. P. BiUayei, Wildem. Lvs. rather broad, robust, 

 with sharp claw-like prickles on margins and keel, said to be a 

 beautiful decorative plant. Congo. P. Candelabrum, Beauv. 

 CANDELABRUM TBEE. CHANDELIER TREE. Tree, attaining 30 ft., 

 the lower branches horizontal and upper erect: Ivs. 3 ft. by 2 in., 

 dark green and glaucous, strongly toothed; spines brown. Trop. 

 Afr. B.M. 5014, under this name is P. utilis. Not advertised in 

 Amer., but for the popular variegated form, see No. 2. P. Houl- 

 lltii, Carr. Height 7-8 ft. in the wild, simple, with aerial roots: 

 Ivs. many, the blades linear and gradually acuminate-pointed, 

 sometimes 8 ft. long and 4 in. broad, with small curved brown or 

 purplish spines, surface dark green, tinged copper-red, or young 

 ones purple. Singapore. B.M. 8197. R.H. 1868, p. 210. P. 

 luzonensis, MerrilL Probably the species reported in S. Fla. as 

 P. luzonicus: tree, 25 ft., with erect trunk much branched above: 

 Ivs. to 6 ft. long and about 1 in. wide, long- and narrow-acuminate, 

 the margins strongly antrorsely toothed, and with stout curved 

 spines. Philippines. P. nttidus, Kur=P. stenophyllus. P. 

 stenophyttus, Kurz. Shrub, 6-8 ft., with many prop-roots: Ivs. 2-3 

 ft. or more long, 1 in. wide, shining, the margin and keel remotely 

 pale, spinulose-serrate. Java. G.W. 11, p. 242. P. WarriniAnus, 

 Hort. Lvs. narrow, strap-shaped, recurved, dark olive-green, with 

 irregular awl-shaped teeth. Habitat unrecorded. L H B t 



PANDOREA (Pandora, Greek mythological name). 

 Bignoniacex. Ornamental woody vines grown for their 

 beautiful flowers and also for their handsome foliage. 



Evergreen shrubs, climbing without tendrils or roots: 

 Ivs. opposite, odd-pinnate; Ifts. entire or serrate: fls. in 

 axillary or terminal few- or many-fld. panicles; calyx 

 small, campanulate, 5-toothed; corolla funnelform- 

 campanulate, with imbricate lobes; stamens included, 

 with spreading superposed anther-cells; disk thick, 

 ring-like; ovary linear, the seeds in many series: pod 

 oblong, with thick not keeled valves; seeds broadly 

 elliptic, winged. Five species from Austral, to Malay 

 Archipelago and in S. Afr. Formerly usually included 

 under Tecoma. 



The pandoreas are vigorous-growing vines or lianas 

 with handsome evergreen foliage and beautiful white or 

 pink rather large flowers. They can be grown outdoors 

 only in the southern states and in California and stand 

 few degrees of frost; in the North they are sometimes a 

 cultivated in the greenhouse. They require rich soil 

 and sunny position. Propagation is by seeds and by 

 greenwood cuttings under glass. See also Bignonia for 

 culture. 



The wonga-wonga vine, P. australis, is rather diffi- 

 cult to grow on high pine-land, as it needs a soil rich hi 

 humus. In rich soil, however, and liberally fertilized, 

 it is a rampant grower with beautiful dark green glossy 

 foliage. The flowers are interesting but comparatively 

 small, and not showy. However, the species is worth 

 cultivating for foliage alone. It must be well taken care 

 of and well watered during the dry spring months or it 

 will dwindle away in a very short tune. 



P. Ricasoliana, from Natal and Caffraria, demands a 

 very rich soil and a heavy mulch of stable manure. Its 

 leaves easily drop from the woody branches after a 

 cold night, and 6 or 7 of frost kill the plant down to 

 the ground. For this reason the vine should be banked 

 with dry sand every fall and if killed down to the bank- 

 ing it must be cut off immediately or the entire plant 

 will be lost. Plants raised from seed received under 

 the name of Tecoma Ricasoliana, from Italy, are much 

 hardier and more floriferous than those obtained from 

 seed imported from South Africa, but the flowers of 

 both are exactly alike. In order to flower profusely, 



