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PANDANEJS. 

 Conspeclus of genera. 

 Pajidakus. Only genna. 



PANDANUS- 



Drupes simple. 



X Stigmas simple, spiny-acuminate, continuous teifh the apex of the drupe 



Stamens free ; anthers acuminate. 



Shrubby, soboliferous ; drupes quite smooth P.foetidus. 



yt. X Stigmas spinescent and often depressed, unualti/ 2-3-forked, horny and 

 deciduous. Stamens palmately -connate ; anthers aristate or apiculate. 



Large robust tree ; leaves 2-4 in. broad, spiny-armed ; stigmas forkedly 2-3 spinous,.. P.furcatus. 



Slender and thin-stemmed ; leaves only 3-4 lin. broad, minutely spinulose ; stigmas very 



short, blunt P. graminifolius. 



* * Drupes united into phalanges (rarely the one or other simple.) Stigmas sessile or 



nearly so, reniform or peltate. Stamens racemose-united ; anthers aristate. 



X Leaves spiny along the margins and midrib. 



Leaves dark -green, 4 5 in broad, 15 18 feet long ; phalanges the size of the fist, P. Leram. 



As former, but drupes only 2 in. long ; leaves gradually acuminate, P. Andamanensiiim. 



Leaves glaucous or whitish, 3 5 feet long, P. odoratissimas. 



X X Leaves with smooth margins. 

 Afl former, but all parts without spines, P. laevis. 



LILIACLJS. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Sbacabita. Fmita suoonlent berry. Orary-oellj with a solitary ovnle. 

 CoBDTLiNE. As former, but ovary-cells with several ovules. 



DRAC/ENA- 



Panicle erect, rather stiff; leaves sessile with a narrowed stem-clasping base,...Z>. angusfifolia. 



Bacemes simple, peduncled ; perianth twisted ; leaves narrowed into a complicate shorter or 



longer petiole, J), spicata. 



MUSACEJE. 

 Conspectus of genera. 



Musa Large tree-like herbs. Berries pulpy, indehisoent. Seeds not arrillate. 



Kavenala. Woody palm-like trees. Capsules woody, 3-valyed. Seeds with a laznli-blue arillna. 



RAVENALAt Only species, ij. Madagi 



ascartensis. 



GRAMINEM. 

 {Bamboos uith articulate-inserted usually petioled leaves ; stems in all species woody.) 



Conspectus of species. 



Stamens 3. More or less shrubby bamboos. 

 Arundinakla. Inner palea bi-carinate. Caryopsis with a membranous closely adnate pericarp. Style oadncoua 



