PANDANUS 



advertised in Amer., ' 

 form, sue No. li. 



15. Vandermeeschii, 

 2K-3 ft. Ions;, l'.,-i; ill. 



red 



tlii 



for tlio popular variegated 



irgins 

 G.C.' 



upright than P. VeiMiil; its 1 

 plant does not produce sucke; 



inter and usually more 

 are dark green and the 

 The spelling Vander- 



prom 



III. 18:2.'!7.-Taplin 



P' 



lai 

 ineerschii is probably incorrect 



Another View op Pandanus. 

 In the third edition of Vilmorin's Blumengiirtnerei, 

 Voss gives a very different treatment of Pandanus. It 

 has every evidence of being based upon living plants in 

 German conservatories. A portion of it is here trans- 

 lated and rearranged. Voss makes the species-endings 

 feminine because of the old Latin rule about the gender 



of trees. 



Candelabrum, 3. 



Forsteri, 1. 

 furcata, 2. 

 graminifolia 

 Javanica, 8. 



INDEX TO voss SCHE; 

 liBvis, 5. 

 Madagascariensis, 



6,7. 



pygmfea, 6. 

 reflexa, 4. 

 utilis, 1. 

 Yande 

 Teitchii. 



A. Yowiig plants with rtnbranclied stems. 

 B. Upprr siiJr of Irx. nut on each half. 



1. utilis, Linn. | /'. «,h.rutisxima, Jacq.). Margin of 

 Ivs. purplish reil, strmi^'ly s|iiiiy: lower side of Ivs. with 

 a keel. Var. Madagascariensis, Van Houtte (P. Van- 

 dermeeschii. Balf . ). Lvs. thickly white-powdered at the 

 base. P. Forsteri, Moore, from Lord Howe's Island : lvs. 

 light green and shining above, bluish green beneath; 

 spines yellowish green. 



BB. Upper side of lvs. more or less ieeled on each half. 



2. furc4ta, Roxb. (P. caWcdsa, Hort.). A fast grower; 

 large specimens occasionally flower in German con.ser- 

 vatories and then branch. Lvs. light green; spines 

 lighter, marginal ones erect, those of the keel below 

 recurved. 



.3. Candelabrum, Beauv. In this and No. 2 the stems 

 are thin and the aerial roots very thick. Lvs. blue-green; 



spines light colored, tipped brown. The inference is 

 that this species is distinguished from No. 2 by the 

 spines of the lower keel not being recurved. 



PANICULARIA 



AA. Young plants with scarcely any item. 



i. refl6xa, de Vriese. Lvs. strongly reflexed; spines 



on margin and lower keel strong; no keels above. P. 



omdta. Lam., lacks the spines on the lower keel, but is 



otherwise the same. 



1633 Pandanus utilis 



I from the ground, 

 it the apex of lvs. 

 7 Noronha). (Nol 

 synonyni 



AAA lOIIHJpll I I 



B Spine al 

 5 IsBVis Ro\l / 

 adv in Amend i, 1 I 



and the interest itta hiug to a spineless Pandanus.) 



BE Spines ptesent and sharp. 



c Cppt) side of Us flat on each half. 



C. pygmaea, Thouars(P.!/TO»i!«»«7ia,Hort.). Dwarf, 



and densely bushy, with many aerial roots: lvs. dark 



green; marginal spines whitish. 



cc. Cpper side of lvs. more or less keeled on each half. 



7. nitida, Kurz. (P. graminifdlia, Hort.). Shrubby, 

 attaining K ft. Lvs. remarkably shiny on both sides ; the 

 lower ki'el lacks spines. 



8. JavAnica, ITort. Bushy: lvs. dark green above, 

 only sliKhily ■-liiiiini.'. beautifully striped with white; 

 marginal sjiinrs ^irai-ht; spines of the lower keel bent 

 back. J: I, I/, III,. I.rni. Lvs. shining on both sides, 

 striped yillouish uliiti,', sometimes all yellowish white; 

 spines liot liall' us long as in P. Javanica. \y_ jyi, 



FANICOLARIA (Latin name referring to the pani- 

 cled siiikelets). Glyceria of the trade. Graminea-. A 

 large genus of swamp grasses inhabiting all parts of 

 the temperate zone, and characterized by ample pani- 

 cles, many-ild. spikelets with only the 2 lower glumes 

 empty; the others fii-m in texture, obtuse, strongly ,')-7- 

 nerved, rounded on the back, and without cobwebby 

 hairs; styles present. Only the following are in the 

 American trade : 



Americ&na, MacM. ( Glyceria grdndis , Wats. , aJso Hort. 

 Glyceria aqudtica, Amer. authors). Reed Meadow- 

 Grass. Tall, erect and stout (3-5 ft. high), glabrous: 

 lvs. large and broad (."i-S lines broad), spreading; pani- 

 cle very large (8-15 in. long), mostly dark brown, its 



