PANDANUS 



PANDANUS 



1201 



The growth of the plant also appears more graceful, 

 the leaves being recurved in a more pleasing manner, 

 and suckers very freely. j. D. EISELE. 



INDEX. 



Baptistii, 3. graminifolius, 8. reflexus, 13. 



Candelabrum, 2. 14, heterocarpus, 10. Sanderi, 4. 



caricosus, 11. Javanicus, 2. utilis, 5. 



Forsteri, 6. odoratissimus, 12. Vandermeeschii, 15. 



Fosterianus, 6. ornatus, 10 variegatus, 2, 12. 



furcatus, 9. pygmseus, 7. Veitehii, 1. 



A. Foliage variegated. 



B. Lvs. variegated with white. 



c. Midrib not white 1. Veitehii 



cc. Midrib white 2. Candelabrum 



var. variegatus 



BB. Lvs. variegated with yellow. 

 c. Yellow stripe down the cen- 

 ter 3. Baptistii 



cc. Yellow stripes alternating 



with green 4. Sanderi 



AA. Foliage not variegated. 

 B. Spines reasonably short, 

 c. Habit of Ivs. stiff, erect. 



D. Color of spines red 5. utilis 



DD. Color of spines yellowish 



green 6. Forsteri 



cc. Habit of Ivs. more or less 

 recurved: color of spines 

 usually white. 



D. Growth dwarf 7. pygmaeus 



8. graminifolius 

 DD. Growth strong 9. furcatus 



10. heterocarpus 



11. caricosus 



12. odoratissimus 

 BB. Spines disagreeably long. 



c. Habit of Ivs. very much re- 

 flexed 13. reflexus 



cc. Habit of Ivs. more or less re- 

 curved 14. Candelabrum 



CCC. Habit of Ivs. stiff, nearly 



erect 15. Vandermeeschii 



1. Veitehii, Hort. Fig. 1630. Lvs. 2 ft. long, broader 

 than in P. utilis, somewhat recurved, spiny, dark green 

 in the center, margined with broad bands of white. 

 Polynesia. A.F. 4:570. F. 1871, p. 177. Gn. 2, p. 501. 



2. Candelabrum, var. variegatus, Hort. (P. Javanicus, 

 var. variegatus, Hort.). Lvs. 3-6 ft. or more long, mar- 

 gined white; marginal spines white; spines on the 

 midrib of the lower surface reversed. Java. F.R. 2 :389. 

 V. 9:20. Lowe 36. Perhaps ranks second in beauty 

 only to P. Veitehii, but unfortunately it is too spiny. 

 Lvs. drooping, narrower than in P. Veitehii. See No. 14. 



3. Baptistii, Hort., offered by Saul and 

 Pitcher & Manda ; has a yellow stripe down the 

 center. Taplin says it is a rapid grower. Not 

 in Index Kewensis. 



4. Sanderi, Hort. Sander. Habit tufted : Ivs. 

 30 in. long, with minute marginal spines, not 

 unlike those of P. Veitehii but of denser habit, 

 and differing much in the variegation, which 



in this case is golden yellow, and in place of being con- 

 fined to the margin, or nearly so, it is distributed in 

 narrow bands of yellow and green in alternation through- 

 out the length of its leaf. G.C. III. 23:249. R.H. 1898, 

 p. 230. G.M. 41:686. A.G. 19: 455. -Taplin says it is a 

 rapid grower. 



5. utilis, Bory. Figs. 1631-3. Attains 60 feet in Mada- 

 gascar: Ivs. glaucous, erect, 1-2% ft. long, spines red. 

 Madagascar. Here may belong I. H. 7:265 (P. mauri- 

 tianus); B.M. 5014 (P. Candelabrum); R.H. 1866:270 

 (P. flageUiformis, or flabelliformis) . A.F. 4:571. -Nich- 

 olson refers P. odoratissimus to P. utilis. 



6. F6rsteri, Moore (P. Fosterianus, Hort. Siebrecht). 

 Lord Howe's Island. Better accounted for in Voss' 

 scheme on next page. 



7. pygmaeus, Thore. Low, spreading shrub, not over 

 2 ft. high in the center, but sending out from the base 

 numerous horizontal, rooting, annulated branches: Ivs. 



about 4 ft. long, spirally arranged in3's, linear-subulate, 

 with a clasping base; margins and keels fringed with 

 small white spines. Mascarenes. The above descrip- 

 tion taken from B.M. 4736, which is a doubtful specimen. 



8. graminifdlius, Kurz. Lvs. 12-18 in. long by 3-4 

 lines wide; marginal spines minute, straight. Burma. 

 P. graminifolius of the trade has never been carefully 

 distinguished from P. pygmceus, and, according to 

 Nicholson, it is a species of Freycinetia. F.R. 2:388, 

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

 dark green Ivs. about K in. wide, not so stiff as most 

 species; spines short, whitish. 



9. furcatus, Roxb. Tree, attaining 30-40 ft.: Ivs. 

 15-20 ft. long, somewhat glaucous beneath ; spines 1-2 

 lines long, curved. India. R.H. 1879:290; 1881, pp. 

 174, 175. 



10. heterocarpus, Balf. f. Branching tree, with slen- 

 der 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 cov- 

 ered with small red, slightly incurved spines; lower 

 midrib furnished from the middle with distant spines 

 of the same character. Mascarene Islands. A very va- 

 riable species, approaching P. utilis, but distinguished 

 by habit. Taplin says that P. ornatus of the trade is 

 synonymous with P. heterocarpus : " Strong-growing, 

 with broad, dark green foliage; spines white; under 

 side of Ivs. slightly glaucous." 



11. caricdsus, Spreng. Shrub: Ivs. 5-8 ft. by 2-2 Kin., 

 slightly glaucous; spines minute, white, relatively few: 

 male inflorescence erect. Moluccas. R.H. 1878, p. 405. 

 Offered by Van Geert, of Belgium. 



12. odoratissimus, Linn, f . Height 20 ft. : Ivs. light 

 green, 3-5 ft. long; spines short, white. India, Arabia. 

 G.C. III. 17:14. A scent which is much esteemed in Java 

 is obtained from the male fls. The above description is 

 from Nicholson. The species is not satisfactorily ac- 

 counted for in the Flora of British India. Var. varie- 

 gatus, Hort., secured by Reasoner from the West Indies, 

 is identical with what the florists call P. Javanicus. 



13. refl6xus,Lodd. Lvs. more completely recurved than 

 in other common species, 5-6 ft. long, dark green, shin- 

 ing; spines long, white, those on the midrib of the 

 lower side reversed. Mascarene Islands. F.R. 2:387. 

 Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & Manda. 



1631. Pandanus utilis. 



A young Screw Pine just beginning to show the spiral 

 character. 



14. Candelabrum, Beauv. CANDELABRUM TREE. 

 CHANDELIER TREE. Tree, attaining 30 ft. "Lvs. 3 ft. 

 by 2 in., dark green ; spines brown " (Nicholson ) . Trop. 

 A'frica. B.M. 5014 is doubtful, referred to P. utilis. -Not 



