58 0- Warburg. — Pandanaceae. 



Arbor ca. 5 m alta ramosa, trunco I — 2 m alto, folia reflexa acuta, margine et costa spinis 

 basi albidis acutis armata. Inflorescentia Q terminalis composita, spadicibus ca. 1 2 spathis 

 elongato-linearibus involueratis. Syncarpia sessilia oblonga 8 cm longa 4 cm lata; drupae 

 60 — 80 in syncarpio 3 — 6-loculares \ ] / 2 cm longae 1 cm latae apice breviter pyramidatae 

 demum planae ad basim truncatam vix angustatae; areola verticis plana 4 — 5-angulata 

 magna 10 — 14 mm longa et lata; stigmata 4 — 6 reniformia interdum mucronata sessilia 

 1 1/ 2 mm lata (Fig. \1 M—N). 



Ostafrikanische Inseln, angeblich Reunion. — Nur im kultivierten Zustande 

 bekannt. 



Nota. P. deflexus Hort, e Wendl. Index Palm. (1854) 47 et Doomianus De Vriese e Wendl. 

 Index Palm. (1 854 j 47 (nomina nuda) ad hanc speciem pertinent. 



39. P. ceratophorus Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1886) 448. — Folia 1 m 

 longa in basi 8 cm lata, sensim acuminata, dentibus marginalibus parvis confertis ascen- 

 dentibus. Syncarpium solitarium breviter (1 5 cm) peduneulatum oblongum, 7 V2 cm longum, 

 5 cm latum. Drupae 50 — 60 in syncarpio hexagono-euneatae 1 l / 4 cm lata, in basi % cm 

 latae, paullo compressae, apice conicae, vertice areola parva plana instruetae. Stigmata 5 — 6, 

 styli 4 mm longi,. cornei, columnares, ad apicem angustati, deeidui. 



Madagascar (Baron n. 2320). 



Nota. Species forsan cum P. muricato Thou. (in Bull. Soc. philom. Paris [1808] 6 et in 

 Desv. Journ. de bot. I. 48) seeundum descriptionem satis confusam aculeis in drupis ad stigmata 

 intus sita convergentibus donato identica. 



40. P. heterocarpus Balf. f. in Baker, Fl. Mauritius (1 877) 399. — P. ornatus Bull 

 in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. Mise. I. (1866); Illustr. hortic. XIX. (1872) 143 t. 97 (teste 

 Balf. f.). — Arbor 6 m alta, trunco 12 — 17 cm lato valde ramoso. Folia 1 / 2 — * m l° n ga 

 3 — 6 cm lata roseo-marginata, spinulis roseis in margine et costa. Syncarpium longe pedun- 

 eulatum globosum usque oblongum 11 — 15 cm longum solitarium pendulum; drupae 

 60 — 70 in syncarpio 2 — 5-loculares 2V2 — 3'/ 2 cm longae 3 — 3 '/ 2 cm latae paullo com- 

 pressae apice vix convexae 5- — 6-costatae ad basim pyramidaliter angustatae, vertice sub- 

 depresse areolatae, stigmata 2 — 5 reniformia sessilia plana magna 3 — 4 mm lata areolam 

 fere omnino obtegentia. Endocarpium osseum magnum in medio drupae collocatum, meso- 

 carpium superum breve vix spongiosum (Fig. 1 6 Q — T). 



Ins. Rodriguez: auf der ganzen Insel in verschiedenen Varietäten verbreitet 

 (Barkly, Hörne, Balfour). 



41. P. tenuifolius Balf. f. in Baker, Fl. Mauritius (1877) 400. — Arbor 4'/ 2 m alta 

 trunco 7 cm lato valde ramoso. Folia longe acuminata 20 — 60 cm longa 1 — 2 cm lata, 

 margine crasso subrubro spinis rubris armato. Syncarpium solitarium pendulum longe 

 peduneulatum subglobosum 7 — 12 cm latum; drupae 20 — 40 in syncarpio 2 — 5-loculares 

 4 cm longae 3 — 4 cm latae saepe paullo compressae, apice alte convexae 5 — 6-costatae 

 vertice depresse areolatae, stigmata 2 — 5 reniformia sessilia plana magna 3 — 4 mm lata 

 areolam fere omnino obtegentia. Endocarpium supra medium drupae collocatum, meso- 

 carpium superum breve vix spongiosum (Fig. 8 A). 



Ins. Rodriguez; nur in den höheren Teilen der Insel (Balfour). 

 Vix a P. heterocarpo Balf. f. diversa. 



Nota. P. tenuifolius Hort. (Linden; e Dufresne in Illustr. hortic. XX. (1873) 70 P. elegan- 

 tissimo, id est formae juvenili Pandani utilis, affinis est. 



42. P. mauritianus (Gaudich.) Warb. — Dorystigma mauritianum Gaudich. Bot. 

 Voy. Bonite (1843) t. 13, fig. 25 — 27. — Drupa (ex icone Gaudich.) 2 — 3 cm longa 

 1 1 / 2 — 2V2 cm l a ^ apice subcostate convexa, basi pyramidalis vertice haud plana, stigmata 

 4 irregulariter reniformia sessilia plana 2 — 3 mm lata. 



Mauritius. — Man kennt nur die Abbildung. 



Nota. Opinioni Balfourii, qui plantam forsan cum P. eonglomerato esse conjungendam 

 putavit, assentiri non possum, cum areola plana in drupa desit. 



43. P. madagascariensis (Gaudich.) Balf. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1878) 52. — 

 Dorystigma madagascariensc Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite (1843) t. 31, fig. 12 — 13. — 



