PANDANUS 



1201 



The prrowth of the plant also appears more graceful, 

 the leaves being recurved in a more pleasing manner, 

 and suckers very freely. j. D. Eisele. 



Bapfistii, 3. granliiiifolius, 8. reflexus, 13. 



(_':indelllbruni. 2. 14, heteroparpus, 10. Sanderi, 4. 



raricosus. U. Jaritnicns. 'J. utilis, j. 



Forsteri. 6. odnratissimus, 12. Vandermeesehii, 15. 



Fosteria'nus. B. ornatiis, 10 varieKatus, 2, 12. 



furcatus, 9. pygmajus. 7. Veitt-hii, 1. 



A. Foliage variegated. 



B. Lvs. variegated with white. 



c. Midrib not white 1 . Veitchii 



cc. Midrib white 2. Candelabrum 



var.variegatus 

 BB. LvK. variegated with yellow. 

 C. Yellow stripe down the cen- 



li-r .!. Baptistii 



!■(■. Vrll.nr si ri f, s ,1 Itentuti IKJ 



ir,ih ,/,: , H 4. Sanderi 



AA. Folia,,,- „,.l ,■„,-, ,„,,!,, I. 



B. Spill, X i;„s,.,i„hl„ shr.rf. 

 C. Hahitafli:^. xtiff.erecf. 



D. Color of spines red 5. utilis 



DD. Color of spines yellowish 



green II. Forsteri 



cc. Habit of lvs. more or les.-: 

 recurred: color of spines 

 nsiinlljf white. 



D. G^rowth dwarf 7. pygmEEUS 



K. graminifolius 



DD. Growth strong il. furcatus 



li>. heterocarpus 



1 1. caricosus 



12. odoratissimus 

 BE. Spines disagreeably long. 



(\ Habit of lvs. very much re- 

 flexed 1:1. reflexus 



cc. Habit of lvs. more or less re- 

 curved II. Candelabrum 



OCC. Habit of lvs. stiff, nearly 



erect 15. Vandermeesehii 



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

 than in I', iililis, somewhat recurved, spiny, dark green 

 in thi- center, margined with broad bands of white, 

 r.ilyuusia. A.F. -4:570. F. 1871, p. 177. Gn. 2, p. 501. 



2. Candelilbrum, var. variegatus. Hort. I P. .rin;!iiieiis, 



giued white; marginal spims white; spines .m the 

 midrib of the lower suifaee reversed, .lava. F.K. Jiiih'.t. 

 V. 9:20. Lowe .'ili.- Perhaps ranks second iu l.eauly 

 only to P. reitchii, hut unfortunately it is too spiny. 

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



3. B&ptistii, Hort., offered by Saul and 

 Pitcher & Munda: has a yellow stripe down the 

 ei-nter. Tapliii says it is a rapid grower. Not 

 in lnde.\ Kewensis. 



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



aiel diir.'i'in- nnji-ii in ili<- variegation, which 

 in thi- case i> eMJ,!. n \ellow.andin place of being con- 

 lined tn tlie in.ir-in, ..r nearly so, it is distributed in 

 narrow bands of yellow and green in alternation through- 

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

 p. 230. G.M. 41:G86. A.G. 19:455.-Taplin says it is a 

 rapid grower. 



5. itilis, Bory. Fil-s. K,?.]-?,. .Vtiain- I'e f, n ;,, A^nla- 

 gascar: lvs. glaucous, ereei, l-J', 11 1 . | ,1. reil. 

 Madagascar. Here nia\ Im-Iohl' !. II /' r/ 

 tianus); B.U. 50H 1 1'.' Cm,!, I„l,r„„, . I.ii, i.-.^..J70 

 {P. flagelli form is. or fl<ibellif,irm is). A.F. 4 :.'.71. -.Nich- 

 olson refers P. odoratissimus to P. utilis. 



6. Fdrsteri, Moore (P. FosteriAnus, Hort. Siebrecht). 

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

 scheme on next page. 



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

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

 numerous horizontal, rooting, sinnulated branches: lvs. 



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. graminifdliuB, 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. pygmwus, 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 lvs. about Yi in. wide, not so stiff as most 

 species; spines short, whitish. 



!l. furcitus, Roxb. Tree, attaining 30-40 ft.: lvs. 

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

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

 174, 175. 



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

 der trunk, very numerous roots and spreadiugbranches: 

 lvs. lanceolate-acuminate, dilated ;ind cl.asping at the 

 base, erect-spreading, leathery, stri.r. ^-neTiisli, often 

 somewhat glaucous at the base, rather tl.ii in;irgin cov- 

 ered Avith small red. slightly ineurx-d spines; lower 

 midril' fnrnishe.l fi-..rn the nii.MIiMJtli distant spines 



of the -liiii. '-Ilm-ici, r M;i-c:in lu M.unis. — A Very Va- 



rialilc /■ liiit distinguished 



l.y li:ii . I : : I /■ ■ ef the trade is 



syiieii}!""". mill /• /,,/.,..,.,',,.,,,, "Strong-growing, 

 with broad, dark green foliage; spines white; under 

 side of lvs. slightly glaucous." 



11. caricbsus, Spreng. Shrub: lvs. !)-8 ft. by 2-2^ in., 

 slightly glaucous; spines minute, white, relatively few: 

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

 — Offered liy Van Geert, of Belgium. 



12. odoratissimus, Linn. f. Height 20 ft. 

 green. 3-5 ft. long; spines short, wliite. hid 

 G.C. III. 17:14. -A scent will. -I, 1- luu. h ■ -n . 1 

 is obtained from the male iK. '\'\ , 1 . , , 

 from Nicholson. The sp.ci, - 1 

 counted for in the Fh.ra .if Uriii 1: h m 1 

 gitus, Hort. , secured by Keasuner 11 nm ile \i 

 is identical with what the florists call /*. J,,,-, 



13. reflexus, Lodd. Lvs. more c. iin)ileiely rec 

 in other common species, 5-6 ft. lenir. dark L'reeii, shin- 

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

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

 -XAv. 1895 by Pitcher & Manda. 



lvs. light 

 I'i in Java 



ved than 



14. Candelabrum, Beauv. Candelabrum Tree. 

 Chandelier Tree. Tree, attaining 30 ft. "Lvs. 3 ft. 

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

 Africa. B.M. 5014 is doubtful, referred to P. H«i«s.— Not 



