1202 



PANDANUS 



popular variegated 



advertised in Amer., but fo 

 form, see No. 2. 



15. Vandermieschii, Balf. f. Lvs. stiff, suberect, 

 2K-3 ft. long, lK-2 in. broad, very glaucous; margins 

 red and thickened; spines strong, red; midrib red. 

 prominent, spinv. Attains 20 ft. in Mascarenes. G.C. 

 III. 18:237.-T^i|.lni ;^v ~ it i- Mf.uter and usually more 

 upright than /', I 1 - ^. are dark green and the 



plant does not i r^. The spelling Vander- 



meerschii is pM./.iu.n 1 1. . i. 



Another View of Pandanus. 

 In the third edition of Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei, 

 Voss gives a very different treatment of Paudanus. It 

 has every evidence of being based upon living plants in 

 German conservatories. A portion of it is here trans- 

 lated and ^^ 

 feminine 



Candelabmm, 3. 



reflexa 



Javanica, 8. 



6,7. 



A. To7<ng plants with unbranched stems. 

 R. Upper s!r!r of lis. flat on each half. 



1. iitilis, Liiiii. I P. n,l,iriil!ssima, Jacq.). Margin of 

 lvs. jjurplisli n-.l, stmn^'lv s])iiiy: lower side of lvs. with 

 a keel. \ar. Madagaecariensis, Van Houtte {P. f'an- 

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

 base. P. /'ors/eri, 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 keeled on each half. 



2. furcita.Roxb. (P.coj-tVdsa, Hort.). Afastgrower; 

 large specimens occasionally flower in German conser- 

 vatories and then branch. Lvs. light green; spines 

 lighter, marginal ones erect, those of the keel below 

 recurved. 



3. CandeUbrum, 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. 



PANICULAKIA 



AA. Foiing plants with scarcely any stem. 



4. reJlixa, de Vriese. Lvs. strongly reflexed; spines 



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



om&ta. Lam., lacks the spines on the lower keel, but is 



otherwise the same. 





1633. Pandanus utilis. 



An old Screw Pine in the tropii-s. (.\dapted from 



The Garden.) 



AAA. I'oung plants freely branched from the ground. 



B. Spines absent or only a few at the apex of lvs. 



5. IsTis, Roxb. (P. odoratlssima, Noronha). (Not 



adv. in America, but inserted because of its synonym 



and the interest attaching to a spineless Pandanus.) 



BB. Spines present and sharp. 



c. Upper side of lvs. flat on each half. 



C. pygm8Ba,Thouars(P.(7r«»ii«!«Ho,Hort.). Dwarf, 



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



green; marginal spines whitish. 



re. Upper side of lvs. more or less keeled on each half. 



7. nitlda. Kurz. (P. graminifolia, Hort. ). Shrubby, 



attaining 8 ft. Lvs. remarkably shiny on both sides ; the 



lower keel lacks spines. 



K Javanica, H..rt Bn-bv: Iv^, dnrk e-reon above, 



ong as 



P. Ja 



W. M. 



PANICULARIA (Latin name referring to the pani- 

 cled spikelets). 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-fld. spikelets with only the 2 lower glumes 

 empty; the others fii-m in texture, obtuse, strongly 5-7- 

 nerved, rounded on the back, and without cobwebby 

 hairs; styles present. Only the following are in the 

 American trade: 



Americana, MacM. ( Glyceria grdndis,Wa.ts., also Hort. 

 Glyceria aqndtica, Amer. authors). Reed Meadow- 

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

 lvs. large and broad (3-8 lines broad), spreading: pani- 

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



