XXVI. PANDANE^]. 



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Pandanus. Half of fruit cut transversely 

 fertily cell in the centre. 



Pandanus Candelabrum. 



Pandanus. 

 Fruit cut vertically. 



Pamlanus. 



I . muw. Fruiting spadix Vertical section 



(one-sixth natural size.). of ovule. 



Pandanus. 



Pandanus. Vertical section of 



Seed cut transversely, a portion of the seed. 



Pandanus. 

 Embryo (mag.). 



called Vacoas, is a remarkable botanical feature of that island.] Their habit is similar to that of 

 gigantic Bromeliacete ; one of the most remarkable is Pandnnm Candelabrum, which owes its specific 

 name to the elegance of its dichotomous ramification. Mungo Park relates a singular phenomenon pre- 

 sented by another species named Fang-Jani (Jfeterostt'gma Ifeudelotianuni), which grows at Goree, on the 

 Gambia, and which, according to this celebrated traveller, burns spontaneously when ripe ; it is now 



