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FREYCINETIA BECCARII Solms-Lanb. in Ann. Jard. Buit. (1883) iii. 100. 



Manokoeari, Langgen, scandent on land-edge of mangrove association. 

 Fr. Jan. 6219. 



Distrib. New Guinea. 



Fruit red-brown, 2'5 mm. long, not quite ripe. 



PANDANUS DUBIUS Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. (182G) 897 ; Schum. & Laut. 159. 



Manokoeari, Genbela, plentiful by cape, on edge of sandy beach. Jan. 

 6215. Wakde Island, gregarious on edge of beach. Fr. Jan. 6248. 



Distrib. New Guinea and adjacent islands. Java, Borneo, Moluccas, 

 Celebes, Philippines, Carolines, Marianne Islands, and New Hebrides. 



*PANDANUS POLTCEPHALUS Lam. Encycl. i. (1785) 372. 



Manokoeari, Langgen, common in mangrove association. Fr. Jan. 

 6230. 



Distrib. Amboina, Batjan, Ceram, Timor, Sumatra. 



" Plant + 10 m. high, with branched head. Fruit red." 



PANDANUS TABBERSIANUS Rendle, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva. Folia valde spiraliter ordinata, e basi dilatata linearia, superne 

 gradatim attenuata, basin versus late canaliculata cseterum plana ; marginibus in 

 parte basilari nudis caeterum dentibus minutis aeutis crebris munitis ; costa media 

 in facie inferiore prominente, velut in margine denticulata. Syncarpium magnum, 

 pendulum, pendunculo longo suffultum, anguste lanceolato-ellipsoideum, axe fibroso- 

 lignoso, spathis plurimis indutum. Spathce lineari-lanceolatse vel lanceolatse, sub- 

 yequilongaB, coriaceae, extus leves, carinatse, marginibus et carina (basi excepta) velut 

 in foliis denticulate. Drupce mature brunnea?, numerosissime, confertse, irregu- 

 lariter 5-7-gonse, parte apicale libera et infra pileum depresso-pyramidatum angulosum 

 constricta ; stigma laterale, horizontale, plus minus compressum superne autem rotun- 

 datum vel interdum bilobatum ; endocarpium osseum, anguste ellipsoideum, basi 

 angustatum, mesocarpium inferne fibrosum. 



Hab. Manokoeari, forest edge, track to A mbani, 100'. Fr. Jan. 6213. 



Plant 5 m. high. Leaves 3 m. long, 13 cm. wide at the base, 6 cm. 

 wide about the middle ; teeth l'5-2 mm. long. Syncarp 4 dm. long, 

 1 dm. in greatest diameter, core up to 5 cm. in diameter ; peduncle 3'7 dm. 

 long. Drupes 1'8-2'1 cm. long, 4-5 mm. thick, upper free part about 

 *5 cm., cap 22*75 mm. long ; endocarp about 1 cm. long. 



From the description evidently near P. Englerianum Martelli from Neu- 

 Mecklenburg, which, however, has a much larger trigonous syncarp, scarlet 

 drupes, and a discoid stigma. The syncarp of our species is described as of 

 a uniform chocohite-brown colour. 



This plant has been named in honour of Mr. (now Capt.) Tabbers, Acting 

 Assistant Resident at Manokoeari, to whose ready help, practical experience, 

 and judgment Miss Gibbs was much indebted during her stay. 



