PANDANACÉES. M3 
GENERA 
1. Pandanus L. F, — Flores diœci nudi; masculorum staminibus 
paucis v. œ, receptaculo convexiusculo nuncve peltatim dilatato 
insertis; filaimentis liberis v. varie connatis; antheris basifixis 
linearibus v.oblongis, apice obtusis v. apiculatis, introrsum, extrorsum 
v. lateraliter rimosis, nune 4-locellatis. Floris fæminei staminodia 0 
(v. « nunc minuta »). Gynæcei carpella libera, 1-locularia, v. in 
phalanges 4- œ-loculares connata; vertice attenuato v. varie solido, 
runcalo, tumido, prismatico v. operculiformi, nune cavo; lobis 
Sligmatosis forma variis, simplicibus subulatis, longitudinaliter 
Jinearibus, unguiformibus hincque papillosis, reniformibus, hippo- 
crepicis, furcatis v. 2-lamellatis. Ovulum in loculo quoque 1, 
adscendens v. basilare; funiculo crasso sæpe haud libero; placenta 
Spurie parietali. Fructus in syncarpium sphæricum, ovoideum, 
ellipsoideum, oblongum v. cylindraceum, conferti; carpellis drupaceis 
Y. lignosis, inferne connatis v. in phalanges induratas confluentibus, 
plerumque singulatim v. per greges a receptaculo communi persis- 
tente sub maturitate facile deciduis. Semen adscendens oblongo- 
obovatum v. subfusiforme ; hilo sæpe lineari-elongato; apice micro- 
Pylari inferiore sæpius attenuato recto v. areuato; testa membranacea 
Y. Subcrustacea, sæpe striolata ; raphe prominula ; albumine carnoso 
denso ; embryone parvo prope ad hilum basilari. — Arbores v. frutices 
érecli, rarius subsarmentosi, v. herbæ caule brevissimo v. prostrato 
'adicante ; trunco simplici v. 2, 3-chotome patentim ramoso; ramis 
radices adventivas aereas nunc crebras emittentibus. Folia in summo 
Gaudice v. in summis ramis conferta, spiraliter 3-fariam disposita, 
basi vaginantia, longissime v. brevius linearia, subulata v. sensim 
dCUMinata recurva concavo-carinala, coriacea v. rigida, demum tola 
