Pandanus] CXI. PAXDAXACE.E 659 



style. 2. A sp. mentioned by Talbot (List 346) as an " evergreen prostrate thin- 

 ~t .-mined soboliferous gregarious sbrub, found in some of the North Kanara evergreen 

 forests of the Siddapitr subdivision, which may be P. fietidus, Roxb.,'' will perhaps 

 be found to be identical with Hohenacker's No. 53U from Bantwalla, South Kanara, 

 <J only. This seems to be the same as specimens from Ceylon which have been 

 described as P. Tlncaiteiii by Ogolino Mart. -Hi. in Webbia 869. The S spadix is very 

 flexuose, the spikes 2-3 and the anthers J in. long. 



(b) Filaments connate into a column, bearing a number of umbellate 

 anthers at the top. 



a Style forked. 

 3. P. furcatus, Roxb. Vera. Jarika, Nep. ; Satthwa, Burm. Sikkim, outer hills up 

 to 3,000 ft., Khasi and Manipiir hills. Chittagong. Lower Burma, frequent. Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. Erect, branched, aerial roots from the lower portion of t run k r 

 stem 10—10 ft. high, up to 6 in. diam. L. dark green, 8-15 ft. by 4-8 in., short stout 

 and sharp spines on edge and midrib. Spat lies inodorous, the lowest of the £ spadix 

 up to 3 ft. long. Staminal-column V in. long, with 3-5 anthers at the apex. Syncarpium 

 usually solitary, orange-red when fully ripe, up to 18 in. long (occasionally raeemose- 

 and smaller, Kurz), drupes connate, nearly cylindric, apex convex, styles spiny, shining,, 

 deeply 2-3-forked. Talbot, List ed. ii. 345, states that this sp. is common in the Ghat 

 forests of Belgaum and North Kanara, a low gregarious tree, forming dense almost, 

 impenetrable thickets in marshy places near watercourses. 4. P. canaranus, Warb.. 

 Mangalore, S. Kanara, in marshy places. The lower spathes of the i spadix produced! 

 into a long spinulose nagellum, staminal column J in., anthers jA, in. long. Drupes 

 clavate, slightly forked. 



/3 Style not, or only slightly forked. 



5. P. minor, Ham. — Syn. P. unguifer, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6317. Subhimalayan 

 tract of Sikkim, ascending to 3,000 ft. Khasi hills. Chittagong. A dwarf shrub 

 2-3 ft. high, with long prostrate densely-matted stems and roots. L. lanceolate 

 1J-2 ft., terminating in a narrow tail. 1-8 in. long, stout sharp spines up to + in. long 

 along the edg.-s. Synearpiuni solitary, 5 in. long, drupes smooth, clavate, apex convex, 

 style sharp, entire or slightly forked. 6. P, Scopula, Warburg I.e. 76. Burma, Satthwa, 

 Burm., fr. only known. Syncarpium ovoid, 5 in., carpels 1A in. long, the outer 

 sin fa..- of each pyrene splitting up into numerous hi res giving the fr. the appearance 

 of a hard brush. 7. P. graminifolius, Kurz, Tenasserim. L. narrow linear, 12-18 by 

 $ in., glaucous li.'ii.'at h, edges and midrib finely spinulose. 



B. Ovary of 4-12 connate carpels. 



8. P. tectorius, Solander : Warburg I.e. 46. — S\ n. P.fatcicularis, ham. : Prain Bengal 

 Plants 1101; P. odoratuiimui, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 94-96. Includes /'. tavit, Kurz F. 

 FI. ii. 508. Vera. Keura, Keora, Bind.; Kea, Beng. ; Kaide, Kan.: Mogali, Tel.; 



Talai, Tain.; Sallhajm, Burm. Sundriban. Sea coast of the Peninsula on both sides. 

 On sand along the coast of Burma. Andamans. Coco islands, common on the sea shore. 



— Cejdon on the coast, " usually forminga belt above high water mark, very c mon." 



Mascarenes and Seychelles. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. Polynesia. Much 

 cultivated. Gregarious, much branched, stem bent, sometimes up to 'J5 ft. high, but. 

 more often shrubby, resting on strong aerial roots. L. glaucous-green, 8-5 ft. long, 

 caudate-acuminate, usually with Btrong spines on edges and midrib vox. lama 

 unarmed or neorlj bo), •' spadix with numerous sessile cylindric spikes 2-8 in. long, 

 enclosed by long white fragrant caudate-acuminate spathes, staminal-column J-A in. 

 long, anthers cuspidate, inserted along the whole length of the upper portion. Syn- 

 earpiuni solitary, drooping, scarlet, drupes numerous (50-60), each consisting of 5-12 



carpels, the apei oi ea< I carpel distinct, mor : less convex with a small, variously- 



lobulate b( igma. 



9. P. Leram. Jones in Asiat. Researches iii. lb:t. with 2 plates, Nicob 

 Larum.) Stem branched, 80 50 ft. high, supported by long strong aerial roots. 



I. dark green. Syncarpium solitary, yellow when ripe, 20-80 in. long, weighing 80- 

 [0 lb., drupes 1 12-celled, lower portion fleshy, edible. 1". P. andamanensium. Kuiz. 



An.b ins. si. ni simp] - shortly forked, 10 ".ii ft. high, 8-14 iii. diam., 1.8 15 ft. 



i... i 6 in. Syncarpium solitary, drooping, the size of a man's head, scarlel when ripe. 



2. FREYCINETIA, Gaudichaud; FI. Brit. Ind. vi. 187. 



Slender climbers, Btema annulate, attached to aupporta by adventitious 



rootlets. Ovary I -celled, of l-lil carpels, < .f r.-ti surrounded by minute 

 stnuiinodia, ovules numerous on parietal placentas as iuan\ .is carpels. 



