﻿small bays of overflowed rivers by means of Pandanus-shoots, 

 whereby the fish which are in these bays may be very easily caught 

 when the flood subsides." 



Differs from P. Candelabrum in habit, and the shape of the 

 fruit, the short pyramidal free portion contrasting strongly with 

 the larger rounded top of P. Candelabrum. 



In Apontam. 545, it is consigned to the 3rd region, R. alto- 

 plana, as contrasted with the littoral and mountainous regions. 



Note. — In an account of the Pogge-Wissmann Expedition in 

 West Equatorial Africa, in Loanda and the country behind (Mittheil. 

 Afrik. (resell, in HeuUvh. iv. 248), a Pandanus is mentioned as 

 forming impenetrable thickets on the river banks ; the leaves are 

 used for mats and the like. Its native name is dilcaka, plur. 

 makaka, in Malange (Loando) mavalla. 



4. P. thomensis Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Broter. v. (1887), 206. 

 Island of St. Thomas, W. Africa. 



5. P. Heudelotianus Balf. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 49. 

 Jht.r^ti.pna Heudelotianum Gaud. Atl. Bon. t. 25, ff. 15-31, et 

 Explication et Descript. des Planches de V Atlas, D'Alleizette, p. 127 ; 

 Walp. Ann. i. 755 ; Ad. Br. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 6, i. 291. 



Hab. Senegambia. 



Fruit, seed and stigmas only are figured. The actual size of the 

 fruit is doubtful, as D'Alleizette simply says, "Syncarpe grossi." 



Some fruits in the British Museum collected by Mungo Park 

 (PI. 347, ff. 5, 6) resemble the above figures; referring to these, 

 ys in MS., " It may be P. Heudelotianm, or a large form 

 of P. Candelabrum." Park's fruits are very similar in shape to 

 Gaudichaud's species ; the apex, when present, is, however, some- 

 what more pointed. The sclerenchymatous tissue projects into the 

 apex, leaving also the longitudinal space as in the figure in the 

 Atlas. In transverse section they show traces of 2-4 loculi, one or 

 more of which contain no seed. They are 2 in. long by in. 

 broad, and have a rounded upper portion tapering gradually to the 

 base, giving an obovately cuneate outline. The exposed top is 

 nearly £ in. long. 



There is in the Kew Museum a portion of an unripe head of 

 fruits from Sierra Leone, collected by H. Bockstatt. The small 

 short fruits are 4-6-angular, with the angles much sharper below 

 the rounded very flat top. They are 5-6 lines long, and about as 

 broad ; also apparently unilocular. 



A specimen of wood, in the same collection, labelled " Pandan us" 

 procured in Dr. Baikie's Niger Expedition in 1857, bears on its 



B. — East Tropical Species. 

 6. P. Rabaiensis Rendle in Joitm. Linn. Soc. ined. A species 

 with the stamens spicately arranged in the stalked male flowers ; 

 and fruits somewhat resembling those of the Malagasy P. utilis 

 Bory, but with a shorter, more rounded top. 



