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Hab. Rabai Hills, Monibaz, W. E. Taylor, 1886. (Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.). . 



7. P. Kirkii, sp. nov. fructibus in syncarpiis connatis his P. 



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mesocarpio externo subtenuiter fibroso turn fibro-lignoso in endo- 

 carpium durum rubro-brunneum transitum prgebenti, vertice fibris 

 validis in loculos ad numerum earpellorum septatis. 



Hab. Mainland opposite Zanzibar, Dr. Kir!, , ls07 i Mus. Kov 

 vulgo Eope. 



The syncarps are obovately cuneiform in shape, the smooth 



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2i-2l in. in length by l|-lf in. greatest breadth. The large 

 rounded upper part shows divisions into 7-9 slightly elevated sub- 

 angular portions, terminating in a low blunt umbo. The number 

 of loouli corresponds to that of the portions of the syncarp. From 

 the large solid mahogany -coloured endocarp rise strong dense fibres 

 in the large upper portion of the syncarp, separating it into 

 chambers corresponding to the number of the carpels. 



Note.— There is in the Kew Herbarium a male inflorescence, 

 labelled "Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk," and received in September, 1868. 

 There is nothing to co -relate it with the fruits just described. The 

 ovate -acuminate bracts are very finely denticulate, while the male 

 flowers closely resemble those of P. Rabaiensis, the stamens being 

 spicate on a thick pedicel, while the connective is produced above 



be half the length of the latter. 



8. P. Livingstonianus, sp. nov. capitulis ovatis ; fructibus 

 singulis saepius 5-angulis, vertice subplano umbone centrali sub- 

 obtuso. 



The Kew Museum contains a shoot bearing a head of fruits col- 

 lected by Dr. Kirk, and labelled "Luabo, Mths. of Zambesi, Dec. 

 1859." The leaves near the spike bear finely upwardly-curving 

 teeth on the margin only. The lower leaves have rather larger 

 more distant teeth, which occur also on the midrib. The head is 

 not quite ripe, ovate in shape, and 5 in. long by 3 in. broad. The 

 fruits are generally 5-angled, with a flat top and a central rather 

 blunt umbo ; the top measures 6-7 lines across in the nearly ripe 

 examples at the apex of the spike. 



The fruit r, calls that . -f / '. Uurterianus, but is easily distinguished 

 by its flattened top, with the blunt umbo. 



Note.— Livingstone ( Liu Z«mb, si ,, n d it* Trih,,t m,-s, p. 19), in his 

 description of the scenery on the Kurgone, one of the mouths of the 

 Zambesi, says, " The Pandauus, or screw-palm, from which sugar- 

 bags are made in the Mauritius, also appears, and on coming out of 

 the Canal into the Zambesi many are so tall as in the distance to 

 remind us of the steeples of our native land." In the accompanying 

 plate the tree is apparently between 40 and 50 ft. in height, sup- 

 ported at the base by forking roots for a height of 8-9 ft. The 

 tapering stem commences to branch immediately above the roots ; 

 the branches curve at first downwards, and then rise towards 



