508 PANDANEX. [ Pandanus. 
globular, the size of a man’s head, drooping ; drupes connate, 
ee oe ‘and_usually rhomboid- compressed, wath flat 
t the when fully ripe fibrous-fleshy and scarlet; stigma 
cblignely | deieeesdteewnions, lamellate-produced, often prickly- 
ves —Frequent in the pres forests of the Andamans, oe is! in the 
eiaGhousbood of the sea.—Fr. Apr.-Ma: ay.— s.—SS.—Metam. Si 
6. P. odoratissimus, L. : —Tsat- tha-pu.—An evergreen tree 
(15—25 +5—10+2—8), ahtaasae: much branched tree 
or rather arboreous shrub, resting on strong, stiff, aéral roots, 
acuminate, the margins sharply antroreely , the midrib beneat 
ae a retrorsely, spiny, the spines rather straight, 3-4 tie 
long, or ina variety only half as long, whitish with purplish points ; 
male spadix strongly scented, the c cym mbiform-lanceolate, white 
spathes spinulose on the keel and on the margins ; stamens racem- 
-connate, the connective aristate; syncarps solitary, drooping; 
the size of a man’s head or smaller or larger, globular to oblong, 
beautifully scarlet; drupes connate, 2-3 in. long, fibrous-woody 
with a fleshy epicarp, glossy, tesselate and a! convex at the 
apex ; stigmas, 3-gonous-reniform, rather sm 
AB.—Common along the sandy shores all oe A rents of Burma from 
Chittagedg down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.—Fl. Fr. ©—l.—SS.=Aren. 
7. P. levis, Rumph.—An evergreen tree (2025 451048 
—3), much branched and supported by numerous aéral roots, some- 
times remaining about and shrubby, unarmed ; leaves elongate- 
nate, without t any sie ; male spadix very eonteds: exactly as in 
the preceding species, but the margins and midrib of the white 
fe quite unarmed; stamens racemosely connate ; anthers 
ucronate ; fruits suleaeas as yet. 
bon io —Only cultivated in villages of Pegu and probably elsewhere in 
FREYCINETIA, Gaud. 
Flowers siege or rarely spuriously pol ous, in simple or 
branched spadices. Males: ‘aie fie, Bek gge thers 2-celled, 
opening longitu dinally. Females: ovaries naked, or surround ded 
by sterile stamens, united into bundles, 1-celled, with as many 
parietal placentas as sessile stigmas ; ovules numerous, attached in 
2 series to the — Berries united in a fleshy syncarp- . 
numerous, minute, spindle-shaped, strophioled, the testa 
membranous or crustaceous. Albumen fleshy. Embryo ™ minutes 
