484 CLxrv. pandane^. (Hook, f.) [Pandanus. 



, Enum. iii. 98 ; Kurz in Seem. Joum. Bot. v. (1867) 101, t. 62, f . 4, 5, 6 ; 

 SC For. Fl. ii. 506 ; Solms in lAnneea, xlii. (1878) 8. Frisqnetia macrooai'pa, 

 Oaud. Voy. Bunite Bot t. iv. f . 2-8.— Pandan. Wall. Gat. 8591. 



AssAU and the Ehabia Hills, and Eastwards to Bubma. The Ookcan ? 



A densely branched shrub. Leaves with large strongly incurved usually dis- 

 tant marginal spinnles. Spaihes pale yellow. Anther ^-J in. long. Fruit very 

 variable in size, from a hen's egg to a man's fist, red when ripe. 



2. P. caricosus, Spreng. Syst. iii. 897 ; shmbby, leaves 5-8 ft. by 

 2-2^ in. spinulose-toothed, spinules minute white, anthers very long 

 slender, fruits spicate subglobose obovoid or broadly oblong, crown of 

 driipes muricate. Kunth Fnum. iii. 98 ; Sassk. in Flora, 1842, ii. Beibl. 13 

 & Gat. Hart Bogor. 60 ; Miq. Fl. IncL. Bat. iii. 163, Sf Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 

 ii. 54 ; Kurz in Seem. Joum. Bot. v. (1867) 100, t. 62, f. 1-3 & in Joum. As. 

 Soc. Beng. xxxviii. ii. (1869) 146, in Flora (1869) 450 ; Solms in Linnsea 

 xlii. (1878) 7 ; Ca/rriere in Bev. Sortie. (1878) 405, mth ic. of male spadix. 

 P. atrocarpns, Griff. Notul. iii. 160. 



Malacca, Q-riffith. — Disteib. Malay Islds. 



Apparently closely allied to fastidus, and like it with foetid yellow spathea, 

 differing in the spicate dark coloured or even blackish fruits and mnricate crowns 

 of the drupes. I have seen no specimens. I do not cite Bumph. Herb. Amb. iv. 

 154, though it is the authority for the species, the description and plate not being 

 sufficiently explicit. Nor are others of the authorities cited quite dependable. 



TT **' Malefl. of many anthers umhellate on the connate filaments. Drupes 

 with a low crown and subulate or flattened simple or forked stigma. 



3. P. furcatus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 744 ; arboreous, leaves 15-20 ft., 

 subglaueous beneath spiuously tootbed, spines curved, fruits solitary or 

 racemed ellipsoid or oblong, drupes obconic crown convex, style very short 

 flattened entire or 2-3-fid. Spreng. Syst. iii. 898 ; Kunth Fnum. iii. 98 ; 

 Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 162, t. 37 male fl. ; Eassk. Fl. Jav. Far. 163 ; Kurz in 

 Seem. Joum. Bot. v. (1867) 102, in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii. ii. (1869) 

 147, in Miq. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 54; in Flora (1869) 450, Sf Far. Fl. ii. 507 ; 

 Solms in Linncea, xlii. (1878) 13; Begel, Gartenfl. 1878, 298; Garr. in 

 Bev. Hortic. 1879, 290, with fig., and 1881, 174. P. crassipes, Wall. mss. 

 P. caricosus, Mig. Analect. Ind. ii. 16. p. spinifmctus, Dennst. Schluess. 

 Sort. Malab. 23. Ryckia fnrcata, Be Vriese in Verhandl. Kl. Acad. Wet. 

 (1854) ; in Tuinh. Fl. i. 161, & in Hook. Kew Joum. vi. (1854) 268. Barrotia 

 diodon. Gaud. Voy. Bonitt Bot. t. xiii. f. 15-24. — Pandan. TFdll. Gat. 8951. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 2-5000 ft. J.D.B. Assam, Khasia and Kaga Hills, 

 and SiLHET, alt. 0-4000 ft., Chittaoono and Burma. — Disteib. Malay Islds. 



Stem 30-40 ft., with aerial roots towards the base, as thick as the arm or leg, 

 spariugly dichotomously branched above. Leaves 4 in. broad, marginal spines |-i 

 in. long, flattened, lower curved. Spathes inodorous, 14-2 ft., golden yellow, very 

 coriaceous. Stamens 8-14, filaments united in a fleshy tube longer than the anthers, 

 tips free or variously cohering. Fruit 6-9 in. long or less, very variable in size, red 

 brown. Drupes rather fleshy, 5-6.angled ; style shining.— In specimens from Churra 

 in the Khasia and from Sikkim, the colunan of filaments is much broader and the fiee 

 portion is mncli shorter than in those Irom Silhet. 



4. P. ceylanlcus, Solms in Linnsea, xlii. (1878) 16 ; stems tall tufted 

 very slender, leaves elongate margins with strong recurved spines, anthers 

 very short crowded on a very short fleshy tube, fruit broadly oblong, 

 crown conical narrowed into a nearly straight spinescent style notched at 

 the tip. P. furcatus, Thw. Fnum. 327. 



