XXVL PANDANE^. 



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Pandanus. Half of fruit cut transversely, 

 fertile cell in the centre. 



Pandanus. 

 Fruit cut Tertically, 



Pandanus. 



Seed cut transversely. 



Pandanvs. 



Vertical section of 



a portion of the seed. 



Pandanus. 

 Embryo (mag.). 



called Vacoas, is a remarkable botanical feature of that island.] Their habit is similar to that of 

 gigantic ^?'owc?/(fK?e<e J one of the most remarkable is Pandnnus Candelabrum^ which owes its specific 

 name to the elegance of its dichotoraous ramification. Mungo Park relates a singular phenomenon pre- 

 sented by another species named Fang-Jani (Heterostipma Hmidelotianuni), which grows at Cxoree, on the 

 Gambia, and which; according to this celebrated traveller, burns spontaneously when ripe j it is now 



