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angustata vel (in var. /?) in vaginam ochreacforniem scariosam albam dilatata, spinis parvis 

 viridi-flavescentibus aut in toto margine crebris aut tanium in supcriore dimidio obvcnien- 

 tibus in dorso costae distantibus armata. Capitula terminalia , solitaria, ovalia , semitortium 

 poilicem longa, mascula tanlum visa. Bracleae (vulgo spatbae) coloratae, scariosae, multi- 

 nerviae, apice nervo dorsali prominente carinalae et in acumen cuspidiforme foliaceum 

 transientes, extimae breviores (ultrasemipollicares) in acumen scsquipollicare, intimae lon- 

 giorea (fere bipollicares) in acumen tri-quadrilineale transientes. Spadices masculi terni 

 fasciculati, erecti, quatuor lineas longi, cylindrici, obtusi, pedunculo scmipollicari ammlato 



apicem versus crassescente instructi. Flores monandri, nondum satis evoluti. rnlermedia 



inter F. javanicam Blume et F. angustifoliam Blume, prioris folia, posterioris bracteas rel 

 spathas possidens. 



Pandanus odoratissimls Lin. Roxb. corom. I. 65. t. 94—96. — Habitat in Martaba- 

 nia ad Moulmine (Helfer). — Folia elongato-linearia, margine dorsoque spinis RCttissimn 

 inaequaliter distanlibus apice purpureis armata, creberrime nervosa. Bracteae (vulffo sna- 

 thae) lincari-Ianceolatae, acuminatae, margine minutc spinoso-ciliatae, costa dorsali inermes, 

 basi concaviusculae, in acumine serrato-spinosae. Spadix masculus tripollicaris , pollicem 

 crassus, oblongus, cylindraceus, utrinque obtusus, pedunculo bilineali insidens, tbyrsoideo- 

 compositus. Perigonium nullum. Filamenta octodecim in phalangem arbusculiformom spi- 

 raliter in ordine lernario disposita, plano-convexa, brcvia, in mucronem ultra antberam ex- 

 currentia. Antberae linearcs, extrorsae, biloculares, longitudinaliter adnatae, dimidiam spi- 

 ram torlae, longitudinaliter debiseenles. — Cenus Pandanus in duo subgencra dividi potest: 

 § I. Stamina in pbalangem monadelpbum octodecimfidum arbusculiformem disposita. antbe- 



ris linearibus diinidiam spiram tortis apiculatis. Huc P. odoratissimus Lin. fi M Sta 



mina crebra fasciculata. IIuc reliquae generis species forsitan omnes, 



Typha okientalis ; foliis linearibus angustato-acutis planis caulem floriferum supcran- 

 tibus, spadicibus contiguis, masculo lineari spatba foliiformi suffulto, femineo lineari-elliptico 

 (digitum auricularem crasso). — An T. angustifolia Blanco fl. dc Filip. G87 ? — Habitat in 

 insula Zebu Pbilippinarum (Cuming pl. pbil. n. 1767). — Valde differt a T. an-ustiC.Ia, 

 nempe foliis usque ad basim planis minore numero ncrvorum cxsiccatione sulculos ion^i- 

 tudinales efficienlium donatis (nec basim versus canaliculaiis), spadiribus contiguis (nec rc- 

 motis distantia ultrapollicari), fcminco ferc bipollicari digiium auricularcm rrasso exceptis 

 dimensionibus ad T. latifoliam accedente (nec elongato cylindrico lineari oalamum scripfo- 

 rium crasso), masculo pollicari spatba sesquilonga crccta suffulto (nec clongato fcre spitha- 

 meo spatbaque multo breviore). 



Typha Bungka.na; foliis ca^lis floriferi linearibus obtusis caulc multoties brevioribus, 

 •spadicibus contiguis, femineo subgloboso-ellipi.ico , masculo iineari femineum duplo supe-' 

 ;ante. — T. minor Bunge in mem. d. sav. etrang. de petersb. II. 140. — Habitat in China 

 boreali (Bungc). — Caulis fcre bipedalis, basi tantum foliatus, caeterum nudus lineam m 

 dlametro crassus striis longitudinalibus spiralibus instructus. Vaginae laxae, margine basi- 

 que scariosae, infimae apbyllae, superiores fulio semi - sesquipollicari lineam iato lineari 



