348 
Foliorum petioli 11-21 ped. longi, laminæ 9-19 -— lenge, 6-112 
poll. late, lobis basalibus 4-6 poll. longis, 34-54 poll. latis. — Pedun- 
culi 9-18 poll. longi. Spathe tubus l-l} poll. longus, 8-10 lin. 
diam., lamina 4-51 poll. longa 14-1} poll. bos Spadia 4-6 poll. 
lengus, parte foeminea 5-6 lin. longa, neutra -— E" longa, mascula 4-# 
escribed from living plants sent to Seth Penang by Mr. €.. 
Curtis. It is allied to A. decipiens, See 
90. Pandanus Thurstoni, Wright [Pandanem]; fruticosus, folus 
linearibus acuminatis marginibus minute dentieulatis costis in tegris, 
druparum capitibus cirea 8 racemose dispositis, — sejunctis 5-6- 
angulatis, LS ovs "nom ente semine solitario 
Habita t. —Fiji, Thurs 
Folia 10-12 ped. mon basi 6 poll. lata. Racemus 2 ped. longus 
Fructus 8 poll. longus, 4 “poil. latus. Drupa 1 poll. lcnga, 4 lin. lata. 
Stigma 6 lin. lon 
Eea Taea belongs to the section Ryckia, ay is allied to P. fur- 
which it differs in having the leaves very minutely 
sten and the heads or fruit rac emosely a arranged, not ae 
ne of two or three undescribed species, discovered by Sir J. 
Thurston, Governor of Fiji. 
CCCCIX.—MISCELLANEOUS N OTES. 
Sipney Atrrep SKAN, lately in the employ of the Royal 
Gardens, has been appointed, on the results of a competitive examination 
before the Civil Service Commission, an assistant in the Royal Gardens, 
to date from the 16th August 1894 
Mr. Wittram Lunt, in the employ of the Royal Gardens, has been 
appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Assistant Superin- 
tendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad. Mr. Lunt was also. 
lately employed as botanical coilector, attached to Mr. Theodore Bent’s 
Expedition to the Hadramaut Valley, Southern Arabia. 
