1869.] Remarks on the species of Pandanus. 149 



16. P. verilS, Rumph., Kurz he. c. 125. 



I believe that all the Pandani veri of Gaudichaud have to be re- 

 garded as identical with the present species, as Pandanus Linnaei, Gaud, 

 loc. cit t. XXII, f. 1 — 8 ; P. Chamissonis, ejusd. he. cit., f. 9 ; P. 

 fragraus, Rumphii, Rheedei, Loureiri, Menziesii, JBoryi and Douglasii, 

 figured loc. cit. plate XXII. The two latter look somewhat similar to 

 forms of P. An daman ensium, but such elongate drupes are found also 

 occasionally in Indian forms of P. verus. 



17. P. laevis, Rph., Kurz. loc. cit. 126. 



18. P. utilis, Bory, Kurz. loc. cit. 131. 



Here, as in the case of the former, I cannot agree at all with the 

 view taken by Mr. Gaudichaud, as regards the definition of species, 

 and I have good reason to believe that all the following of his pro- 

 posed species have to be considered as synomyms of P. utilis. 



Vinsonia utilis, Gaud. loc. cit., t. XVII. /. 1 — 5 et t. XXIII, f. 1 — 6 

 et 9 — 18 (germinatio) ; Vins. stephanocarpa, ejusd. loc. c. t. XVII, /. 

 2 — Qet 7-8 ; Vins. purpurascens, ejusd. loc. c. t. XVII, /. 6 — 9 ; Vins. 

 liwnilis, ejusd. loc. c, f. 10-11 ; and Vins. elegans, ejusd. loc. c, /. 

 12-13, all figured on plate XVII. 



The last three forms are Wallich's P. lucidus, and are included 

 loc. cit. under my var. ft. lucida. 



The drupes of Vinsonia palustr is, ejusd. loc. cit. t. XVII. /. 18 — 23 

 are undistinguishable from those divided forms of P. utilis, of which 

 I have given a few characteristic representations in Dr. Seemann's 

 Journal v. t. 64. 



19. P. lucidllS, {Vinsonia? lucida, Gaud., loc. c. f. 14-15.) 

 This species, although very near to P. utilis, var. lucidus, is ap- 

 parently distinct, differing in the form of the stigmata. A very good 

 representation of it, exists in the Library of the Bot. Gardens, 

 Calcutta, under the name of " Pandanus lucidus," Wall., but it is not 

 the species which is now cultivated under that name in the gardens. 



20. P. sylvestris, (Vinsonia sylvestris, Gaud., loc. c. t. XVII, 

 /. 16-17). 



21. P. PervilleailUS, (Vinsonia Pervilleana, Gaud., loc. c, t. 

 XXXI, /, 1 — 7 ; probably including also Vins. drupacea, ejusd., 1. c. f. 

 8—13). 



