Pandanus] CXT. PANDANACE^ 659 



style. 2. A sp. mentioned by Talbot (List 346) as an " evergreen prostrate thin- 

 stemmed soboliferous gregarious shrub, found in some of the North Kanara evergreen 

 forests of the Siddapur subdivision, which may be P. foetidus, Boxb.," will perhaps 

 be found to be identical with Hohenacker's No. 536 from Bantwalla, South Kanura, 

 6 only. This seems to be the same as specimens from Ceylon which have been 

 described as P. Thwaitesii by Ugolino Martelli, in Webbia 369. The ^ spadix is very 

 flexuose, the spikes 2-3 and the anthers J in. long. 



(6) Filaments connate into a column, bearing a number of umbellate 

 anthers at the top. 



a Style forked. 



3. p. furcatus, Eoxb. Vern. Jarika, Nep. ; Satthwa, Burm. Sikkim, outer hills up^ 

 to 3,000 ft., Khasi and Manipiar hills. Chittagong. Lower Burma, frequent. Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. Erect, branched, aerial roots from the lower portion of trunk,, 

 stem 10-40 ft. high, up to 6 in. diam. L. dark green, 8-15 ft. by 4-8 in., short stout 

 and sharp spines on edge and midrib. Spathes inodorous, the lowest of the <J spadix 

 up to 3 ft. long. Staminal-column | in. long, with 3^5 anthers at the apex. Syncarpium 

 usually solitary, orange-red when fully ripe, up to 18 in. long (occasionally racemose 

 and smaller, Kurz), drupes connate, nearly cylindric. apex convex, styles spiny, shining,, 

 deeply 2-3-forked. Talbot, List ed. ii. 345, states that this sp. is common in the Ghat 

 forests of Belgaum and North Kanara, a low gregarious tree, forming dense almost 

 impenetrable thickets in marshy places near watercourses. 4. P. canaranus, Warb.. 

 Mangalore, S. Kanara, in marshy places. The lower spathes of the 6 spadix produced 

 into a long spinulose flagellum, staminal column J in., anthers ^ in. long. Drupes, 

 clavate, slightly forked. 



P Style noty or only slightly forked. 



5. P. minor, Ham.— Syn. P. unguifer, Hook, f . in Bot. Mag. t. 6347. Subhimalayan 

 tract of Sikkim, ascending to 3,000 ft. Khasi hills. Chittagong. A dwarf shrub 

 2-3 ft. high, with long prostrate densely-matted stems and roots. L. lanceolate 

 l|-2 ft , terminating in a narrow tail, 1-3 in. loDg, stout sharp spines up to ^ in. long 

 along the edges. Syncarpium solitary, 5 in. long, drupes smooth, clavate, apex convex, 

 style sharp, entire or slightly forked. 6. P, Scopula, Warburg I.e. 76. Burma, Satthwa^ 

 Burm., fr. only known. Syncarpium ovoid, 5 in., carpels 1| in. long, the outer 

 surface of each pyrene splitting up into numerous fibres giving the fr. the appearance 

 of a hard brush. 7. P. graminifolius, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. narrow linear, 12-18 by 

 J in., glaucous beneath, edges and midrib finely spinulose. 



B. Ovary of 4-12 connate carpels. 



8. P. tectorius, Solander ; "Warburg I.e. 46.~Syn. P, fascicular is, Lam. ; Prain Bengal 

 Plants 1101 ; P. odoratisstmus, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 94-96. Includes P. Icevis, Kurz F. 

 PI. ii. 508. Vern. Keura, Keora, Hind.; Kea, Beng.; Kaide, Kan.; Mogali, Tel.; 

 Talai, Tam. ; Satthapu, Burm. Sundriban. Sea coast of the Peninsula on both sides. 

 On sand along the coast of Burma. Andamans. Coco islands, common on the sea shore. 

 — Ceylon on the coast, " usually forming a belt above high water mark, very common." 

 Mascarenes and Seychelles. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. Polynesia. Much 

 cultivated. Gregarious, much branched, stem bent, sometimes up to 25 ft. high, but 

 more often shrubby, resting on strong aerial roots. L. glaucous-green, 3-5 ft. long^ 

 caudate-acuminate, usually with strong spines on edges and midrib (var. Icevis 

 unarmed or nearly so), S spadix with numerous sessile cylindric spikes 2-3 in. longy 

 enclosed by long white fragrant caudate-acuminate spathes, staminal-column J- J in. 

 long, anthers cuspidate, inserted along the whole length of the upper portion. Syn- 

 carpium solitary, drooping, scarlet, drupes numerous (50-60), each consisting of 5-12. 

 carpels, the apex of each carpel distinct, more or less convex with a small, variously- 

 lobulate stigma. 



9. P. Leram, Jones in Asiat. Pesearches iii. 163, with 2 plates. Nxcobars^ 

 (Larum.) Stem branched, 30-50 ft. high, supported by long strong atrial roots. 

 1. dark green. Syncarpium solitary, yellow when ripe, 20-30 in. long, weighing 30- 

 40 lb., drupes 4-12-celled, lower portion fleshy, edible. 10. P. andamanensium, Kurz. 

 Andamans. Stem simple or shortly forked, 40-50 ft. high, 8-14 in. diam., 1. 8-15 ft. 

 by 4-5 in. Syncarpium solitary, drooping, the size of a man's head, scarlet when ripe.. 



2. FREYCINETIA, Gaudichand ; M. Brit. Ind. vi. 487. 



Slender climbers, stems annulate, attached to supports by adventitious 

 rootlets. Ovary 1-celled, of 1-10 carpels, often surrounded by minute 

 staminodia, ovules numerous on parietal placentas as many as carpels. 



