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PAN DAN US OCCULTUS sp. nov. § Keura. 
Caulis prostratis, parce ramosis, usque ad 3 m longis; foliis 
usque ad 2.2 m longis, circiter 4 cm latis, superne leviter angus- 
tatis, acuminatis ; syncarpiis solitariis, erectis, breviter peduncu- 
latis, ellipsoideis, circiter 20 cm longis; drupis numerosis, 4 ad 
4.5 cm longis, deorsum gradatim angustatis, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm latis, 
superne haud angustatis, apice truncatis ; loculis circiter 5, apices 
pentagonis, 5 ad 8 mm diametro, angulatis, leviter pyramidatis, 
sulcis distinctis separatis; stigmatibus obliquis. 
Trunk prostrate, sparingly branched, 3 to 4 cm in diameter, 
up to 3 m in length, the tips ascending about 0.5 m. Leaves 
very numerous, greatly elongated, coriaceous, about 2.2 m long 
and 4 cm wide, gradually narrowed upward, acuminate, the 
margins rather coarsely toothed especially in the lower part, 
the teeth less conspicuous and usually appressed above the mid- 
dle, the midrib beneath with few, small, scattered teeth in the 
upper part of the leaf, and the two lateral nerves on the upper 
surface with corresponding teeth. Syncarps solitary, erect, 
short-peduncled, very dark-green when fresh, ellipsoid, hidden 
in the terminal crown of leaves and nearly covered with the 
numerous, imbricate, dead bracts, its length about 20 cm, its 
diameter about 11 cm. Drupes numerous, densely crowded, 4 
to 4.5 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, the apex broad, truncate, 
gradually narrowed below, compressed or angular, usually 5- 
celled, the tips of the loculi 5-angled, 5 to 8 mm in diameter, 
somewhat pyramidal, distinctly separated by narrow and not 
very deep sulci, the stigmas solitary, oblique, pointed. 
Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 9361, May 7, 1913, in level forests, dry at 
this season but swampy in the rainy season, slightly above sea level. 
This species is prominently characterized by its habit, being prostrate 
with ascending branches; its greatly elongated leaves; and its solitary, 
erect, ellipsoid syncarps, which are hidden in the terminal crown of leaves 
and nearly covered with the dead bracts. The plants were common in one 
restricted area, and were very familiar to me for several weeks before I 
discovered that a few of them were fruiting. 
PANDANUS ACLADUS sp. nov. § Vinsonia. 
Arbor 5 ad 6 m alta, simplex; foliis usque ad 2 m longis et 
10 cm latis, crasse coriaceis, supra gradatim angustatis; infruc- 
tescentiis pendulis, syncarpiis circiter 9, oblongo-ellipsoideis vel 
oblongo-ovoideis, circiter 18 cm longis et 10 cm latis; drupis 
numerosis, obovoideis, angulatis, 3.5 ad 5 cm longis, 2 ad 2.5 
cm diametro, 9- ad 15-locellatis, apice truncatis et leviter sulcatis, 
stigmatibus vix obliquis, 1 ad 1.5 mm diametro. 
A tree 5 to 6 m high, unbranched. Leaves up to 2 m in 
