— 420  — 
drupae  locatum,  4 mill,  longum,  superne  planum,  inferne 
rotundatum. 
Habitat.  — Isole  Aru  a Soron  1872,  Becc.  (Becc.  P. 
P.  n.°  488);  a Vokan,  Marzo  1873,  Becc.  (H.  Becc.).  — 
Isole  Aru,  Warburg,  n.°  21004  (H.  Berol.  sub  P.  Kurziano 
Solms.).  — Nuova  Guinea  oland.  Wersteed  (Expeditie  1907) 
n.°  1044  (H.  Utrecht.). 
31.  Pandanus  brachyspathus  Martelli,  n.  sp. 
r.  Kurzianus  Solms,  pro  parte  in  Ann.  Jard.  Bot.  Buitenz.  3,  p.  89. 
non  in  Linnaea. 
Folia  subcoriacea,  ultra  bimetralia,  7 cent,  lata,  apicem 
versus  attenuata,  acuta,  e basi  usque  ad  medium  supra  late 
canaliculata,  per  totam  longitudinem  a duabus  costulis  la- 
teralibus  supra  prominulis  percursa,  in  ima  basi  dilatata, 
inermis,  subtus  glauca  et  minute  longitudinaliter  venosa  ; 
marginibus  robuste  et  acute  serrato-dentatis,  dentibus  di- 
varicatis  ; costa  media  subtus  prominenti,  acuta,  spinoso- 
serrata,  basin  versus  robuste  pattile  vel  retrorse  irregula- 
riter  spinosa.  Inflorescentia  brevis,  12  cent,  longa,  spatbis 
plurimis  imbricatis  induta.  Spatbae  inferiores  brevissimae, 
1 1 ,-3  cent,  longae,  2-3  cent,  latae,  concavo-convexae  ; 
spathae  medianae  majores,  4 cent,  longae,  lanceolatae, 
apice  obtusae,  naviculares,  dorso  carinatae,  basi  dilatato- 
rotundatae,  et  amplectentes  ; spatbae  superiores  3-4  cent, 
longae,  3 cent,  latae,  concavae,  subrotundatae,  dorso  acute 
carinatae,  omnes  in  parte  superiori  carinae  et  ad  margines 
crebrerrime  dentato-fimbriatae.  Spica  brevis,  6 cent,  longa, 
paucis,  spiculis  subaequilongis  composita.  Stamina  in  apice 
col’umnae  brevis  umbellata.  Inflorescentia  $ peduncolo  brevi 
et  tenui  praedito  ; syncarpia  2 approximata  ; spatbae  parvae, 
inferiores  majores  ovatae  vel  ovato-lanceolatae,  navicula- 
res, acute  carinatae,  carina  et  marginibus  spinuloso-fìm- 
briatis.  Syncarpia  sessilia,  globosa,  3-6  cent.  diam.  Dru- 
