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bi- tri-furcated near the summit; leaves 1.7 m. 
long, 6.7 cm. wide, lance-ligulate, long tapering; 
the marginal teeth at base few and small; the 
median teeth 2-4 mm. long, 5-12 mm. apart, 
acicular, appressed ascending, the larger ones 
red brown at tip; the teeth near the apex 0.2- 
1 mm. long, 5-12 mm. apart; midrib below 
with strong, retrorse prickles 3-4 mm. long, 
12-25 mm. apart, red brown; syncarps ”6-9 in. 
in diam., globular, red,” phalanges 5.9 -6.3 cm. 
long, 6.6-7. 9 cm. wide, 5. 2-7 .6 cm. thick, 
"red,” broad cuneate, the base truncate, the sides 
plane, smooth, shining, upper free, the lateral 
sutures between the carpels as long as or shorter 
than the upper free part, lateral angles few and 
low, apex high convex; carpels 8-9, each apex 
low convex and with a radial suture line from 
the sinus to the stigma; inner sinuses 1.5-3 mm. 
deep; stigmas 4-5 mm. long, nearly central, sub- 
orbicular cordate, horizontal, flush, centripetal; 
endocarp slightly submedian, 47 mm. long, 54 
mm. wide, massive, bony, dark brown; seeds 
16-17 mm. long, 4-4.5 mm. in diameter, ellip- 
soid; apical mesocarp with small remote caverns 
which have longitudinal fibers and pithy cross 
partitions; basal mesocarp very small, fibrous and 
fleshy; staminate inflorescence 15.5 cm. long, 
3 cm. diam., compact ellipsoid, with bracts 3-6 
dm. long, 2-2.5 cm. wide, foliaceous, the mar- 
gins entire; lateral spikes 1.5-3 cm. long, dense; 
stamens racemose; anthers 4.5-6 mm. long, 
linear sagittate, acuminate. 
HOLOTYPUS: Western Australia, Dillens 
Springs, Oct. 1906, W , V. Fitzgerald 2,394 
(syd). 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Western Australia, 
Dillens Springs, Oct. 1906, W. V. Fitzgerald 
2.394 (the staminate inflorescence mixed with 
the holotype ) ( SYD ) . 
Northern Territory: Escape Cliffs, Hulls [an 
error for W. Hulse ] (Mel). 
DISCUSSION : This species is known from 
meager collections, but it seems amply distinct 
by its phalanges with 8-9 carpels, small remote 
Fig. 10. Pandanus convexus St. John, from holo- 
type. a. b, c, Phalange X 1. 
