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HOLOTYPUS: Australia, Queensland, Cape 
York Peninsula, abundant locally in rain forest 
behind the coastal sand dunes, 20 m. alt., May 
9, 1948, L J. Brass 18,715 (bri). 
DISCUSSION: P. sphaericus is a member of the 
section Australibrassia and there also is its near- 
est relative, P. cochleatus St. John, which is dis- 
tinguished by having the phalanges pyriform; 
the carpels 12-16; stigma below an overhanging 
cochlea te rim; prop roots absent; and leaves 
having near the base marginal teeth 1.3-2 mm. 
long. It also occurs on the Cape York Peninsula. 
P. sphaericus differs by having the phalanges 
suborbicular; carpel 9-11; stigma on proximal 
face of carpel apex without an overhang; prop 
roots few; and leaves near base with marginal 
teeth 0.5-1 mm. long. 
The new epithet is the Latin adjective, sphaer- 
icus, spherical, in reference to the shape of the 
phalange and of the syncarp. 
Pandanus ferrimontanus sp. nov. (sect. 
Pandanus ) 
Figs. 25-26 
DIAGNOSIS HOLOTYPI: Arbor 5-7 m. alta 10- 
12 cm. diametro in corona laxa ramosa, radici- 
bus fulturosis nullis, foliis 133-160 cm. longis 
5.8 cm. lads subcoriaceis glaucis supra infraque 
gladiformatis gradatim ex basi in apice subulato 
longe acuminato diminuentibus, in puncto 10 
cm. ex apice 3 mm. latis, marginibus ex basi per 
29 cm. inermibus turn cum aculeis 2-3 mm. 
longis 6-21 mm. distantibus subulatis adscend- 
entibus apice brunneo, midnervio inermi, in sec- 
tio mediali margine unica cum aculeis 1-2 mm. 
longis 2-6 mm. distantibus adpresse adscend- 
entibus subulatis cum basi crassa, margine al- 
tera cum aculeis paucis simulantibus sed minori- 
bus vel in partibus inermibus, midnervio infra 
cum aculeis paucis remotis minutis adscenden- 
tibus, in regione apicali marginibus et mid- 
nervio infra cum aculeis 0.2-0. 3 mm. longis 
3-5 mm. distantibus subulatis validis adscenden- 
tibus, pedunculo 40 cm. longo excedenti obscure 
trigono folioso, syncarpio 16 cm. longo 14 cm. 
diametro terminali solitario ovoideo-globoso 
cum circa 45 phalangibus, eis 4. 5-4.7 cm. longis 
4.2 cm. latis 3. 4-3 =5 cm. crassis late obovoideis 
subcompressis, apice rotundato, parte V 3 supera 
libera, lateribus cum 5-6 angulis majoribus et 
carpela quoque cum 2-4 angulis et valleculis 
angustis et turn lateribus phalangiorum proxi- 
morum interobseratis, in sicco lateribus papil- 
losis et parte supera rubro-brunnea, suturis lat- 
eralibus angustis in dimidia supera, sinibus api- 
calibus centralibus 3. 5-4.5 mm. profundis fondis 
angustis sinuosis et lateribus interobseratis, car- 
pelis 8-12 plerumque 9-10, apicibus subaequali- 
bus semiorbicularibus pallide brunneis sed lat- 
eribus brunneo-rimosis, regione obliqua brunnea 
concava ex stigmate distalia, stigmatibus 1—1.5 
mm. longis ellipticis vel truncatis obscure brun- 
FlG. 24. Pandanus sphaericus, from holotype, lower 
side of leaf, X 1- a, Near base; b, middle; c, apex. 
