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neis obliquis sulcatis centripetalibus, sinu prox- 
imo profundo Vz vel omnino distancia ad fon- 
dam extento, endocarpio 22-25 mm. longo su- 
pramediali osseoso stramineo lateribus laterali- 
bus 8-10 mm. crassis, interiore cavernarum 
seminarum brunneo, seminibus 18-20 mm. 
longis 3-5 mm. diametro irregulariter ellipsoi- 
deis, mesocarpio apicali in carpella quoque 
cavernam cum fibris paucis et membranis stra- 
mineis transversis medullosis formanti, meso- 
carpio basali fibroso et carnoso. 
DIAGNOSIS OF holotype: Tree 5-7 m. tall, 
10-12 cm. in diameter, branched into an open 
crown; prop roots none; leaves 133-160 cm. 
long, 5.8 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, glaucous above 
and below, sword-like, gradually tapering from 
near the base to the long acuminate, subulate 
tip which 10 cm. down is 3 mm. wide, the basal 
margins unarmed for 29 cm., then with prickles 
2-3 mm. long, 6-2 1 mm. apart, subulate, ascend- 
ing, brown-tipped; the nearby midrib unarmed; 
at the midsection one margin is with prickles 
1-2 mm. long, 2-6 mm. apart, broad based 
subulate, appressed ascending, the other margin 
with a few similar but smaller prickles or in- 
termittently with none; the midrib below with 
a few remote, minute, ascending prickles; near 
the apex the margins and midrib below with 
prickles 0.2-0. 3 mm. long, 3-5 mm. apart, stout 
subulate, ascending; peduncle more than 40 cm. 
long, obscurely trigonous, leafy bracted; syncarp 
solitary, terminal, 16 cm. long, 14 cm. in diam- 
eter, ovoid-globose, the color unknown, of about 
45 phalanges, these 4. 5-4.7 cm. long, 4.2 cm. 
wide, 3. 4-3. 5 cm. thick, broadly obovoid, some- 
what flattened, the apex rounded, upper l A free, 
the sides with 5-6 major angles and each carpel 
with 2-4 sharp secondary ridges and valleys so 
that adjacent phalanges fit as if mortised, when 
dry the sides papillose and the upper part red- 
dish brown; lateral sutures narrow but extend- 
ing half way down; central apical sinuses 3-5- 
4.5 mm. deep, the bottoms narrow and sinuous 
mortised; carpels 8-12, mostly 9-10, the apices 
subequal, semiorbicular, the sides with dark 
brown cracks, elsewhere pale brownish, with an 
oblique distal, brown concavity leading to the 
stigma; stigma 1-1.5 mm. long, elliptic or trun- 
cate elliptic, creased, dark brown, oblique, cen- 
tripetal; proximal sinus deep, running Vz way 
r— — r— — i 
o 1 cm. 
FIG. 26. Pandanus ferrimontanus, from holotype, lower side of leaf, a, Near base, XI \ b, middle, X 1; 
d, apex, X 1; c, marginal serrations at middle, X 4. 
