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to all the way to the valley bottom; endocarp 
supramedian 22-25 mm. long, bony, stramine- 
ous except for the dark brown, shining lining of 
the seed cavities, lateral walls 8-10 mm. thick; 
seeds 18-20 mm. long, 3-5 mm. in diameter, 
irregularly ellipsoid; apical mesocarp in each 
carpel forming a cavern with a few strong, lon- 
gitudinal fibers, and transverse, stramineous, 
medullary membranes; basal mesocarp fibrous 
and fleshy. 
HOLOTYPUS: Australia, Queensland, Cape 
York Peninsula, Iron Range, scattered or gre- 
garious in groves in savanna forest, 20 m. alt., 
June 24, 1948, L. ]. Brass 19,312 (bri). 
DISCUSSION: The flowers were not seen by 
the collector. This new species is a member of 
the section Pandanus , to which most of the 
Australian species belong. None of the previ- 
ously described species are close relatives, so no 
contrast is needed here. 
The new specific epithet is formed from the 
Latin, ferrum, iron; montanus, of the mountain, 
in reference to the name of the type locality. 
Pandanus oblatus sp. nov. (sect. Pandanus ) 
Figs. 27-28 
DIAGNOSIS HOLOTYPI: Arbor 12-14 m. alta, 
trunco "crasso, corona ramosa, radicibus fultu- 
rosis multis longis spinosis,” foliis 1.6 m. longis 
9.2 cm. latis crassiter coriaceis infra subglaucis, 
in section valde M-formatis, gladiformatis gra- 
datim in apice subulato trigono valide diminu- 
entibus, in regione 10 cm. ex apice 5-6 mm. 
latis, basi amplexicauli et integri sed ex 7 cm. 
marginibus cum aculeis 2—3 mm. longis 3-6 
mm. distantibus subulatis validis luteis subad- 
scendentibus, midnervio infra inermi, in regione 
mediali marginibus cum aculeis 1.5-3 mm. lon- 
gis 3-5 mm. distantibus subulatis validis arcuato- 
adscendentibus, midnervio infra salienti acuito 
et cum aculeis 2.5-3 mm. longis 10-20 mm. 
distantibus simulantibus adscendentibus; in re- 
gione apicali marginibus et midnervio infra 
subulato-serratis serris 0.8- 1.2 mm. longis 2-3 
mm. distantibus, pedunculis 15 vel plus cm. 
longis obtuse trigonatis folioso-bracteatis, syn- 
carpio 18 cm. longo 13 cm. diametro cylindrico 
sed apicibus ambis rotundatis cum circa 92 pha- 
langibus, eis 4.7-5. 1 cm. longis 2.9-3. 5 cm. latis 
2. 4-2 .7 cm. crassis obovoideis in sicco rubro- 
o 
1 
s cm. 
Fig. 28. Pandanus oblatus, from holotype, lower 
side of leaf, X !■ ^ Near base; b, middle; c, apex. 
