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Fig. 30. Pandanus somersetensis, from holotype, lower side of leaf, XI ■ a > Near base; b, middle; c, apex. 
longis foliosis, syncarpiis terminalibus singulari- 
bus maximis eorum 22 cm. longis 13 cm. diam- 
etro late ellipsoideis subtriangularibus cum ca. 
70 phalangibus eis 5-5.5 cm. longis 4-5.1 cm. 
latis 3. 2-4. 5 cm. crassis anguste obpyramidali- 
bus 4-6-angulosis in sicco brunneis laevibus et 
sublucidis lateribus paene curvatis vel planis 
parte Va supera libera, apice lato depresse con- 
vexo, suturis lateralibus raris sed paucis et solo 
in parte quarta supera evidentis, suturis apicali- 
bus centralibus 0.5-1 mm. profundis sed ple- 
rumque tarn vadosis quam paene imperceptis 
sunt et suturis solum tessellatis, carpelis 7-9, 
apicibus inequalibus quod carpelis lateralibus 
in latere exteriore distentis sunt sed apicibus 
omnibus veris brunneis subaequalibus et sub- 
planis sed eis centralibus minime depresso- 
conicis, stigmatibus 1.5-3 mm. longis ovato- 
deltoideis ad ellipticis horizontalibus centripe- 
talibus minime elevatis, sutura proxima ad dimi- 
diam intervallam ad basem producta, endocar- 
pio mediale osseoso subalbo in latere 2-3 mm. 
crasso, seminibus 15-16 mm. longis 5 mm. 
diametro oblique ellipsoideis, mesocarpio su- 
pero cavernoso et cum fibris longitudinalibus 
crassis et membranis albis, mesocarpio infero 
fibroso et carnoso sed minimo. 
DIAGNOSIS OF holotype: Tree 5-8 m. tall, 
20-30 cm. in diameter, branching in 2’s or 3’s, 
beginning halfway up, the crown semiorbicular; 
bark armed with scattered, short, sharp bosses; 
prop roots several, 6-15 cm. long; leaves 93 cm. 
long, 6. 8-7. 2 cm. wide, coriaceous, glaucous, 
sword-like but tapering gradually from the base 
to the acute tip, this 10 cm. down 7 mm. wide, 
at the very base the margins entire, but begin- 
ning 7-10.5 cm. above it having on one side 
ascending prickles 1.5-2 .2 mm. long, 3-8 mm. 
apart, stout subulate, stramineous, but on the 
other border 0.5-1 mm. long, 3-15 mm. apart, 
the midrib smooth almost throughout; at the 
middle the margins entire; near the tip the 
margins entire and only the midrib below with 
a few remote ascending prickles 0.3 mm. long; 
