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SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Sarawak, Loba Ka- 
bang Protected Forest, abundant, ground flora 
in "alan” ( Shorea albida) type forest, found in 
wetter areas and associated with "bakong” 
( Hanguana malayana) , May 1 6 , 1954, J. A. R. 
Anderson S.2,81 5 ( sarf ) . 
DISCUSSION: P. Andersonii is a member of 
the section Aero stigma and there one finds its 
closest relative, P. brevifolius Martelli of Bor- 
neo. This has the syncarp solitary, 5 cm. long, 4 
cm. in diameter; drupes 15-16 mm. long, 3 mm. 
wide; pileus abruptly contracted to the style; 
and the endocarp in the lower V 3 . On the other 
hand, P. Andersonii St. John has the syncarps 
Fig. 34. Pandanus Andersonii St. John, in foreground, in peat swamp forest 
of Shorea albida, Baram River, Sarawak. (Photo by J. A. R. Anderson.) 
