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mm. longis 3-10 mm. distantibus obtectis, foliis 
1.6 m, longis 5.3 cm. latis gladiformis vel ligu- 
latis sed paulatim ex base in apice longo subu- 
lato diminuentibus coriaceis in sectio transverso 
late M-formatis griseo-viridibus infra apparente 
glaucis apice deltoideo et 10 cm. ex puncto 1 
mm. lato in base marginibus integris sed ex 
puncto 16 cm. e base cum dentibus 1.5-2 mm. 
longis 3-12 mm. distantibus subulatis paene cur- 
vatis in base brunneis midnervio inerme, in me- 
dio in uno latere cum dentibus 1-1.5 mm. longis 
3-15 mm. distantibus adpresse adscendentibus 
in puncto brunneis, latere altero inerme, mid- 
nervio infra cum dentibus 0.3 mm. longis 10- 
30 mm. distantibus paucis brunneis validis subu- 
latis adpresse adscendentibus, ad apicem mar- 
ginibus midnervioque infra cum serris paucis 0.2 
mm. longis remotis brunneis, syncarpiis scilicet 
terminalibus solitariisque griseo-viridibus ad 
12.5 cm. diametro, phalangibus 4.4—47 cm. 
longis 2.2-3 cm. latis 1.9-2 cm. crassis late cu- 
neatis apice subconvexo vel truncato compressis 
parte l A supera libera lateribus 5-6-angulosis 
subcurvatis vel paene planis laevibus lucidis in 
sicco brunneis, suturis lateralibus nullis, sinibus 
apicalibus centralibus 3-3.5 mm. profundis, car- 
pellis 4-6 apicibus subaequalibus conico-subor- 
bicularibus eis marginalibus plerumque cum 
petaso truncato parvo et sub margine proximo 
eo stigma est, stigmatibus 1-2 mm. longis ovali- 
bus vel obdeltoideis sillonatis centripetalibus, 
sutura proxima ex stigmate dimidia vel omnina 
distancia ad vadum extento, endocarpio mediale 
25-27 mm. longo osseoso obscure brunneo la- 
teribus 2.5-8 mm. crassis, seminibus 15-20 mm. 
longis 4 mm. diametro, mesocarpio apicale ca- 
vernoso cum fibris longitudinalibus et mem- 
branis medullosis, mesocarpio basale fibroso et 
carnoso. 
DESCRIPTION OF ALL SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Tree up to 6.6 m. tall; bark gray, with abundant 
ascending, stout, adventitious roots up to 1 2 mm. 
in length but having no further development, 
placed 3-10 mm. apart; leaves 1.6-1.96 m. long, 
5.3-6 cm. wide, sword-shaped or ligulate but 
tapering gradually from the base to the long 
subulate tip, coriaceous, in section broad M- 
shaped, gray-green, below apparently somewhat 
glaucous, the apex triangular and 10 cm. back 
only 1 mm. wide, at base the margins entire, but 
c 
FIG. 40. Pandanus yuleensis St. John, from holo- 
type. a, Leaf base, lower side, XI \ b, leaf middle, 
lower side, X 1; c. leaf apex, lower side, X 1. 
