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creasingly coarsely aculeate, the prickles 3-4.5 
mm. long, 3-10 mm. apart, stout subulate, up- 
ward curved, blackish; the nearby midrib un- 
armed; at midsection the marginal prickles 2 
mm. long, 3-5 mm. apart, dark brown, subulate, 
upward curved; the midrib below with prickles 
1 mm. long, 4-6 mm. apart, subulate, appressed 
ascending; near the tip the margins and mid- 
rib below with aculeate-serrations 0. 2-0.4 mm. 
long, 1-2 mm. apart, brown, appressed ascend- 
ing; pistillate inflorescences single, terminal; 
phalanges (4 seen) 12.2-13.2 cm. long, 5.3- 
6.8 cm. wide, 5-6.3 cm. thick, cuneate oblanceo- 
loid, the apex rounded, upper free and green, 
glaucous, the lower 44 fleshy, reddish orange, 
the sides smooth, above slightly convex, below 
plane; apex with a central rounded rim and 
within a concavity 2 mm. deep, the surface of 
which is covered by several irregular, unequal, 
cordate elevations which at first glance would 
seem to be stigmas, but are not these; and in 
some there is an apical central crack 1 mm. deep; 
along the apical rim are two arcuate or paren- 
thesis-like, wavy ridges which are the two cen- 
tripetal stigmas which along the perimeter are 
20-22 mm. long; indocarp in upper 2/5, bony, 
dark brown, the lateral margins at the thinnest 
parts 3-4 mm. thick; seeds 45-46 mm. long, 
10-11 mm. in diameter; mesocarp continuous, 
of solid pith and few longitudinal fibers. 
SEYCHELLES ISLANDS: Praslin Island, Vallee 
de Mai, near stream, 500-600 ft. elev., Nov. 11, 
1957, W. D. Hartman 7. 
He also recorded, "Another stand of these 
trees was later seen (and photographed) grow- 
ing along a stream near Newcombe Forest, 
Praslin Island. They were not quite as tall as 
the trees in the Vallee de Mai.” 
DISCUSSION: The crowded, cordate elevations 
in the apical concavity of the phalange are de- 
ceptively like stigmas. Only after careful study 
of the apex and of cut sections was it demon- 
strated that the actual stigmas were the two 
arcuate or parenthesis-like projections on the 
central apical rim. It would have been a pleasure 
to publish Hartman § excellent color photos of 
this species, but the cost forbids. 
Fig. 22. Pandanus sechellarum, from Mahe L, Hart- 
man 5 . a, Leaf base, lower side, X 1; b, leaf middle, 
lower side, X leaf apex, lower side, X 1. 
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