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specimens examined: lies Comores, lie 
Mayotte, poussant spontanement en groupes pen 
eloignes au bord des rivieres, marais, generale- 
ment pres de la mer dans des endroits humides, 
21 aout 1961, I. Ramadan (bish) ; lie Mayotte, 
Chiconi, Batrini, one tree left in coconut planta- 
tion, 8 m alt, Aug. 18, 1961, H. St. John 
26,548 (bish) ; Mayotte, 1847-1852, Boivin 
(p). 
discussion: P. mayotteensis is a member 
of the section Vinsonia, as is its closest relative, 
P. heterocarpus Balf. f., of Rodriguez Island, 
a species with the phalanges 4-5 cm long, 3-4 
cm wide, the apex dark green or purple and 
often with a red border at base; stigmas 3-4 
mm wide; bark of trunk warty spiny; and the 
teeth of the leaf margins orange or red. P. 
mayotteensis has the phalanges 5. 3-5. 7 cm long, 
3. 7-5. 5 cm wide, red; stigmas 4-9 mm wide; 
bark of trunk fairly smooth; and the teeth of 
the leaf margins white with slight brown tips. 
The new epithet is formed from the name 
of the island Mayotte, with -ensis, the Latin 
adjectival place ending. 
