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Fig. 250a. Pandanus pluriloculatus St. John, holotype. Left, view of the slender, columnar crown of the 
tree; right, lower part of trunk. 
apice marginibus et midnervo infra cum serrulis 
0.2-0. 3 mm longis 0.5-1. 5 mm separatis albis, 
ramulis lateralibus cum foliis 71-83 cm longis 15-16 
mm latis coriaceis supra obscure olivaceis infra 
viridibus et glaucis supra midnervum profunde 
V-sulcatis partibus lateralibus quadralibus horizon- 
talibus et cum plicis duobus et eis per sectionem 
ultimum supra subulato-serratis, in sectione mediali 
cum 22 nervis parallelis secundariis nervis tertiis 
nullis lamina ligulata sed in apice subulato contracta 
eo in puncto 10 cm ex apice 12 mm lato, marginibus 
ex 8.5 cm cum subulato-serrulis 0. 3-0.8 mm longis 
2- 3 mm separatis albis, midnervo ex basi ad medium 
inermi, in sectione mediali marginibus et midnervo 
infra cum aculeis 0.2-0. 4 mm longis 1.5-4 mm 
separatis subulatis, in apice marginibus et midnervo 
infra cum serrulis 0.2-0. 3 mm longis 0.5-1 mm 
separatis albis, infructescentia in ramulis lateralibus 
terminalibus, pedunculo 8-1 4 cm longo 1 cm dia- 
metro 3-laterato rhachidi 3-5 cm longo, syncarpiis 
3- 4 congestis 5-9 cm longis 5-6.5 cm diametro 
plerumque ellipsoideis sed eis minoribus ellipsoideis 
vel globosis illis terminalibus maximis et cum 86-92 
phalangibus in seriebus plerumque verticalibus, eis 
minoribus cum 32 vel pluribus phalangibus, phal- 
angibus 27-29 mm longis cum stylis 14-20 mm latis 
11-14 mm crassis cuneatis parte % supera libera 
(5 )-6-angulosis laevibus lucidis apice depresse conico 
et marginibus canaliculatis lateribus planis, stylis 
( 2 )— 3— 5— (6) et 7-9 mm longis subulatis vel acicu- 
laribus in centro congregatis basi conica viridi 1-2 
mm alta, stigmatibus 5-8 mm longis linearibus brun- 
neis papillosis centripetalibus ad apicem non extentis, 
endocarpio mediali osseoso brunneo 10 mm longo 
lateribus lateralibus 2 mm crassis intra laevibus et 
lucidis, seminibus 5 mm longis ellipsoideis, rneso- 
carpio apicali medulloso et cum fibris longitudi- 
nalibus, mesocarpio basali fibroso et carnoso. 
diagnosis of holotype: Tree, 22 m tall, 
30 cm in diameter, bark brown, conic spiny; 
prop roots mostly none; crown narrowly cylin- 
dric, the apex with three spirals of large leaves, 
Fig. 249. Pandanus pluriloculatus St. John, from holotype. a-c, Phalanges, lateral view, X 1; d, pha- 
lange, longitudinal median section, X 1; e-f, phalanges, apical view, X 1 \ g, styles and stigmas, lateral 
view, X 4; h, base of leaf of terminal plume, lower side, X 1; i, basal marginal spines of terminal leaf, 
X 2; j, leaf middle, lower side, of terminal leaf, X 1; k, spines of median leaf margin, of terminal leaf, 
X 2;/, apex, lower side, of terminal leaf, X 1 ; m, apex, upper side, of terminal leaf, X 1; n, bark of 
branch, X 1; o, branchlet, X 1; P, diagrammatic profile of tree, much reduced. 
