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ermi, in sectione mediali marginibus cum acuieis 
1 - 1.5 mm longis 2-5 mm distantibus proxime 
adscendentibus subulatis, in apice caudato mar- 
ginibus et midnervo infra cum acuieis 0.7-1 
mm longis 0.7-3. 5 mm distantibus subulatis ad- 
scendentibus, inflorescentia foeminea terminal! 
erecta cum uno syncarpio, pedunculo 4—6 cm 
longo 3-4 mm diametro trigono bracteato, syn- 
carpio 2. 5-3. 5 cm longO' 2.3-3 cm diametro 
globoso vel elliptici-globoso cum circa 96-120 
drop is eis 14-17 mm longis 3-4.5 mm latis cras- 
sisque fusiformibus sed apice angustiori 5-6- 
anguloso, corpore 9-10 mm longo oblanceoloi- 
deo, pileo 7-11 mm longo basi 3-5 mm alta 
ovoidea vel oblato-ovoidea cum 5 angulis prorni- 
nentibus laevibus, stylo 3-6 mm longO' proxime 
arcuato subulate rigido, stigmate 2-3 mm longo 
linear! distali brunneo papillose in apice ex - 
tento, endocarpio in parte V 3 infera obconico 
lateribus 0.2 mm crassis cartilagineis stramineis, 
mesocarpio apicali suborbiculari cum mem- 
branis albis radiatis numerosis, mesocarpio bas- 
al! fibroso et carnoso. 
diagnosis OF holotype: Shrub; stems at 
summit 6-7 mm in diameter, smooth, shining, 
yellowish; leaves 38-42 cm long, 11-12 mm 
wide, firm chartaceous, dark green above, pale 
green below and with a small area near the base 
purple, 1 -ribbed, apparently almost flat, at mid- 
section with 12-14 parallel secondary veins in 
each half, these prominent throughout, no visible 
tertiary cross veins, the blade ligulate, rather 
abruptly contracted to a 5. 5-6. 5 cm subulate, 
caudate apex, this 0.5 mm wide, the base am- 
plexicaul and unarmed, prominently veiny, be- 
ginning at 2-3 cm up the margins with prickles 
0. 5-0.9 mm long, 2.5-7 mm apart, subulate, 
closely ascending, pale; midrib unarmed for 
about 30 cm; at midsection the margins with 
prickles 1-1.5 mm long, 2-5 mm apart, closely 
ascending, subulate; on the caudate apex the 
margins and midrib below with prickles 0.7-1 
mm long, 0.7-3. 5 mm apart, subulate, ascend- 
ing; pistillate inflorescence terminal, erect, bear- 
ing 1 syncarp; peduncle 4-6 cm long, 3-4 mm 
in diameter, 3-sided, bracteate; syncarp 2.5— 
3.5 cm long, 2.3-3 cm in diameter, globose 
or elliptic-subglobose, bearing about 96-120 
drupes, these 14-17 mm long, 3-4.5 mm wide 
and thick, fusiform but the tip more slender, 
5-6-angled, the body 9-10 mm. long, oblanceo- 
loid; pileus 7-11 mm long, the base 3-5 mm 
high, ovoid or oblate-ovoid, with 5 prominent 
angles, smooth; style 3-6 mm long, curved prox- 
imally, subulate, rigid; stigma 2-3 mm long, 
linear, distal, brown, papillose; running to the 
tip; endocarp in lower obconic, the walls 0.2 
mm thick, cartilaginous, stramineous; apical 
mesocarp suborbicular, with numerous radial, 
white membranes; basal mesocarp sparse, fibrous 
and fleshy. 
HOLOTYPUS: Malaya, Pahang, Telom ridge, 
Nov. 1908, H. N. R [idley\ 13,798 (sing). 
discussion: P. globulosus is a member of the 
section Aero stigma, as is its closest relative, the 
Malayan species P. caudatif olius St. John. Under 
that species is given a summary of the contrast- 
ing differences. 
The epithet is the Latin adjective globulosus , 
like a little sphere, and is chosen with reference 
to the shape of the syncarp. 
Pandcmus mollifoliaceus sp. nov. (sect. Acro- 
stigma) 
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DIAGNOSIS HOLOTYPI: Frutex, catile in apice 
8 mm diametro luteo laevi, foliis 45-47 cm 
longis 23-29 mm latis moll iter chartaceis supra 
viridibus infra pallide viridibus et videtur glan- 
ds 1-sulcatis 2-plicatis in sectione mediali cum 
17-18 nervis secundariis parallelis in quoque 
dimidio eis ubique prominentibus, circa apicem 
infra nervis tertialis reticulum cum sectionibus 
oblongis formantibus, lamina ligulata circa me- 
dian! latissima proxima basem 14-15 mm latis, 
in 6.5 cm apice caudato subiter diminuentibus 
eo 5 cm ex apice 0.7 mm lato, basi amplexicauli 
inermi et nervis exevidentibus, marginibus ex 3 
cm cum acuieis 1—1.5 mm longis 2-5 mm dis- 
tantibus subulatis pallidis in 45° adscendentibus, 
midnervo per 35 cm inermi, in sectione mediali 
marginibus cum acuieis 0.5-1 mm longis 4-10 
mm distantibus subulatis adpresse adscenden- 
tibus, in apice contractenti marginibus cum 
acuieis 0.8-1.7 mm longis 2. 5-3. 5 mm distan- 
tibus divergentibus, midnervo infra cum acuieis 
simulantibus 4-7 mm distantibus, in apice cau- 
dato marginibus et midnervo infra cum subulato- 
serrulis 0.5-0.9 1 mm longis 2-4 mm distantibus, 
inflorescentia foeminea terminal! erecta cum uno 
