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distribution: Occurring generally through- 
out the lowland parts of Malaya. 
DISCUSSION: Gaudichaud published illustra- 
tions and binomials for his four species of Fis- 
quetia, but did not describe the genus. Hence, 
all of these species are invalid and cannot even 
be transferred. 
Kurz transferred Gaudichaud’s species to 
Pandanus, but in an uncertain way. In treating 
^he section Aero stigma he said, "P. ovatus ( Pis - 
quetia ovata , Gaud., loc. c., t. 4, fig. 1) seems to 
belong to this section.” To the species which 
he accepted he gave consecutive numbers and 
printed their binomials in bold face. His P. 
ovatus was left unnumbered and was printed in 
italics, and he said, "it seems to belong to this 
section.” So, he did not positively accept it. 
Gaudichaud’s species could not be transferred, 
and Kurz failed to provide a description for it. 
Gaudichaud’s figure (Voy. La Bonite, Atlas 
t. 4, fig. 1, 1843) was a large drawing of a 
leafy branch with syncarp. He made no draw- 
ings of the drupes, though he had good fruiting 
material. His habit drawing is in general good, 
except that the leaf prickles were shown as too 
large, too regular, and too close together. 
Pandanus spurius Miq. cv 'PUTAT’ cultivar nov. 
( sect. Pandanus ) . 
P. moschatus seu laevis Rumph., Herb. Amb. 
4:147, 1743. 
P. moschatus Rumph. ex Miq., FI. Ind. Bat. 
3:165, 1855. 
P. tectorius Sol., var. moschatus (Rumph. ex 
Miq.) Merr., Interp. Herb. Amb. 81, 1917. 
P. laevis Lour., FI. Cochinch. 2:604, 1790, in 
part, this based on P. laevis Rumph. (1743) 
and on Indochinese plants, part Corypha, 
part Pandanus, typified on the Rumphius 
plant from Amboina, Java, a cultivated 
plant, sterile, with unarmed leaves, by 
Kunth, Enum. PI. 3:100, 1841; later typi- 
fied by Merrill (1935) on the Indochi- 
nese plants described by Loureiro, not yet 
identified, but incorrectly so, since Kunth 
(1841) had already typified it upon a 
permissible choice (see Merrill, Interp. 
Rumph. Herb. Amb. 81, 1917). 
P. tectorius Sol. var. laevis (Kunth) Warb., 
Engler’s Pflanzenreich IV, 9:48, 1900. 
P. odoratissimus L. f. var. laevis (Warb.) 
Martelli, Bishop Mus., Occas. Papers 
10(13) :21, 1934. 
P. inermis Roxb., FI. Ind., ed. Carey, 3:744, 
1832. 
P. laevis Rumph. ex Kunth, Enum. PI. 3:100, 
1841. 
P. laevis Rumph. ex Willd., Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 
ed. by Willd., ed. 4, 4:646, 1805. 
P. laevis Rumph. ex Solms, Linnaea 42:61, 
1878. 
P. tectorius Sol. forma laevis (Kunth) Warb. 
ex Masamune, Kanazawa Univ., Fac. Sci. 
Repts. 4(2): 202, 1956. 
Fig. 223 
NOM. VERN.: "putat” (Java); "pudak” (Sun- ( 
danese ) . 
DESCRIPTION (from Singapore, Corner 32,- 
763): Forming a tuft 4 m tall; stems silvery 
buff, shaggy with old leaf bases; prop roots 
several; leaves 1.43 m long, 4.5 cm wide, com- 
pletely unarmed, furrowed above the midrib, 
at midsection with 48 parallel secondary veins 
in each half, tertiary veins visible below, mak- 
ing square or oblong meshes, coriaceous, green, 
not glaucous, blade sword-shaped, gradually ta- 
pering to a 30-40 cm subulate, trigonous cau- 
date apex, this at the point 10 cm down 1.3 mm 
wide, the base broadened, amplexicaul; stami- 
nate inflorescence 40-70 cm long, drooping, 
with many creamy yellow bracts, fragrant, the 
lowest floral bract with a narrowly lanceolate 
body 30 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, herbaceous, yel- 
low, bearing an apex 51 cm long, narrowly , 
lanceolate, foliaceous, with a long subulate 
apex; median floral bract 30 cm long, 2.2 cm ■; 
wide, narrowly lanceolate, herbaceous, un- 
armed; staminate spikes about 12, cylindric, 
4-5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, dense; sta- 
mens in fascicles 8-12 mm long, with 21-29 
Fig. 223. Pandanus spurius Miq. cv. 'PUTAT/ from holotype. a, staminate inflorescence, lateral view, X 1; 
b, fascicle of stamens, X 10; c, leaf base, lower side, X L d, leaf middle, lower side, X 1; e, leaf apex, lower 
side, X 1- 
