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lection of P. monticola with exactly duplicating 
data. There may have been a confusion in the 
data of these two collections. 
P. pluvisilvaticus occurs in the rain forests of 
eastern Queensland from 17° to 16° South, 
and is known from numerous collections. It 
shows some variability in the width of the 
leaf blades and considerable variation in the 
leaf spines, but it seems to represent a taxon of 
fairly wide distribution. Its fruit characters are 
dependable as a basis for separation from the 
older P. monticola F. Muell. 
The new epithet is coined from the Latin 
pluvia, rain, and silvaticus, woodsy, and is 
given with reference to the habitat of the 
species, the rain forest. 
