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Pandanus Hornei Balf. f., in Baker, Fl. Mauri- 
tius and Seychelles 397, 1877; Warburg, 
Pflanzenreich IV, 9:57, 1900; Martelli, 
Webbia 4(1) :17, t 16, figs. 1-3, 1913; 
St. John, Pacific Sci. 15(3) : 341 , 345, 
figs. 20-21, 1961 (sect. Seychellea) . 
Fig. 244 
supplementary description: Leaves at 
midsection with 104 parallel secondary veins 
in each half, the tertiary cross veins visible 
below toward apex, forming square or short 
oblong meshes. 
specimens examined: Isole Seychelles, dal 
Museo di Parigi (FI). 
The new section can be placed in the key to 
Pandanus (Pacific Sci. 14(3) :226, I960), by re- 
placing the first heading R, with the following: 
R. Phalange with the septum between the 
two cells of many loose fibers, 
i. Septum wholly of loose fibers; 
phalange apex an elliptic disc cut 
by valleys into quarters; stamens 
umbellate on the capitate apex of 
the column, and with abortive gyno- 
ecium Martellidendron 
1. Septum of a thin cartilaginous tis- 
sue next to each seed, then its broad 
interior solely of loose fibers; pha- 
lange apex concave and filled with 
unequal, cordate pseudo-stigmas. . . 
Seychellea 
