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PANDANEJS. (I. B. Balfour.) 
[ Pandanus . 
Stigmas stipitate 11. P. drupaceus. 
Stigmas flat ; free portion of drupe not nar- 
rowed upwards 12. P. Eydouxia. 
Stigmas oblique, mucronate. 
Summit of drupe shallowly channelled ; meso- 
carpseptate * P. odohatissimus. 
Summit of drupe deeply channelled ; meso - 
carp not septate. 
Stigmas in. broad, with a short mucro. . 13. P. palustris. 
Stigmas in. broad, with a long mucro . 14. P. sechellarum. 
Heads numerous. 
Stigmas flat, reniform 15. P. multispicattjs. 
Stigmas oblique, ovate 16. P. conglomerates. 
1. P. sphseroi.de us, Thouars ; Kunth , Enum. iii. 97. A low tree 
8-12 feet high, with a slender decumbent light dun-coloured freely- 
branching stem, the branches decumbent and aerial roots descending 
freely from all parts. Leaves firm in texture, 3-5 feet long, 2-3y in. 
broad, pale green, the edges irregularly armed with short 
finally reddish spines ; midrib not very prominent, spiny towards 
the tip, with the blade reduplicate on each side ; lateral vein- 
lets inconspicuous beneath. Female heads containing above 100 
drupes, globose, slightly trigonous, 4f in. in diam. ; peduncle erect, 9 
in. long, with numerous persistent leafy bracts, adnate by their face 
to the peduncle and densely spiny at the tip, enveloping and conceal- 
ing the head. Dr upes # regularly hexagonal, usually 1 -celled, ly-l£ in. 
long, pink at the base when ripe, free in the upper fifth or sixth, 
| in. broad at the top, tapering to £ in. at the base, the apex 
regularly pyramidal, pale blue-green, marked with 5 or 6 ridges ; stig- 
ma umbilicate, subpeltate, in. broad ; endocarp smooth at the sides, 
depressed at the apex, with a circle of fibres passing upwards from the 
edges and penetrating the spongy mesocarp, which is thin round the 
endocarp. Seed f in. long. P. globuliferus, Thouars , loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in clumps on the higher part of the island, usually in moist soil. 
Barkly ! Horne! Bouton! Balfour! Endemic. 
2. P. microcarpus, Balf.Jll. A small tree or shrub, with a light 
dun-coloured smooth stem 3-4 in. in diameter, branching freely at an 
acute angle. Leaves thin, coriaceous, 1-2 feet long, f in. broad, 
dark green on the upper surface, slightly glaucous beneath, the mar- 
gins armed throughout with short sharp red spines ; midrib spiny 
only at the tip and base ; lateral veinlets distinct on the under 
surface. Female heads containing 50-90 drupes, globose, 2^ in. in 
diameter, pendulous ; peduncle 5-6 in. long, frequently recurved, 
with several persistent leaf -like bracts, w r hich overtop the head. 
Drupe purple with a slight bloom, orange at the base when ripe, 
* The description of the drupes must always he understood as applying to those 
of the middle of the head, the form of the others being usually much distorted. 
