Pandanug.'] 
pandaneje. (I. B. Balfour.) 
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which is at first decumbent and branches freely. Leaves firm, pale 
green, 3-6 feet long, 5-6 in. broad, the thickened red margins armed 
with red closely-set strongly incurved spines from the middle to the 
tip ; midrib very prominent, spiny at the tip, with the blade redupli- 
cate on each side of it ; lateral veinlets conspicuous on the under sur- 
face. Female heads globose, 8-12 in. in diameter, containing 30-40 
drupes ; peduncle cernuous, 8-15 in. long, with many short persistent 
bracts. Drupes 9-20-celled, 3-3f in. long, lf-2f in. broad and deep, 
irregularly 4-6-angled, slightly compressed, free in the upper two- 
thirds ; united portion narrowing downwards ; apex purple, slightly 
glaucous ; free portion little Darrowed to the top ; summit broad, 
flattened and slightly depressed ; stigmas scattered, angular-reniform, 
shortly pedicellate, f- l in. broad. Endocarp hard, urnshaped, the apex 
divided into many sharp prominences, with mauy fibres passing out on 
all sides into the thick spongy mesocarp. Seed above an inch long. 
Mauritius, common at Fresanges, and more rarely at Curepipe, Bouton ! 
Barkly ! Some ! Endemic. Vacoa matron. 
12. P. Eydouxia, Balf.fil. A flat-topped tree 20 feet high, with a 
slate-coloured stem 8-9 in. in diameter, with many short spiny knobs, 
the numerous branches ending in tufts of drooping leaves. Leaves very 
firm in texture, tapering to a long point, dark green, glaucous, 5-7 
feet long, 3-5 in. broad, the slightly thickened margins irregularly 
armed with red-tipped spines ; midrib prominent on the under surface, 
spiny above the middle, with the blade reduplicate on each side of it ; 
lateral veinlets inconspicuous on the under surface. Female heads 
globose, 9 in. in diameter, containing 20-30 drupes, slightly cernuous ; 
peduncle 9 in. long, furnished with many persistent bracts, which 
enwrap the head. Drupes 20-30-celled , 3-5 in. long, irregularly 5-6- 
angled, 3-4 in. broad, lf-3f in. deep, free in the upper half, usually 
compressed, tapering from the apex to the base, which is orange- 
yellow when ripe ; flat summit marked wdth as many broad areoles 
as there are cells ; stigmas reniform, sessile, -fc-l in. broad. Endo- 
carp transversely elongated, short, the apex marked with as many 
prominences as there are stigmas, many fibres passing upwards through 
the spongy mesocarp, which is thin round the endocarp. Seed f 
in. long. Eydouxia macrocarpa, Qaudich. Atl. Bonite , tab . IS, Jig. 1-6. 
Mauritius, in damp soil on the banks of streams in the higher part of the 
island, Bouton ! Barkly l Horne ! Balfour ! Endemic. 
* P. odoratissimus, Linn. fil. Suppl. 424, a native of Tropical Asia, 
is common in the Seychelles, but most likely introduced, rare in 
Mauritius, and is reported by Sir H. Barkly from Eodriguez. It is 
a slender tree, about 20 feet high, with short branches ending in 
drooping tufts of leaves, coriaceous, bright green leaves 3-5 feet long, 
3-3f in. broad, armed throughout on the edge and wholly or partiallv 
on the midrib with short white spines, oblong-elliptical drooping 
heads 6-10 in. long, containing 70-90 turbinate regularlv 5-6- 
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