Pandaniis.'l 
CLVII. PANDANACE^, 
75 
wide. Male inflorescence 2 ft. long or more. Lower bracts 14 in. 
lone 1 in. wide, broadly lanceolate acuminate. Spikes b to » in 
lone' -yS in through. Filaments connate, in tufts, bmnching at 
the top -24 in. long. Female syncarp solitary, in fruit cylmdnc, 
I ft. long, 4 in. through, orange, fleshy. Drupes *5 in. across, 
crown flat truncate; styles i or 2 curved. Hab. horests m the 
south. Singapore, Bukit Timah and other woods. Johor, Sungei 
•Tehran; Pulau Tinggi (Burkill). Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi 
(Burkill). Native names: Pandan hutan; Mengkuang hutan. 
Use : Fruit soft and sweet tasting like a pineapple. 
(4) P. bidens Kidl. Mat. ii. 224; P. crimfolms Martelh Boll. 
Soc Boi. Ital. 1904, p. 301. • X c 
Shrub s to 8 ft. tall. Leaves linear caudate-acuminate, 1*5 to 
q ft long, ho 3 in. wide, keel at tip and tail shortly thorny; nerves 
3 prominent; nervules and transverse bars prominent giving the 
leaf a tessellate appearance when dry. Male flowers unknown. 
Syncarp oblong sessile or nearly so, 4 to 5 111. long, 3 in. wide, dark 
claret colour. Drupes -5 in. long, free, top conic obscurely angled. 
Style flattened, rather long, ending m 2 sharp hoiizontal points. 
Hah. In open jungle, rare. Perak, Gunong Mesah at 1500 to 2000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). 
I have seen no specimen of Martelli’s P. crinifolius. " 
H. Calc.”; it may be this species, but the description is not full enough to 
identify any pandanus by. 
fs) P. tetrodon Ridl. Jonni. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 6 S, p. 13. 
Large bushy shrub resembling P. fascicularts. Leaves linear 
acuminate, 2 ft. long or more, i in. wide; thorns pale close along 
the edges. Peduncle flexuous, 7 in. long, stout. Male unknown. 
Female, syncarp solitary, blunt, cylindric, 3-5 in. long, 2-5 in. 
through. Drupes 75 in. long, tips broad, round; style fl^adrate. 
flat, broad, -i in. long, dark brown, mth 3 o^r 4 distinct teeth Hab 
Local in tidal woods. Singapore. Pasir Panjang along the West 
road (Ridley). 
(6) P. pentodon Ridl. . 
Leaves coriaceous linear acuminate, keel prominent, thorns on 
edge distant, more crowded on tip, pale, ascending 15 to 30 in. 
long *5 in. wide. Syncarp single, oblong globose (young) 3 m. 
long 1-3 in. wide. Bracts, outer one ovate caudate keeled, 3 m. 
long’ thorny, second bract ovate-lanceolate, as long, but narrower, 
third not tailed, ovate thin keeled, keel thorny. Fruits oblong, free 
for one-third of their length, free portion angled. Stigma 4- 01- 5- 
toothed, lowest ones 2- or 3-toothed, teeth forming a star eventually. 
Hab. Johor, Ulu Kahang at 250 ft. altitude. (Holttum, 10861.) 
Near P. tetrodon Ridl., of which I have only seen 
is in fairly young female flower, but besides the larger nuinber of points to 
iL staSfke stigma, this plant has very much narrower leaves, only half 
the width of those of P. tetrodon. 
