CLVil. PANDANACfi^. 
Pandanus.l 
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6 in. Ions. Drupes i-, 2- or 3-celled, 1-5 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide, 
top free for -5 in., cylindric oblong blunt. Style short, curved, one 
to each cell, tooth-like recurved; cells median, -5 in. long. Hab. 
Kelantan, Sungei Ketah, Batu Bau (Nur and Foxworthy). 
Specimen very incomplete. 
(12) P. Prainii Martelli, Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1904, p. 301. 
Small pandan, stem 8 to 12 ft. tall. Leaves stiff, thick, glossy, 
ereen linear acuminate, wide; nerves invisible, tip closely uiorny, 
margins and keel with fewer thorns. Male unknown. Fema e 
syncarp 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. thick, elliptic-oblong; peduncle 
stout. Drupes small narrow oblong, terminated by a hemispheric 
bulb the base of the style. Style terete, base swollen; stigma 
on inner face. Hah. In small water holes with the top of the fruit 
iust above the water, Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). , „ , 
(13) P. helicopus Ktirz. in Mtq. Ann. Mas. Bot. Luga. Hat. 11. 
34 t ii. P. iohorensis Martelli, l.c. 302 (not of Ridley) 
Stems much branched, 15 to 20 ft. tall, 3 in. through, red-brown 
becoming purple-grey. Leaves glaucous linear, long-acummate, 
terminal, half deflexed, base orange, 6 ft. long, 3 m. wide spines 
black Male inflorescence long, pendent. Bracts lanceolate long 
acuminate, white, 10 to 12 in. long, i in. wide. Spikes 9 m. long, 
•7S in. through. Stamens connate in bundles, hemale syncarp 
solitary, cylindric, 2 in. long; peduncle 9 in. long; in fruit cylmdnc, 
woody broad and blunt both ends, 5 in. long, 3 m. through, golden 
brown Drupes narrow, *12 in. through. Style i, slender, nab. 
Forming dense thickets in rivers, often for miles, and blocking the 
water-way. Johor, Sungei Tehran; Kota Tinggi. belangor 
Kawang (Ridley). Distrih. Sumatra, Bangka. Use: Ihe fruit 
is used for baiting fish traps. ^ r, , 
(14) P. Scortechinii Martelli, Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1904, p. 
^^^Shrub from 2 to 4 ft. tall, stem -25 in. through. Leaves linear- 
lorate, gradually acuminate, 9 in. long, i in. wide base and upper 
part thorny, middle part smooth. Male bracts broad lanceolate 
acute, unarmed, 2 to 2-5 in. long, -5 in. wide. Spikes cylindric, 
a in. long, -5 in. through. Stamens connate at base with very 
short bulbous filaments; anthers longer, oblong. Syncarp solitary, 
oval I to 2 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. through. Drupes prismatic, 
oblong, cuneate, pyramidal. Styles long, setiform, shining. Hab. 
Perak, Asam Kumbang and Thaiping (Wray Kunstler). 
(15) P. muarensis Ridl. P. johorensis Ridl. Mat. n, 302 (not of 
'"'^^Leaves distinct, 3 ft. long, i in. wide, tail nearly i ft. long. Male 
unknown. Female syncarp solitary on a peduncle 10 m long 
slightly flexuous. Bracts lanceolate acuminate. Syncarp (young) 
oblong, 2 in. long, i in. through. Drupes round at tip; style 
setiform, yellowy long acute. Hah. Muar, Sungei Pauh (Fox). 
