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CLVII. PANDANACE^. 
{Freycinetia. 
2 . FREYCINETIA, Gaud. 
Scandent shrubs on tree trunks. Stems often rather slender, 
rooting. Leaves narrow, acuminate, linear, thorny. Bracts often 
bright coloured red or yellow. Spikes racemose; peduncles 
cylindric. Males slender; filaments filiform or conic. Females, 
spikes stouter, often with staminodes. Ovary unilocular. Seeds 
numerous. Stigmas sessile, usually horse-shoe-shaped. Species 6o, 
Burma, Ceylon, Malay isles to Polynesia. 
Bracts not leaflike, boat-shaped, orange or red. 
Leaves very narrow, ’12 in. wide. 
Bases unarmed . . . . . . (i) F. angustifolia 
Bases armed . . . . . . . (2) F. confusa 
Leaves narrow, stiff, ‘25 in. wide . . ■ (3) F. acuminata 
Leaves flaccid, *4 in. wide, base not narrowed . (4) F. malaccensis 
Leaves *5 in. across, base narrowed; bracts boat- 
shaped . (5) F. lucens 
Leaves -5 in. wide, not narrowed at base; bracts 
flat, lanceolate.(0 P- montana 
Bracts resembling the leaves, green or yellowish. 
Leaves lanceolate-linear, unarmed except at base 
and tip.(?) F- Kingiana 
Leaves linear, very long, strongly armed . . (8) F. valida 
(1) F. angustifolia BL Rumphia, i. 159, t. 43; Ridl. Mat. 
ii. 232. 
Stems very slender, ■12 in. through, very long. Leaves narrow 
linear acuminate, unarmed except a few thorns at tip, 9 to 10 in. 
long, -12 in. wide. Male inflorescence; bracts 4, ovate acuminate 
to ovate lanceolate, *5 to i in. long, -5 in. wide, tip spiny. Spikes 4, 
umbelled, cylindric, *5 in. long, slender. Female spikes 3 or 4, 
racemose, -25 in. long, cylindric. Pistils oblong, very small. 
Hah. Rather rare in the south, climbing on trees. Malacca, Mcrlimau 
and Bukit Bruang (Derry). Disirib. Borneo, Sumatra, Java. 
Native names : Rotan Musang; Akar Ular. 
(2) F. confusa Ridl. Mat. ii. 233 (not of Elmer). 
Stem *25 in. through. Leaves linear acuminate, 9 to 12 in. long, 
•12 in. wide, only the sheath and base of leaf and tip thorny. Male 
unknown. Female bracts lanceolate acuminate, thorny on tip 
and keel, lowest one on edge also, 2 in. long, *75 in. wide. Spikes 
2, nearly sessile, cylindric, stout, i in. long, -25 in. through ; stigmas 
I or 2, distant from each other. Hah. Lowland forests. Singapore, 
Selitar; Kranji (Ridley). Perak, Batu Togoh (Wray). 
(3) F. acuminata Ridl. Mat. ii. 233. 
Stem stout, *35 in. through. Leaves stiff erect linear acute, 
I ft. long, -25 in. wide, sheath with 2 ligule-like processes -25 in. 
long, edged with flat yellow thorns, tip with small thorns. Bracts 
red, lanceolate long-acuminate, lower one with thorny edge, 7 in. 
long, point longer than blade, second bract 6 in. long. Male spikes 
