growing on exposed windswept ridges at an elevation of about 1,200 m. A species of the section Pleiostigma, evidently related to Freycenetia sphaerocepJiala Gaud., but abundantly distinct. Pandanus ltjzonensis Merrill, sp. nov. § Vinsonia. Plates I, II. An. arborescent species about 8 m. high, with very long, narrow leaves and solitary, globose, pendant fruits, 8 to 10 cm. in diameter. Trunk erect, 10 to 12 cm. in diameter, much branched above, the branches spreading or ascending, the ultimate ones 2 cm. in diameter. Leaves 1.5 to 2 m. long, 2.5 to 3 cm. wide, glabrous, the apex very long narrowly acuminate, the margins strongly antrorsely toothed throughout, the midrib beneath, below with stout retrorse, curved spines, smooth in the middle, and above with small antrorse spines, the upper surface glabrous except near the apex where there are two rows of small, scattered teeth between the margins and the midrib, the margins at the apex finely serrate. Staminate inflorescence 20 to 30 cm. long, fleshy, branched, the branches thick, ascending, the lower ones 8 cm. long, each branch subtended by a broad, thin bract, 8 cm. wide, the lower one abruptly contracted and the tip foliaceous, 30 cm. long, or longer, the second and third bracts abruptly acuminate, the tips more or less foliaceous, the upper bracts much smaller, acute. Stamens 4 to 9, the filaments united into a fleshy tube 4 to 8 mm. long; anthers 2 mm. long. Pistillate inflorescence unknown. Fruit solitary, the peduncle triangular, gradually thickening upward, 1 cm. thick above, 20 cm. long. Drupes 30 to 60 in each head, yellowish red when ripe, ovate or obovate, 3 to 4 cm. long, 2 to 2.5 cm. thick, smooth and shining, sharply 5 angled, the upper third free, convexly pyramidal, the apex flattened, 5 to 10 mm. in diameter, slightly sulcate, the stigmas flattened, often obscure. Seeds 6 to 10.
